Talk:Sea salt

message: "Commercially available sea salts on the market today vary widely in their chemical composition. Although the principal component is sodium chloride, the remaining portion can range from less than 0.2 to 10% of other salts." 
Two-tenths of a percent would seem to be likely. Table (sea) salt that is TEN PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF OTHER SALTS seems so unlikely, that I would ask for a reference. Maybe some low-sodium salt-blend with potassium-chloride would fit this. I can't imagine how something could be only %90 NaCl and still be called "Sea Salt".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.124.116.101 (talk) 20:35, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I suggest this article is merged with the article "Edible salt". --Eleassar777 11:56, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed. Now that's a sensible merger. --Wetman 11:58, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestion: merge 

message: I found this page by searching for "sea salt" in Wikipedia. So stop believing your suggestions are what's best for the readers. I never would have assumed to search for this information under "salinity", or even "edible salt", as Sea Salt is marketed and known by this name.
* I second this. Chefs and gourmands regard sea salt as distinct from table salt as an ingredient in recipes; this should be enough reason to distinguish the two. --Soultaco 21:58, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Enough With The Suggestions To Get Rid Of This Page 

message: who knew so many people cared this much about salt?
:If one considers the massive salt sales across the world, it should not be a surprise.HammerFilmFan (talk) 23:29, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wow 

message: The Taste section currently begins, "Its purported health benefits notwithstanding…". What purported health benefits are those? —mjb 04:10, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Health benefits? 

message: "Its purported health benefits notwithstanding, gourmets believe sea salt to be superior to ordinary table salt."
This sentence references purported health benefits which are never discussed in the article.
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I would be curious to see any info related to the impact of sea salt on hypertension as compared to regular salt's impact.  There seems to be less Na per gram in sea salt, and Na is what is usually blamed for increasing blood pressure, but is there any evidence to say that sea salt is better for you? 
Tom Hubbard (talk) 20:58, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: In many countries with salt mines,   table salt IS sea salt.   The people who seem to think there is a difference between "sea salt" and "ordinary table salt",  must be assuming that "ordinary table salt" comes from a salt mine, which is not a world-wide view.    Also,  salt from salt lakes does not seem to have been considered at all.Eregli bob (talk) 23:48, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

text: Typically table salt has iodine (not always) and sea salt has a higher magnesium content and less sodium per unit measure, due to the dissolved solution content in the sea.  So, there is a difference.HammerFilmFan (talk) 23:32, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

text: Here a source for you: Natural sea salt consumption confers protection against hypertension and kidney damage in Dahl salt-sensitive ratshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5328355/Mtlive (talk) 08:20, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

text: No, it's not dumb. It's perfectly accurate and meaningful, except for the strange situation of an Australian differentiating between sea salt and regular salt. In Australia regular salt IS sea salt. HiLo48 (talk) 19:18, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Health Benefits 

message: Many consumer brands of sea salt are pure sodium chloride. It's just refined from seawater instead of rock salt. These brands sell a salt that tastes no different but has a different texture (usually coarser) than garden-variety "table salt". Buyers should check that what they're buying is unrefined seawater evaporate, if they really want the sea salt that doesn't taste like a purified chemical. That's what sodium chloride tastes like to me. 68.121.165.9 20:13, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Caveat emptor 

message: I'm a little concerned about this statement:
"However, unrefined sea salt contains many important minerals that regular iodized table salt does not contain."
Does it contain them in amounts that are significant to a person's health? If not, I think this assertion is somewhat misleading. I mean a Snickers bar contains important minerals too, but people don't really consider them especially healthy...
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okay well i gotta question does anyone know how it is transported? its homewrk that is the only reason im on this thing!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.238.114.153 (talk) 21:59, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misleading? 

