It provides public information and advocates on behalf of its members. Membership eligibility is limited to companies which both produce and market sodium chloride. Salt Institute information and services benefit members and the general public including dietitians , animal nutrition professionals , water softener owners or dealers , highway safety and maintenance engineers, industry researchers , journalists, elected government policymakers and regulators and many more. Students use Salt Institute information for general background and help on science projects. The Institute also has an online multi-disciplinary curriculum for high school teachers.
SI produces publications and videotapes for purchase.
The Salt Institute sponsors engineering and medical research, field studies and laboratory investigations on impacts of various uses of salt. The Institute sponsors the Tony J. Cunha Award each year supporting graduate-level research involving salt and trace minerals feeding of livestock and poultry. The next Symposium, the 9th, will be sponsored by the Salt Institute and held in the U.S. within the next decade. You can order proceedings of the Seventh Salt Symposium and Eighth Salt Symposium directly from the publisher.