Chaat Masala

Built on black salt (kala namak) and amchur. The high salt content makes it more hygroscopic than other blends, so it is packed at lower moisture and carries a shorter stated shelf life: 12 months rather than 18.

What to fix on the specification

• Recipe: our standard, or your approved sample.
• Salt content: high by design, and the reason for everything below.
• Moisture: packed below the ceiling, not at it.
• Packing: lined, with desiccant on tropical routes.
• Shelf life: 12 months, shorter than the other blends.
• Allergen statement for the destination label.

Black salt makes this the most hygroscopic blend in the catalogue, so it is the one most likely to cake in a container that goes through a temperature cycle. Moisture and container rain explains the mechanism.