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[Skyguy2005]

Why are salted nuts more expensive than unsalted nuts? It's a mystery to me.

 

Surely adding salt requires some cost? Or is it a preservative effect that saves money?

[Gerrans]

I have not noticed this.

[Dichotohmy]

Salt isn't much of a preservative for nuts and other seeds because they will still go rancid just as fast when the fats inside the seeds oxidize.

 

The salt adds a very small cost for the producer, but probably commands a price premium because the salt adds real flavor over a comparable unsalted choice. 

[Skyguy2005]

Actually, I was trying heroically to ask why salted nuts are cheaper. They often are.

 

*Sigh*. Does saying the opposite of what you really mean inhibit MTOR? Ha

Edited by Skyguy2005, 25 February 2015 - 02:07 PM.

[timar]

*Sigh*. Does saying the opposite of what you really mean inhibit MTOR? Ha

 

No, it doesn't. I mean, yes it does... (Actually, you have found out the secret behind women's longevity advantage )

 

Why is whole wheat flour much more expensive than refined flour? lt's all a matter of supply and demand. There's a much bigger demand for refined flour or for salted nuts, hence they are sold in larger quantities and less expensive, despite requiring additional processing.

Edited by timar, 26 February 2015 - 05:59 PM.

[TheFountain]

Because they are altering the factory processes when they exclude a common ingredient, which seems to be a cost to the manufacturer. 

 

I guess......