List of edible salts

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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).

Name Image Type Notes
Anglesey Sea Salt Also known as (Halen Môn), a Welsh sea salt extracted from salt flakes harvested from the Menai Strait in Anglesey (PDO)[1]
Alaea salt Alaea salt.jpg A Hawaiian-style sea salt mixed with a red volcanic clay
Black lava salt Black Salt.jpg A salt colored with activated charcoal
Brine A saltwater used in the preservation of food
Butter salt Butter salt.JPG Flavoured or
seasoned
Celery salt Celery Salt, Penzeys Spices, Arlington Heights MA.jpg Flavoured or
seasoned
Curing salt Prague powder No 1.jpg A salt containing sodium nitrate, used in the preservation of meats[2]
Dairy salt Used in butter products to add flavor and retain moisture
Flake salt A type of salt with flake-shaped crystals
Fleur de sel FleurDeSel.JPG A hand-harvested sea salt
Garlic salt GarlicSalt.jpg Flavoured or
seasoned
Halite Selpologne.jpg The mineral term for rock salt
Himalayan salt Himalaya-Salz-1.jpg A rock salt with a pink color, mined in Pakistan
Jukyeom A Korean salt roasted in bamboo
Kala namak Black Salt (crystals).jpg A south Asian condiment made of black rock salt or manufactured
Kosher salt Kosher Salt.JPG A large-grained, non-iodised salt
LoSalt Losalt tub.jpg 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 Trapani Salzlager.jpg An Italian sea salt extracted from the salt pans of Trapani, Paceco and Marsala (PGI)[4]
Sea salt France-Noirmoutier-Sel brut.jpg
Sel gris A French-style sea salt
Sel de Guérande A French sea salt from the salt marshes of the Guérande Peninsula (PGI)[5]
Smoked salt Smoked-Salt 008.jpg Flavoured or
seasoned
Truffle salt Flavoured or
seasoned

See also

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