iodized; iodizing
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To address iodine deficiencies that were common in areas away from the coasts (iodine is found in soil and water near the ocean), manufacturers started iodizing table salt in the 1920s.
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Becky Krystal, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2023
The salt in your salt shaker is probably iodized, which means it’s had a key nutrient called iodine (in the form of iodide) added to it to help prevent iodine deficiency.
—Lauren Manaker Ms, Rdn, Ld, Verywell Health, 3 Apr. 2023
Her shopping cart already had about 20 others, along with four 26-ounce canisters of iodized salt.
—Hayat Norimine, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2020
The breast is exposed to a small dose of iodizing radiation that produces an image of the breast tissue.
—Cincinnati.com, 2 Oct. 2017
Until 2000, the nation bought naturally iodized salt from Eritrea, but fighting between the two countries cut off that trade and Ethiopia starting mining its salt flats, which had no iodine.
—Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times, 15 May 2017
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Becky Krystal, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2023
The salt in your salt shaker is probably iodized, which means it’s had a key nutrient called iodine (in the form of iodide) added to it to help prevent iodine deficiency.
—Lauren Manaker Ms, Rdn, Ld, Verywell Health, 3 Apr. 2023
Her shopping cart already had about 20 others, along with four 26-ounce canisters of iodized salt.
—Hayat Norimine, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2020
The breast is exposed to a small dose of iodizing radiation that produces an image of the breast tissue.
—Cincinnati.com, 2 Oct. 2017
Until 2000, the nation bought naturally iodized salt from Eritrea, but fighting between the two countries cut off that trade and Ethiopia starting mining its salt flats, which had no iodine.
—Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times, 15 May 2017
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“Iodize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iodize. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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