Bakers have a lot of different opinions about what type of salt to use in recipes. But what are the key differences between ...

I started buying coarse kosher salt instead of the fine, uniform, iodized table salt I’d grown up with. I do not remember why ...

MTU associate professor Joshua Pearce found that SODIS can be used on water that has been made murky by clay, but only after it is treated with table salt because salt causes the clay particles to ...

Research reveals how high salt intake disrupts regulatory T cells through specific gene activation, potentially increasing ...

100 grams of pink Himalayan salt can cost $5 to $8, up to 20 times more than generic table salt. Ouch. But why is it so expensive? First, we need to look at different types of salt in the industry.

Here is a guide to the different kinds of salt commonly called for in recipes. I mostly use table salt in my cooking, but many other bloggers and cookbook authors prefer kosher salt or suggest ...

Table salt is one major source of iodine in Canada. In 1949, the government made it a mandatory additive. While Canadians can also get their iodine in by eating seafood (seawater is an abundant ...

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