List of edible salts

Black lava salt

Himalayan salt

Red rock salt from Pakistan, falsely known as Himalayan salt

Edible salts, also known as table salts, are derived from mining (rock salt) or evaporation (including sea salt). Edible salts may be identified by such characteristics as their geographic origin, method of preparation, natural impurities, additives, flavourings, or intended purpose (such as pickling or curing).

Specific salts

Specific salts include:

• Anglesey Sea Salt (Halen Môn), a Welsh sea salt extracted from salt flakes harvested from the Menai Strait in Anglesey (PDO)^[1]
• Alaea salt, a Hawaiian-style sea salt mixed with a red volcanic clay
• Black lava salt, a salt colored with activated charcoal
• Brine, a saltwater used in the preservation of food
• Curing salt, a salt containing sodium nitrate, used in the preservation of meats^[2]
• Flake salt, a type of salt with flake-shaped crystals
• Fleur de sel, a hand-harvested sea salt
• Halite, a technical term for rock salt
• Himalayan salt, a rock salt with a pink color, mined in Pakistan
• Jukyeom, a Korean salt roasted in bamboo
• Kala namak, a south Asian condiment made of black rock salt or manufactured
• Kosher salt, a large-grained, non-iodised salt
• LoSalt, a salt substitute containing potassium chloride in addition to sodium chloride
• Pickling salt, a fine-grained, non-iodised salt used for pickling
• Sal de Tavira, a Portuguese sea salt extracted from salt pans on the Atlantic coast (PDO)^[3]
• Sale Marino di Trapani, an Italian sea salt extracted from the salt pans of Trapani, Paceco and Marsala (PGI)^[4]
• Sel gris, a French-style sea salt
• Sel de Guérande, a French sea salt from the salt marshes of the Guérande Peninsula (PGI)^[5]

Flavoured salts

Flavoured or seasoned salts include:

• Bacon salt, developed by J&D's Foods
• Butter salt
• Celery salt
• Garlic salt
• Lawry's Seasoned Salt
• Smoked salt
• Truffle salt

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  Celery salt

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  Whole kala namak salt crystals

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  Seasoned salt

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  Mesquite smoked salt

See also

• Popcorn seasoning

References