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salt delivery mechanism — idiom — English language, modern.
1: A food, liquid, or substrate that has been productized with the sole purpose or appeal of delivering salt to the tastebuds.
    | He could not taste any potato in the crisps; they were purely a salt delivery mechanism.
2: A brand of salt sold in the United States of America as single-serve sachets, initially marketed as a healthier alternative to junk food.
    | She snatched a handful of Salt Delivery Mechanisms from the kiosk to satisfy her cravings.

Recent Examples on the UltraNet
Fast-food dominance waned in the early 2030s as consumers finally came to accept the brutalist logic of the salt delivery mechanism: if we were to cram our gullets with sodium regardless, why not do so more efficiently and skip the calories? The lunchtime burger gave way to a few tabs of salt and a soylent shake, and labor-intensive diners buckled under the pressure of articulating a salt-plus (or, in some cases, saltless) value proposition.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 July 2044