Natural sea salt is more flavorful and enhances the flavor of foods much better than table salt. Natural sea salt does not contain additives and retains 2-8% naturally-occurring trace minerals by volume. A natural sea salt has irregular shapes, is moist, clumps in your hand, and sometimes has an off-white appearance. When buying sea salt, you must be sure that you are choosing a natural, unprocessed sea salt. Some sea salt is processed just like table salt to look more 'perfect' in the store. As a rule, if the salt being offered looks perfect, it has probably been processed.
What is Sea Salt?
All salt originally came from the sea. The salt you use everyday was probably mined underground, where an ancient ocean may have evaporated. Mined sea salt has lost much of its original quality. Modern processing has washed the salt of dirt, which also removes much of the trace minerals. Erosion of these minerals may also have occurred over millions of years.
Benefits of Sea Salt
People on a salt-restricted diet should know that there is sodium in sea salt, but slightly less than an equal portion of table salt. Many people find that they use less sea salt as compared to table salt, because it is more flavorful, with trace minerals that represent 2-8% less sodium in every pinch.
Why should I use sea salt?
Quality sea salt adds texture and flavor. Crystals -- coarse or fine, may be applied in creative ways in your cooking. Natural sea salt is free of drying agents, free of chemicals for anti-caking, and without added iodine. Sea salt typically has a higher concentration of trace minerals.
How does Nut Hawai'i Extract Salt from Sea Water?
Our natural sea salt is made by evaporating fresh sea water extracting from the ocean outside the Black Sand Beach of the Big Island of Hawai'i by container. The fresh sea water will be filtered by a drinking water filter and evaporated in shallow pools within a sheltered solar greenhouse. Coarse crystals are formed as the ocean water evaporates, leaving behind pure sea salt crystals. Our salt is that pure!
Is sea salt organic?
Organic is a label placed on a food product such as vegetables that meet the requirements of an organic standard. These standards are usually designated by a government or trade association. Sea salt can be considered organic if it is produced in a natural way. Beware of some sea salt that has been processed and really isn't much different than table salt. The differences are difficult to distinguish. There is no organic trade association or government label for organic sea salt in the U.S.
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