message: "Gourmets often believe sea salt to be better than ordinary table salt in taste and texture, though one cannot always taste the difference when dissolved." This sentence needs some rewording to sound less biased.
"However, unrefined sea salt contains many minerals that regular iodized table salt does not contain, such as calcium, potassium, magnesium, sulfate, and traces of others (including heavy metals such as mercury, lead, and cadmium, as well as strontium)." sounds really interesting.  I would really like to know more about the possibility of heavy metals in sea salt, but I haven't been able to find anything conclusive with regular internet searches.  Can someone contribute more information here?  --Theorize (talk) 05:59, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Taste and health 

message: With our oceans and seas so polluted, what does this do to salt that is harvested from the sea?  Does anyone know what downers there might be to injesting sea salt?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.202.229.174 (talk) 02:30, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Downsides to Sea Salt 

message: If sea salt is just dried-out, unpurified seawater from bays, and bays are constantly polluted by factories and ships going by (Ship pollution), does sea salt contain all these pollutants, too?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.167.68.161 (talk) 14:39, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Exactly. And what about the microplastics that are everywhere in sea water? They even accumulate contaminants and toxins. --SchallundRauch (talk) 20:39, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

text: When you look at the photos of where sea salt is harvested and dried, you can imagine the lack of environmental protection and health regulations. Is this where the majority of our sea salt in the US comes from? Would you rather use salt from an ancient sea, or a present-day sea?Flight Risk (talk) 18:03, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pollution 

message: There is a "Composition" section as well as a picture of the composition at the top of the page.  The text "Sea salt is primarily composed of the following ions" accompanies the section.  Solids should not have ions.  Liquids can have ions.  The listed composition is the composition of salt water.  Salt water is not sea salt. As salt water sun dries, the ions in it should bond and it'll become mostly NaCl (not Na and Cl separately, as many internet pages seem to list).  I trust this page  which says the other stuff in sea salt is negligible and sea salt has almost the same NaCl by weight as table salt.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.227.39.116 (talk) 20:36, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect Chemical Composition 

message: The salt that is mined from the earth IS sea salt, it's just produced by natural methods and aged (for example, the Great Salt Lake's salt flats are the remnants of an inland sea.  The sea was cut off from its water supply and exit to the oceans and evaporated.  Just like you make "sea salt" only this occurred naturally (which is to say, without people present).  All salt mines are merely dried up sea beds that were subducted by plate tectonics. The comment about minerals being "stripped out" of mined salt is hilarious.  What purpose would that serve other than to increase the cost of production?  Give me a break. Renglish (talk) 18:08, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I am equally sceptical. Nothing in this article convinces me that the difference is anything formal or clearly identifiable. It all seems like marketing and fashion to me. HiLo48 (talk) 20:39, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: No, there is a technical difference. Now, that doesn't mean that some commercial enterprise isn't putting a fast one over you, tho', in their pkging of the product.  The problem is that both table and sea salt have the same basic degree of sodium as far as health is concerned.  Now, if the trace elements in seawater like magnesium are higher in sea salt, depending on one's body chemistry, you could benefit from it ... slightly.HammerFilmFan (talk) 23:37, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Salt by any other name is still salt. 

message: Is the last sentence in the paragraph not contradicting the sentence before it??  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gatheringwithin (talk • contribs) 16:43, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Sea salt composition

message: Section Composition: is the relative composition really by mass? Or is it by molar? --Mortense (talk) 18:22, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relative numbers - by mass? 

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thread_title:  [[:File:Salt Farmers - Pak Thale-edit1.jpg]] to appear as POTD soon 

message: This article needs a component breakdown of the average concentration of the compounds in sea salt, such as:
x1% Sodium
x2% Chloride
x3% Calcium
x4% Potassium
etc.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cloudswrest (talk • contribs) 17:41, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed -- this was long overdue.  Done.  174.24.56.55 (talk) 14:32, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Component breakdown 

