what is the difference between pickle crisp and pickling salt? Is pickle crisp a water softener or does it replace pickling salt?
Pickling salt is a salt that is used mainly for canning and manufacturing pickles. It is made without iodine or any anti-caking products added.
Pickle Crisp is Calcium Chloride. It is easy to make crispy, crunchy pickles with Pickle Crisp. Simply add Pickle Crisp to each jar of pickles before processing. Pickle Crisp does not burn like lime and there is NO messy clean-up.
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