A Rose Is a Rose Is a rose . . . Is It the Same for Salt?

A rose is a rose is a rose … is it the same for salt?

Everyone is familiar with table – or iodized – salt. But recipes increasingly refer to other types of salt, like kosher, sea, seasoned, light and rock salt. How are they different from each other? Isn’t salt just … salt?

The difference between types of salt usually concerns their taste and texture. For example, kosher salt has a coarse grain and gives a clean taste to foods. Sea salt comes in either fine or coarse grain and has a slightly different taste caused by other minerals it contains.

Seasoned salt is flavored with herbs and other ingredients; for that reason, it actually has less salt content than other types of salt.

Rock salt is used as a decoration on food, or to make ice cream. But it’s not used in cooking because of its size.
 
Salts do have one thing in common: They all contain sodium. So if you have hypertension or otherwise need to watch your salt intake, keep checking food labels and monitor how much salt you consume – no matter what kind it is.

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