message: In the very first paragraph of the lead we have "Generally more expensive than the more popular refined salt (table salt)..." In many parts of the world, including where I live, Australia, table salt IS sea salt. Almost all salt here and in many other places is produced by solar evaporation of sea water. So, contrasting sea salt with table salt is nonsensical. The article is obviously written from the perspective of somewhere in the world where the statement is true, in ignorance of what happens elsewhere, but we aren't told where that is. The places where the quote above makes sense need to be identified, and the truth told. I'd like to give the article a more global focus. HiLo48 (talk) 08:26, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Does anybody care? HiLo48 (talk) 21:32, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Our systemic bias seems clearly on display in the thread below. Is that the problem with my question here? Nobody else can look beyond the borders of the USA? Remember, this is a global article. HiLo48 (talk) 01:18, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm going to keep bumping this thread until I get some discussion here. Is San Francisco all that the rest of you parochial editors care about? HiLo48 (talk) 20:12, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I wouldn't presume to answer for any other editor, but for myself, I don't actually even care about San Francisco Bay.  The recent flurry of edits about San Fran seem to be all related to one editor's determination to insert non-RS fluff.  The efforts to remove that were right and go against the tendency to give US-based information too much prominence.  Adding global production and consumption of sea salt would be one other way to do this but most countries don't appear to distinguish between production methods for salt.  This makes sourcing for such information more difficult than I, frankly, am willing to uncover.  --Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 20:35, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm pleased to sae another editor not caught up in the marketing hype. Actually, your observation about an absence of sources makes my point even more strongly. It's only the marketing of something called "sea salt" in the US (and sometimes now in other places too) as something special, unique, and somehow good for you, that causes the existence of this separate article at all. To differentiate between sea salt and table salt is meaningless in much of the world. HiLo48 (talk) 21:23, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Am I understanding that you think there shouldn't be a sea salt article at all, then?  I feel there are sufficient historical and culinary reasons for keeping such an article, but If you think it will not survive AfD, by all means, nominate it there. There is already ample evidence above, however, that it would be opposed. In the alternate, are you saying that the article should de-mystify sea salt as a unique variant of salt, then I would agree. --Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 23:15, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The latter is my point. The article, right from the lead, is written as if table salt and sea salt are different things. In much of the world they're not, so the article is very wrong. It needs a major re-write. HiLo48 (talk) 00:01, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article has a weird and silly bias 

message: So, right up front, shouldn't it say if sea salt IS sodium chloride, or some other compound (like potassium chloride, e.g.)?? 141.158.64.226 (talk) 21:45, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: No, because about the third word in the article is a wiki-linked reference to the salt article. NE Ent 20:18, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sea salt is... 

message: It says "Sea salt is salt produced from the evaporation of seawater." It's not the seawater that evaporates. Just plain water evaporates from the seawater, leaving salt behind. I can't immediately see a good way to reword it, but invite suggestions please. HiLo48 (talk) 22:47, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grammar and accuracy problem in first sentence 

