How is sodium chloride used in the food industry?

Industrial food production and processing is necessarily connected with the use of salt. Salt or sodium chloride is used as a preservative, spice, agent for color maintenance, texture, and to regulate fermentation by stopping the growth of bacteria, yeast and mold. read more

We use NaCl to balance Na : K ratio outside and inside cells. K is the major inside cells and Na is the major outside cells. We pump Na+ ion into cells and K+ ion out of cells. read more

Soda-ash industry. Sodium chloride is used in the Solvay process to produce sodium carbonate and calcium chloride. Sodium carbonate, in turn, is used to produce glass, sodium bicarbonate, and dyes, as well as a myriad of other chemicals. read more