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[–] [email protected] 284 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah but it says right on the front that it's half potassium chloride and half sodium chloride.

[–] [email protected] 150 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It'd be funnier if the package was just half empty

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Let me introduce you to the rapid ramen cooker, a microwaveable tray that claims to make ramen with only half the regular amount of sodium.

You know how the cooker enables this?

You add half the flavor packet.

Can't make this shit up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’ve always done this then, use the leftover flavor pack (salt) for seasoning a more homemade meal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I have so many leftover packets because I always make mine with better than bullion, hoisin sauce, and chili flakes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I moved to Germany and the only products I’ve requested from visitors are better than bouillon and molasses.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

That’s why I’ve requested it 😂 It’s not cheap in the US, but it’s well under $10 (though it’s been a few years of inflation…)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nothing better than selling a single-purpose bit of plastic intended to go into the microwave and boil water that is functionally a replacement for a bowl that you presumably already have that expressly states that you can only use it for up to 5 years.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah it's an absolute travesty. At least it seems people have gone the opposite way and it looks like folks use it as a bowl, so there's that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

😂 absolute gold

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

It'd be illegal as as those statements are regulated to a standard serving. Except for net product amount.

[–] [email protected] 71 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Well I'm glad they used KCl, I thought this was going to be a container half-full of chlorine--concerning, if you intend to put it on your food.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Half the sodium, double the chloride! Perfection 👌

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Quadruple the reactivity!

...

(I am not a chemist, and I am not your chemist. These statements should not be construed as chemistry advice.)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I can have my own chemist? I can keep them?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Should have posted this one

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago

I think they meant chlorine, as in Cl2 (g). Certainly not edible, thus the joke.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Right, and that's the form it's in in both NaCl and KCl

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Correct and that was the supposed joke. Instead of chloride, the anion, which would occur in some form of a salt, the container would contain half NaCl and the other half just chlorine gas, Cl2. Thereby making the statement (50% less sodium) technically true. (Disregard the pressure you would need to put the same molar amount of gas into the volume of a solid)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I'm proud to report that my chemistry is just barely good enough to follow this comment. 😂

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean technically... At least half of the elemental construction of both of those ingredients is chlorine... So... Technically it is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Molarity.

If my quick calculations are right it's 53% chlorine ions by weight