PRODUCTION OF COATED GRANULAR SALT SUBSTITUTE COMPOSITION

摘要

Disclosed is a process for preparing a coated-particle salt substitute composition wherein a flow of a gaseous medium is passed upwardly through a bed including potassium chloride particles at a velocity more than sufficient to form and maintain a fluidized bed of the particles. A spray of an aqueous solution including maltodextrin is introduced into the fluidized bed below its upper surface to form a coating of the solution on the fluidized particles. The velocity is sufficient to also establish a particle-flow zone above and adjoining the upper surface of the fluidized bed wherein a substantial portion of the coated particles are propelled out of the fluidized bed on a flow path extending thereabove and returning thereto.