Why is salt used on roasted peanuts?
During the peanut roasting process, some salt is added to enhance the flavour of the product. The majority of consumers prefer this. How much salt is in roasted peanuts? Roasted and salted peanuts taste salty because the salt crystals are on the outside of the peanut and come into direct contact with salt receptors on the tongue. In reality salted peanuts are much less “salty” than people realise. Weight for weight, salted peanuts contain no more salt than many brands of commercially baked bread and less salt than some popular breakfast cereals and processed and preserved foods. Just take a look at food labels in the supermarket to see where the salt comes from in your own diet. Do salted peanuts contribute very much to the average salt consumption? No. Understanding recommended serving sizes makes this easy to understand. The average salt intake per day by adults in the UK is 9g, equivalent to about 3500 mg of sodium. This is more than we need to maintain normal body functions in a te
