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[edit] Removed promo

The following piece removed from the article, since it 95% promotion (I detected it while tracking an anon vandal that used the contributor's IP). However some facts are reusable, so I am putting it here, for processing (not by me, since this is not my field). mikka (t) 17:16, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Chicken Salt, The Story

History and facts of Mitani Chicken Salt.

“ We are the first company to launch Chicken Salt onto the retail and open market.” • The Name, Chicken Salt, is derived from- (A purpose made dry sprinkle marinade for chicken) a special blend of salt , herbs and spices s, sprinkled on chicken prior to cooking. (hence the name. Chicken Salt) • Chicken Rotisserie shops, Fish and chip shops, and take away food stores which cooked chickens, either made their own blend, which only very few did, or would only use salt, or if they were innovative would add paprika to it, to give the chicken a more appealing colour, OR coat it with MSG • Mitani Products was a food distributor in South Australia(established December 1979) at this point, selling frozen, dry , and Fresh goods, including Fresh Chickens and blending a few herbs and spices. We had our blend of Chicken Salt, and sales were moving steadily, We kept on improving the ingredients and flavour in tune to what the food shops were demanding. Sales increased. Its at this point we believe Chicken salt was born when it was accidentally put on chips. • The word spread quite quickly, as customers were starting to choose which shop they preferred to get their chips according to the chicken salt flavour taste they preferred. • Our product became more popular, as more people heard about it. Then the frozen chip market become quite strong as people in take away shops found it harder for them all to cut their own chips. Frozen Chips (Fries)on their own taste fairly bland, compared to fresh cut chips. Adding salt to chips or sauce or vinegar like we all do, took away that deep fry oily taste. • Variety of uses from sprinkling on the chips, fish, dim sims, spring rolls etc. lifted the flavour so much more. As time went on word got around Adelaide, and interstate. We were advised by market experts to launch it in the retail market. • We did launch into the retail market. (the first company to launch Chicken Salt onto the retail and open market) We had been approached by major spice companies which wanted to buy it out, but at that time, we said we would like to do the marketing ourselves. Within 3 months of us launching into the retail supermarket area, the major and minor spice companies had got on the market with their own versions. But they had gone in the direction of chicken flavours and enhancers, this is why some people think that chicken salt is full of MSG (monosodium Glutamate) in other words the chicken salt had to taste like chicken flavour, similar to chicken flavoured potato crisps. Ours was designed for coating on chicken, and was made with all natural herbs and spices. ( No MSG ADDED) Mitani Chicken Salt has many uses, eg on eggs, meat, BBQ, pasta, salads, mushrooms, roasts (potatoes especially)and it keeps going on as different cultures tell us what they are using it for. (eg tofu, rice, bean curd, fish) We are market leader in Australia and now exporting to other countries. We are a privately Australian owned family company, run by 4 brothers and family, with 20 other staff, and the occasional visit by the founder ( Dad) (Elia Mitani ) to see how things are going. We have emails every week from tourist that have gone back to their country or Australians that have gone to live in other countries, and miss their chicken salt, asking to get some posted or where can they get it from. I hope I haven’t bored you, but to us 4 brothers, it has been an exciting venture to see this product position itself in the market. Yours truly, Con Mitani

Mitani chicken salt is crap anyway.... the stuff the shops use is 1000% better... - UnlimitedAccess 01:05, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
This comment keeps getting removed by a anonymous South Australian user (most probably Mitani), I understand my comment is a personal oppinion and really has no place on Wiki, but removing user comments is frowned upon. You already have the free promo above, give it a rest Mitani. - UnlimitedAccess 11:19, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MSG

I'm not so sure about the article's statement that it is primarily composed of MSG - the Mitani brand chicken salt I have in my kitchen clearly states 'No MSG added' and lists the following ingredients: Sea salt, herbs and spices, garlic powder, onion powser, dextrose, soy sauce powder, vegetable oil, natural flavourings, citric acid. Lbft 16:03, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Moved page

I have moved this page from "Chicken Salt" to "Seasoned Salt". Seasoned salt seems to be the most common term, with 241,000 Google/253,000 Yahoo results. "Seasoning salt" has 201,000 Google/199,000 Yahoo hits; "season salt" has 45,200 G/45,100 Y hits. "Chicken salt" has only 40,400 G/30,700 Y results. I would have suggested merging, but curiously no page on seasoned salt in general existed. Pcu123456789 04:39, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Seasoning? herbs and spices? variations?

what about listing some herbs and spices that are rumoured to be in it or even better list the different variation of seasoning fast food shops use, like KFC or Red Roster etc. Dawn 99 04:36, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Every brand of "seasoned salt" sold in the US, if my palate will serve for an estimate, is comprised mainly of celery salt--that is, salt with powdered celery seed added--plus white pepper, a bit of garlic powder, and paprika for color. Of course, I may not have tried all of them, but that is what I taste in the ones I've tried. Chicken flavoring has not been something I've noticed.
This article started out at Chicken Salt, an Australian product. Thus the references. Josh Parris 05:55, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] merging articles

The main page says "It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Flavored salt. (Discuss)". This is idiotic.

Are we paying by the word?!?!

This is like merging "Village People" with "Disco", like we can't afford having both. There should be an article called Chicken Salt. As an American, the words "chicken salt" and the product Chicken Salt seem to be totally unique and unlike anything else. I read about it on the web (something or other about fast food in England and Australia), and I hunted high and low and simply couldn't find it here, nor anyone who heard of it. I got a friend and customer of mine to send me some, he picked out and sent me Windsor Farms and Mitani. Unlike the guy above, I think the Mitani is exquisite, at least from the point of view of an American who only just now tried Chicken Salt and doesn't know anything about it, and the Windsor is overly mild and just a weak celery taste. In America, we have a very, very famous traditional spice called Lawry's Seasoned Salt, along with a million generics of it, and it is completely and totally unlike Chicken Salt. We have another called Morton Hot Salt (which is made with chipotle chili pepper), which is great on hamburger steaks and is completely different. In my view, slamming them into the same page is a bad idea. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.235.192.80 (talk) 04:25, 30 March 2008 (UTC)