Food salt

Salt is considered an incredibly important ingredient for cooking. The vast majority of culinary items, as well as dishes, are simply unthinkable without salt. Sodium salt is the main component of all varieties of edible salt. In nature, the largest amount of salt can be found in the chemical composition of seawater. In addition, salt is contained in a mineral called halite, the deposits of which are extracted from sedimentary rocks. Mountain or rock salt is no less popular than other varieties of edible salt.

If you follow the terminology used in the food industry, then food salt is a food product, which is ground crystals of sodium chloride, which are used in the food production process. Food salt is, first of all, the common name of one group of food products, each of which has similar characteristics, as well as taste or consumer parameters. As previously noted, the composition of the edible salt includes sodium chloride, which determines the special properties of the product.

Composition of edible salt

Often, food salt includes other ingredients, and in addition, food additives. For example, there is garlic or spicy food salt. in the composition of such products, in addition to the salt itself, taste flavors identical to the tastes of natural products will be contained. Food salt is contained in various mixtures of seasonings or spices. The distinctive taste and consumer properties of food salt make this product incredibly important for cooking and the food industry as a whole.

Food salt is an important component that is required for the normal life of the human body. In addition, the unique properties of salt are needed not only for people, but for all living things. It is the food salt that helps in the production of hydrochloric acid. Doctors established the daily intake of edible salt for the normal functioning of all human life support systems. It is believed that an adult and healthy person should consume up to 15 grams of edible salt every day.

Types of edible salt

Currently, there are several main types of edible salt, which differ from each other not only in appearance, but also in consumer and taste, but also in chemical and physical parameters. Among the most popular and widely used in cooking and industry types of edible salt are the following:



canteen or table salt;

edible rock salt;

sea salt;

black salt;

garlic, onion, spicy and other food salt, which contains additional ingredients and food additives;

food iodized salt;

dietary salt as well as coarse or finely ground salt.