Patent ID: 8231925

Claim:
A method, comprising: (a) identifying a desired amount of sodium reduction for a reduced sodium food product comprising at least about 10% less sodium chloride than a corresponding control food product, wherein the control food product has a total amount of salt A and a first amount of salt B corresponds to the desired amount of sodium reduction in the reduced sodium food product; (b) calculating a second amount of salt X, an amount of potassium chloride Y and an amount of trehalose Z for use in preparing the reduced sodium food product comprising the second amount of salt X, the amount of potassium chloride Y and the amount of trehalose Z in lieu of the first amount of salt B, wherein X is A minus B, Y ranges from about B to about 1.6B, and Z ranges from about 0.8Y to about 1.2Y; and, (c) providing an amount of a salt substitute composition consisting of salt in the second amount X, potassium chloride in the amount Y, and trehalose in the amount Z for use in preparing the reduced sodium food product, wherein the reduced sodium food product comprises less than 1.5% trehalose by weight.