blake murphy > wrote:
>my morton's iodized salt lists as ingredients salt, calcium silicate,
>dextrose and potassium iodide. the silicate is there so 'when it
>rains it pours.' not sure what the dextrose is for.

"In 1924 Morton became the first company to produce iodized
salt for the table in order to reduce the incidence
of simple goiter. Dextrose is added to stabilize the
iodide. Iodine is vital to the proper functioning of the
thyroid gland and the prevention of goiter. Actually,
the amount of dextrose in salt is so small that it is
dietetically insignificant. Morton® Iodized Table Salt
contains 0.04 percent dextrose or 40 milligrams per 100
grams of salt. Morton® Plain Table Salt contains neither
iodine nor dextrose. All Morton Salt products containing
potassium iodide are labeled as such."
- Morton Salt

--Blair