With growing demand for food grade salts, Morton Salt is introducing food grade manufacturing capabilities at its salt production facility in Port Canaveral, Florida, US.
The company’s Port Canaveral expansion will include a sea salt production line.
It is adding more than 45,000 square feet of space to its existing footprint for the production and warehousing of food grade sea salt and food grade solar salt.
Morton Salt will break ground on its Port Canaveral expansion later this summer, with food grade salt production expected to begin in the first quarter of 2016.
“Being vertically integrated with our own sea salt production capability will enable Morton Salt to actively participate in this growing market and further strengthen our customer service and support,” said Jen Schipper, senior director of industrial sales.
“This is critical as food manufacturers continue to incorporate sea salt into more of their product offerings and turn to us for reliable, high quality supply.”
Mintel GNPD reports that sea salt was used in 26% of all new food product launches in 2014 that contained salt.
In addition to its Port Canaveral expansion, Morton Salt has expanded its specialty salt portfolio by introducing Morton PureSun Culinary Crystals, a new food grade solar salt naturally harvested from the waters of the Great Salt Lake.
The product meets FCC purity requirements and was developed for use in a variety of food processing applications including soups, sauces and snacks.
This is the first food grade product developed at Morton’s solar salt production facility in Grantsville, UT. Morton expanded its technical capabilities at the facility this year to enable food grade salt production, which is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2015.
Morton Salt invested approximately US$20 million to introduce food grade production capabilities at its Grantsville and Port Canaveral facilities.
