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sea salt
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salt produced from the evaporation of seawater
Nutrition · Open Food Facts
Typical values per 100 g · averaged across 19 products
eNutri-Score
2NOVA · Processed culinary ingredient
- Energy
- 9 kcal
- Fat
- 0.3 g
- — of which saturates
- 0.1 g
- Carbohydrates
- 1.3 g
- — of which sugars
- 0.2 g
- Fibre
- 0 g
- Protein
- 0.2 g
- Salt
- 72.09 g
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Encyclopedic overview
Sea salt harvesting in Pak Thale, Phetchaburi, Thailand A salt evaporation pond in Tamil Nadu, India Sea salt is salt that is produced by the evaporation of seawater. It is used as a seasoning in foods, cooking, cosmetics and for preserving food. It is also called bay salt, solar salt, or simply salt. Like mined rock salt, production of sea salt has been dated to prehistoric times.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “sea salt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.