The technology was developed by researchers at the University of Georgia, whose newly developed cancer weapon is sodium chloride nanoparticles (SCNPs), also known as salt, which work by playing on ...

It's a potassium-based salt that food manufacturers mostly use to replace sodium chloride, or table salt. In some applications, it can help lower the presence of sodium by as much as 70%.

Potassium chloride is already found in many processed food products that are labeled "low sodium" or "reduced sodium." It's also found in many lower-sodium seasoning blends, Rizzo says.