Assessment of Iodine Content in Three Different Brands of Commercial Sodium Chloride at Retailer and Consumer Level

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to assess the loss of iodine content of three branded salts of Bangladesh namely ACI, Fresh and Molla. The samples of salts were collected from manufacturing industries and local market. The samples were stored at room temperature (28ºC-30ºC) for periods up to 6 months and analyzed for iodine content. It was found that impurities had an adverse impact on the iodine loss of the salt. Prior to determining the iodine content, the moisture content of the salt samples was checked. After six months it was found that, the iodine loss of ACI, Fresh and Molla factory salt were 11.76%, 11.37% and 12.87% where iodine loss of ACI, Fresh and Molla local market salt were 23.85%, 26.76% and 27.25% respectively.