Celery salt: Difference between revisions

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'''Celery salt''' is a [[seasoned salt]] used asto aflavour food. seasoning,The madeprimary fromingredient groundis seeds,[[Salt#Edible whichsalt|table maysalt]] comeand the flavouring agent is ground seeds from [[celery]]<ref name=Schwartz>{{cite web|url=http://www.schwartz.co.uk/products/herbs-and-spices/spices/celery-salt.aspx|title=Celery Salt - Herbs & Spices - Schwartz UK|website=www.schwartz.co.uk}}</ref> or its relative [[lovage]].<ref name=Bart>{{cite web|url=http://www.bart-ingredients.co.uk/ingredient/celery|title=CELERY - Bart Ingredients - Not all ingredients are equal|website=www.bart-ingredients.co.uk|access-date=2014-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009144313/http://bart-ingredients.co.uk/ingredient/celery/|archive-date=2017-10-09|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is also sometimes produced using dried celery or seed [[oleoresin]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UL9lpNrx0kwC&pg=PA177 |page=177 |title=Culinary Herbs |isbn=9780660190730 |last1=Small |first1=Ernest |year=2006 |publisher=NRC Research Press }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5B0xAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA270 |title=Coffee and Tea Industries and the Flavor Field |date=1914 |page=270 }}</ref>

As a vegetable, celery seeds have potassium as the dominant ion over sodium (ninefold more).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/257?manu=&fgcd=|title=Food Composition Databases Show Foods -- Spices, celery seed|website=ndb.nal.usda.gov|access-date=2016-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321193108/https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/257?manu=&fgcd=#|archive-date=2018-03-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>

CeleryBecause [[sodium nitrate]], a chemical that serves as a food preservative, occurs naturally in celery, celery salt is often used by [[Food industry|food producers]] to prevent spoilage while avoiding listing sodium nitrate on the ingredients list directly.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://culinaryarts.about.com/od/seasoningflavoring/a/nitrates.htm|title=Are the Health Concerns About Nitrates Overblown?|access-date=2013-02-12|archive-date=2017-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211103855/http://culinaryarts.about.com/od/seasoningflavoring/a/nitrates.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

[[Category:CondimentsCelery]]