Seasoned salt is a blend of

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s, other

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s, and sometimes

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(MSG). It is sold in supermarkets and is commonly used in

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s and other take-away food shops. Seasoned salt is often the standard seasoning on foods such as

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, deep-fried

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, and potatoes.

United States

Seasoned salt

The seasoned salt industry in the United States sells $100 million in seasoned salt annually. According to the US

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, two brands make up 80% of the market.

Lawry's

Lawry's, the oldest commonly used "seasoned salt" in the US, was originally developed for seasoning steaks in the 1930s.

Morton Season-all

Morton Season-All is the #2 seasoned salt in the US by market share.

Antitrust issues

The combined marketshare of Lawry's seasoned salt and Season-All was of sufficient concern that the FTC required McCormick, the former owner of the Season-All brand, to sell it to Morton as a condition of McCormick purchasing Lawry's in 2008.

Cajun and Creole seasoning

In Louisiana and the surrounding states, many companies make Cajun/Creole seasonings. It is a spicy blend of onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, oregano or thyme, salt, pepper, and chili powder. Brands include

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, Zatarain's and

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Old Bay

Old Bay is a celery-salt-based seasoned salt commonly used on seafood.

United Kingdom

American Chip Spice

Invented in the 1970s in the English city of

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and claimed to have been inspired by American seasonings, "chip spice" was introduced into the United Kingdom in the 1970s by the Spice Blender company; the recipe was based on American spiced salts containing paprika. A hot and spicy variant was introduced recently, but was not as successful. The brand is now owned by Wilsons Seasonings.

Australia

Chicken salt

Chicken salt was originally developed in the 1970s by Peter Brinkworth in Gawler, South Australia to season chicken for rotisseries.This recipe was purchased by Mitani Group in 1979, and is now commonly used on hot chips (termed "french fries" in the United States) throughout Australia. The first recipe for chicken salt consisted of salt, onion powder, garlic powder, celery salt, paprika, chicken bouillon and monosodium glutamate, along with some unspecified herbs and spices. There are versions of chicken salt that use chicken flavoring as well as vegan versions.

References

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