message: '''
FNH 200 Wiki Page Outline: Sea Salt (team 2)'''
Contents
1.History of Sea Salt
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2.Components of Sea Salt
a.Chemical Composition 
b.Physical and Sensory Properties of Regional Salt
3.Modernization of Sea Salt Production 
a.New Method of Manufacturing
4.Production of Iodized Sea Salt 
a.Sea Salt Production by Reduction 
b.Quality Control of Salt
5.Types of Sea Salt 
a.Low Sodium Sea Salt 
b.Umami Essence Sea Salt 
c.Himalayan Sea Salt
6.Uses of Sea Salt 
a.Performance of Sea Salt 
b.Manufacture and Storage of Coffee oil coated Sea Salt 
c.Effect of Sea Salt on Beef Fat
Introduction
History of Sea Salt
A brief overview of the discovery of sea salt and its early uses in preservation, cooking and medicine.
Chemical composition
Physical and Sensory Properties of Regional Salt:
This section looks at the physical and sensory profile of sea salt. 
Though sea salts vary largely, their general composition is 98% NaCl and 2% of various minerals (generally magnesium, iron, calcium, potassium etc.)
Sea Salt Mining + Modernisation of Sea Salt 
In our Wikipedia page, we will expand on the various methods of Sea Salt harvesting. Through further research, we hope to find the various types of Once sea salt has been retrieved from mines or oceans, there are three common methods used to harvest them: vacuum drying, sun drying and salt mining. 
In vacuum drying, the solution of salt is washed with chemicals such as soda ash and cuastic soda. This results in the aggregation of minerals and salt; the water is then evaporated leaving a sea salt mixture behind. 
The concept behind sun drying is that the heat and wind will slowly evaporate the water out of the sea salt, leaving a highly concentrated solution of sea salt. After some time, this salt would crystalize and be collected. Sun drying of sea salt was historically done in Gueranda, France along the Brittany Coast.
Quality Control of salt:
A look at how the production of sea salt has evolved due to the greater demand for sea salt. As Sea Salt has become more mainstream and preferred to iodized salt, how have manufactures worked to supply the demand? What are the different techniques used to produce the different types of sea salt we find in grocery stores? How does local artisan sea salt differ to large scale manufactured sea salt? 
Production of Iodized Sea Salt
Look at the iodine level in sea salt. Iodine is an essential nutrient for normal thyroid function, and not having enough iodine could cause endemic goitre. According to one study, sea salt contains far less iodine that iodized table salt. 
manufactures worked to supply the demand? What are the different techniques used to produce the different types of sea salt we find in grocery stores? How does local artisan sea salt differ to large scale manufactured sea salt? 
Types of Sea Salt 
A look at different types of sea salt. Does the ocean or body of water affect the taste? Has sea salt become a regionalized cultural artifact? How are different salts produced, stored, sold? 
Sea Salt vs. Table Salt? Any difference? 
Table salt is missing the minerals that are found in Sea Salt which were likely evaporated from rapid heating of the salt solution.  
Use of sea salt
A look at the different uses of sea salt and how it has evolved through to modern times. It used to be a spice;  now due to its preservational, tenderizing, flavour enhancing properties salt has become a staple ingredient in the Western Diet.
Bibliography 
1. Drake, S., & Drake, M. (2010). Comparison Of Salty Taste And Time Intensity Of Sea And Land Salts From Around The World. Journal of Sensory Studies, 26(1), 25-34. Retrieved from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/doi/10.1111/j.1745-459X.2010.00317.x/full 
2.Marcone, Vella M. (2011). Physical and sensory properties of regional sea salts. Food Research International, 45(1), 415-421. Retrieved from: http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/science/article/pii/S0963996911006363
3.Fischer, Peter W.F. & L’Abbe, Mary (1980). Iodine in iodized table salt and in sea salt. Canadian Institute for Food Science and Technology, 13(2), 103-104. Retrieved from: http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/science/article/pii/S0315546380733278?np=y
4.Gao, Tian-Cheng & Cho, Jeong-Yong,etc (2014). Mineral-rich solar sea-salt generates less oxidative stress in rats than in mineral deficient salt. Food Science Biotechnology. 23(3), 951-956. Retrieved from: http://link.springer.com.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/article/10.1007%2Fs10068-014-0128-y
5. Cheatham, Rachel (2014). No salt, low salt and sea salt! Prepared Foods. 183(4), 39-47. Retrieved from: http://web.a.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/ehost/detail/detail?sid=2c8461d0-fb62-4f20-b523-3b2520c076c0%40sessionmgr4003&vid=0&hid=4209&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=95605982&db=bth
: Someone above wrote "Sea Salt vs. Table Salt? Any difference?", the difference is dirt. Arnold E. Bender explains this "The real difference between sea salt and ordinary salt is simply dirt. Ordinary white salt is purified sodium chloride, over 99 per cent pure. In some parts of the world it is made by evaporating sea water, in others it is mined. The evaporated sea salt is brown in colour and contains various impurities derived from seaweed, dried shrimps and the general debris of the sea. The penultimate stage is washing these crystals when they become whitish and are 98 per cent pure - the remainder being the dirt from the sea. This is sold as sea salt. Most of it dissolved and recrystallized to the pure white material that ordinary shops sell. (Health or Hoax, p. 95) HealthyGirl (talk) 15:43, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  FNH 200 Team 2 Sea Salt Outline  

message: Please, please, can whoever is editing in vast walls of ill-constructed text slow down? It would be much better to discuss proposed edits of this magnitude on the talk page - and to proofread them before doing that. Pinkbeast (talk) 08:11, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Recent edits

message: ::"'Commercially available sea salts on the market today vary widely in the chemical composition of the residue which is not sodium chloride.'"
Indeed.  Depending on where, exactly, the salt is obtained, and how much it is processed, this "residue which is not sodium chloride" can contain charming things ranging from lead, cadmium, and mercury, to formaldehyde.  Given the number of products on the market today touting "sea salt" in their ingredients, I recently contacted the FDA for more information.
::"'Today, salt labeled "sea salt" in the US might not have actually come from the sea, as long as it meets the FDA's purity requirements.'"
This statement is bogus.  There are no "FDA purity requirements" for, nor even an "FDA definition" of "sea salt".
Basically, when you buy something allegedly containing "sea salt", if the salt really is "sea salt" you stand a fair chance of getting toxic residue with the salt.  On the other hand, if the salt has been processed to remove the residue, then what you are getting is  . . . salt.  Same old sodium chloride as comes from any source, and the "sea salt" you see on the package label is nothing but advertising hype.
Wikipedia should eschew quackery.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.95.43.249 (talk) 22:20, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: OK - produce a source for these claims and the page can be edited. No source, no edit. Pinkbeast (talk) 22:40, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Misinformation