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Merisal Sea Salt: Your Healthier Alternative for Flavorful Sodium Reduction

Posted on Aug 22, 2025

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At Carolina Ingredients, we are excited to introduce you to Merisal, a healthier alternative. Merisal offers an innovative and versatile alternative to salt that promises to revolutionize the world of food production.

What is Merisal?

Merisal is a sea salt alternative that delivers the familiar, clean taste of traditional salt while significantly reducing sodium content. It is manufactured in the USA, ensuring dependable quality and shorter lead times - giving food brands an agile edge in today's fast moving marketplace.

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Why Choose Merisal?

- Manufactured in the USA: Made locally to support domestic sourcing and consistent quality standards.
- Customizable: Flexible formulations and packaging tailored to your brand's exact needs.
- Clean Tasting: Delivers a neutral, sea salt flavor without harsh bitterness or metallic notes.
- Functional: Works seamlessly across a wide range of applications including snacks, meats, dairy, bakery, and more.

Health-Conscious & FDA Approved

Merisal Sea Salt is the ideal choice for food manufacturers, as it not only complies with the FDA's sodium reduction ruling, but has a variety of other benefits. Carolina Ingredients is proud to offer Merisal that has 35% or 57% less sodium depending on your seasoning blends’ needs.

- Merisal is harvested directly from the ocean sea water.
- Merisal lower sodium sea salts are certified kosher.
- Contains trace levels of magnesium and calcium.

Partnering With Carolina Ingredients

Carolina Ingredients is proud to be at the forefront of this transformative solution, providing manufacturers with a game-changing tool to navigate the evolving food industry landscape. Learn more about how Merisal can elevate your product offerings by taking your current blend and matching it to a “Better For You” product offering through our Research and Development Department.

Our Research and Development Department would love to show you how Merisal can make a difference for you. Reach out to us today to get ahead of the FDA’s upcoming sodium reduction ruling.