Vitamin And Mineral Blend Salt

This ingredient is a mixture of salt (sodium chloride) combined with various vitamins and minerals. It is created by blending these individual components together to fortify foods.

Manufacturers add this blend to foods to enhance their nutritional content with essential vitamins and minerals, while also providing the taste and preservative qualities of salt. It is often found in fortified snacks, cereals, and breakfast bars.

Salt (sodium chloride) is generally recognized as safe (GRAS) by the FDA. Individual vitamins and minerals added to food are also regulated by the FDA, often as GRAS or approved food additives. The components of this blend have been evaluated by bodies like JECFA. While vitamins and minerals are essential for health, high intake of sodium, a primary component of salt, is associated with increased blood pressure. The FDA Daily Value for sodium is 2,300 mg.