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Salt: An Essential Seasoning

Salt, chemically sodium chloride, is essential to the vital functions of organisms and is widely used as a seasoning.

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🍳 Culinary uses

Salt is used to season food, cure meat and preserve foods.

🔍 How to choose

Choose a good-quality product such as sea salt or iodized salt.

📦 Storage

Salt is stable and can be stored indefinitely in a dry place.

🔄 Substitutes

Herbs and spices can add flavor while reducing the amount of sodium used.

💚 Health benefits

Salt is necessary for nervous-system function and fluid balance, but excessive intake can be harmful.

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Sodium chloride (NaCl), commonly called table salt or simply salt, is a chemical compound found naturally as the mineral halite, also known as rock salt. It is essential to the vital functions of most organisms.

Rock salt is refined in a process similar to sea salt production: brine is purified and allowed to crystallize to the desired grain size, producing cooking and table salt.

Iodized salt

The table salt commonly sold in food shops is often iodized for public-health reasons. A small quantity of iodine is added as potassium iodide or iodate to help prevent iodine deficiency and related disorders, especially thyroid dysfunction. Excessive salt consumption is harmful, however. A commonly cited daily limit is about 5 g of salt, corresponding to approximately 2 g of sodium.

Types of salt

Sea salt

Sea salt is produced by evaporating concentrated seawater in shallow ponds using solar heat. The brine is filtered and warmed until clean salt crystals form.

Table salt

Table salt is refined rock salt used for seasoning and curing meat.

Flavored salt

Garlic salt, celery salt, herb salt and spice blends are common flavored seasonings.

De-icing salt

Coarse crystalline de-icing salt is not suitable for consumption.

Specialty salt

One specialty deposit in the Gulf of Mexico produces regular, flat salt flakes that are particularly suitable for sprinkling on pretzels.