'Sea salt' the next great marketing gimmick

[JEDI]

lately, i've seen more and more products (ie: chips, bread, peanuts, etc) have 'sea salt' written on it's packaging.

come on america... it's just good old NaCl

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: JEDI
lately, i've seen more and more products (ie: chips, bread, peanuts, etc) have 'sea salt' written on it's packaging.

come on america... it's just good old NaCl

no iodine in it. It does taste different than your standard table salt that has iodine.

 

[ballmode]

lol pwnt

 

[IceBergSLiM]

its not simply the chemical composition but also the texture of the salt.

 

[BoomerD]

Ain't nuthin new about Sea Salt. People have been touting it's superiority over "regular" salt for years.

IMO, it IS better than the crap they dig out of the salt beds in the GSL salt flats...even though it MIGHT be the same basic NaCl...it seems to have a different flavor.

We use Kosher salt for most of our salty things here. More or less the same salty flavor...less sodium. (larger granules, more pores = less actual salt (sodium) per tsp.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

For cooking either sea salt or kosher salt are a must. Anyone that cooks with table salt is pretty dumb.

But yeah, using it as a selling point on potato chips is pretty silly.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
For cooking either sea salt or kosher salt are a must. Anyone that cooks with table salt is pretty dumb.

But yeah, using it as a selling point on potato chips is pretty silly.

why is sea salt/kosher salt superior to table salt for cooking?

 

[Throckmorton]

Salt has impurities. It's not just NaCl

 

[Farang]

Kosher salt is legally required to be put on steaks.

 

[OUCaptain]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
Ain't nuthin new about Sea Salt. People have been touting it's superiority over "regular" salt for years.

IMO, it IS better than the crap they dig out of the salt beds in the GSL salt flats...even though it MIGHT be the same basic NaCl...it seems to have a different flavor.

We use Kosher salt for most of our salty things here. More or less the same salty flavor...less sodium. (larger granules, more pores = less actual salt (sodium) per tsp.

All I use anymore is Kosher for cooking and a dish of on the table as well. Sea salt is still better though. The extra minerals from the sea water giver it a slightly better taste IMO.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: Tiamat

Originally posted by: JEDI
lately, i've seen more and more products (ie: chips, bread, peanuts, etc) have 'sea salt' written on it's packaging.

come on america... it's just good old NaCl

no iodine in it. It does taste different than your standard table salt that has iodine.

In correlation to this one:
"its not simply the chemical composition but also the texture of the salt. "

All that iodine is needed for is so that the standard table salt flows better with iodine in it.

 

[spidey07]

All salts taste differently. It's not marketing, just different tastes.

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004

Originally posted by: Tiamat

Originally posted by: JEDI
lately, i've seen more and more products (ie: chips, bread, peanuts, etc) have 'sea salt' written on it's packaging.

come on america... it's just good old NaCl

no iodine in it. It does taste different than your standard table salt that has iodine.

In correlation to this one:
"its not simply the chemical composition but also the texture of the salt. "

All that iodine is needed for is so that the standard table salt flows better with iodine in it.

I thought it was to prevent iodine deficiency? link

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004

Originally posted by: Tiamat

Originally posted by: JEDI
lately, i've seen more and more products (ie: chips, bread, peanuts, etc) have 'sea salt' written on it's packaging.

come on america... it's just good old NaCl

no iodine in it. It does taste different than your standard table salt that has iodine.

In correlation to this one:
"its not simply the chemical composition but also the texture of the salt. "

All that iodine is needed for is so that the standard table salt flows better with iodine in it.

I've never heard that one before.
Iodine is actually added as a nutritional supplement to help stave off iodine deficiencies such as goiter. Today, more of our foods are more nutritionally complets than they were 100 years ago when this practice started, but iodized salt is still an important way to maintain the bodies iodine levels.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iodized_salt

http://www.saltinstitute.org/37.html

http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/2234.html

http://www.google.com/search?s...__US203&q=iodized+salt

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
Ain't nuthin new about Sea Salt. People have been touting it's superiority over "regular" salt for years.

IMO, it IS better than the crap they dig out of the salt beds in the GSL salt flats...even though it MIGHT be the same basic NaCl...it seems to have a different flavor.

We use Kosher salt for most of our salty things here. More or less the same salty flavor...less sodium. (larger granules, more pores = less actual salt (sodium) per tsp.

I use low sodium sodium. :laugh: That's like saying I only drink light water.

 

[IronWing]

Let's see..salt mined from beneath Detroit (where most American table salt comes from)..ingredients: salt.

Sea salt...evaporated from sea water..ingredients: salt plus all the crap we've thrown in the oceans over the last 10,000 years. I'll take pure Detroit salt, thank you.

 

[potato28]

Originally posted by: Tiamat

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004

Originally posted by: Tiamat

Originally posted by: JEDI
lately, i've seen more and more products (ie: chips, bread, peanuts, etc) have 'sea salt' written on it's packaging.

come on america... it's just good old NaCl

no iodine in it. It does taste different than your standard table salt that has iodine.

In correlation to this one:
"its not simply the chemical composition but also the texture of the salt. "

All that iodine is needed for is so that the standard table salt flows better with iodine in it.

I thought it was to prevent iodine deficiency? link

Instead of having iodide instituted, potassium iodine is naturally occurring in sea salts. Edit: but it's still not enough.

 

[spidey07]

I prefer "artisan salts". Because anything that has artisan in front of it must be good.

http://www.salttraders.com/Detail.bok?no=10

 

[yankeesfan]

What did they use in Kill Bill again? Was it sea salt?

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

sea salts can actually have different flavors. some are even smoked. there is definitely a big difference in the taste and texture beyond the iodine issue.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: ironwing
Let's see..salt mined from beneath Detroit (where most American table salt comes from)..ingredients: salt.

Sea salt...evaporated from sea water..ingredients: salt plus all the crap we've thrown in the oceans over the last 10,000 years. I'll take pure Detroit salt, thank you.

I'm sure the ground under/around Detriot is pure...

 

[altonb1]

I had Cashews from Walgreens a week or two ago and they had sea salt.... I thought they were too salty, though. I'm not big on salt, anyway.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: Tiamat

Originally posted by: JEDI
lately, i've seen more and more products (ie: chips, bread, peanuts, etc) have 'sea salt' written on it's packaging.

come on america... it's just good old NaCl

no iodine in it. It does taste different than your standard table salt that has iodine.

iodine makes salt bitter

 

[sniperruff]

i do prefer the lays sea salt chips as they taste better than the regular chips.

Originally posted by: yankeesfan
What did they use in Kill Bill again? Was it sea salt?

i heard it was rock-shaped sea salt.

 

[sjwaste]

I was under the impression that things like sea salt would have impurities (other minerals) and thus a slightly different flavor. Ocean water has a lot of calcium chloride in it too, right? So wouldn't that have some presence in sea salt, as opposed to pure table salt?

That said, I'm not a sucker, there's an upper limit on what I'll spend on salt. Salt may impart some additonal flavor, or at least enhance some other flavors, but it's never the main ingredient, so it's never going to be bought as such on my dime.

Probably why I don't cook with a lot of saffron either, actually