Salt and sugar, common in almost every kitchen, can easily become lumpy during storage. However, the reasons for salt and sugar clumping are different, sometimes even opposite. Therefore, the methods for loosening clumped salt and sugar are also different. Here are two tips to help you resolve the clumping problem.

How to loosen clumped salt

Salt clumps because it retains moisture. Using moisture-absorbing ingredients can help loosen the salt.

What ingredients are best for absorbing moisture? I recommend uncooked pasta. Compared to noodles, pasta like penne and butterfly pasta are easier to use and replace.

Instructions

Place some pasta in the container where you store salt and close the lid. If the salt has clumped to the bottom of the container, insert a spaghetti all the way to the bottom.

After about 1-2 hours, stir the salt clumps with a spoon (shake the salt shaker up and down if it’s in a small container) and they will break up easily and loosen up. Then, remove the pasta.

To prevent the salt from clumping long-term, keep the pasta in the salt and replace it regularly based on the pasta’s moisture absorption.

How to Loosen Agglomerated Sugar

Sugar clumps because it’s too dry, not because it’s too humid. Therefore, to loosen sugar clumps, you need to provide it with moisture. A paper towel can be very helpful here.

Instructions

Wet a paper towel and squeeze it slightly. Make sure the paper towel is as damp as possible, but not dripping wet.

Remove the lid from the sugar container, place a damp paper towel over the opening, and then secure the lid.

After about 1 to 2 hours, remove the kitchen towel and stir the sugar cubes with a spoon. The hard sugar cubes will become loose.