NIGP 77581: Salt, Tissue Flake, Dairy (Dendritic Butter or Cheese Salt)

NIGP Item 77581, Salt, Tissue Flake, Dairy (Dendritic Butter Or Cheese Salt), represents a specialized food-processing input that state and local governments procure for institutional dining operations, correctional facilities, and food-service vendors serving public entities. The code covers dendritic salt formulations—crystalline structures engineered to improve flow and moisture resistance—used primarily in dairy product manufacturing, butter production, and cheese-making processes where uniform salt particle size and anti-caking properties are critical to product quality and shelf stability. State and local buyers under this code include corrections departments, county and municipal food-service operations, institutional kitchens, and purchasing cooperatives that aggregate demand for food processors and dairy operations supplying public facilities.

The source provided contains no recent state or local contract opportunities under NIGP 77581 and does not support characterization of geographic spread, issuing-body frequency, or representative recent solicitations for this Item code.