Washington State University researchers have found a way to make food taste salty but with less of the sodium chloride tied to poor health. "It's a stealth approach, not like buying the 'reduced salt' ...

Salt has quietly been slipping out of dozens of the most familiar foods in brand-name America, from Butterball turkeys to Uncle Ben’s flavored rice dishes to Goya canned beans. A Kraft American cheese ...

Sodium is a metal so unstable that it suddenly will burst into flame. By itself, chlorine is a poisonous gas. But together, they make sodium chloride, the salt with which we season our food and ...

Researchers are working to limit the sodium in cheese but maintain its functionality. The salted caramel flavor now found in almost every food category imaginable delineates the basic taste of salty, ...