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. 2020 Oct 19;9(10):1490. doi: 10.3390/foods9101490

Table 1.

Description of pink salt (n = 31) and iodized white table salt (n = 1) samples purchased from retail stores in Australia in June 2018.

Brand Product Name Form Origin Color Intensity Price ($) 1 per 100 g
Control
SAXA Iodized white table salt Fine N/A No color 1.60 2
Pink salt
Affordable wholefoods Pink Himalayan Salt Fine Himalayan Light pink 1.19 3
Chef’s choice Himalayan Pink Fine Salt Fine Himalayan Medium pink 1.76 4
Chef’s choice Himalayan Pink Rock Salt with Grinder Coarse Himalayan Dark pink 1.67 5
Coles Himalayan Pink Salt Grinder Coarse Himalayan Dark pink 2.91 6
Go Vita Himalayan Salt Fine Himalayan Medium pink 1.19 7
Hoyt’s Pink Himalayan Rock Salt Coarse Himalayan Dark pink 1.30 5
Lotus Himalayan Salt Coarse Coarse Himalayan Dark pink 1.16 8
Masterfoods Pink Himalayan Salt Coarse Himalayan Dark pink 7.77 9
McKenzie’s Himalayan Fine Pink Salt Fine Himalayan Medium pink 1.32 5
McKenzie’s Himalayan Pink Rock Salt Coarse Himalayan Dark pink 1.25 2
Mount Zero Pink lake natural salt Coarse Australian No color 6.99 10
Murray River Gourmet Salt Flakes Naturally Pink Flakes Australian Light pink 5.00 10
n foods Himalayan Rock Sat Coarse Himalayan Dark pink -
Nirvana organics Himalayan Crystal Salt Medium Fine Himalayan Dark pink 2.64 11
Nirvana organics Himalayan Crystal Salt Granules Coarse Himalayan Dark pink 6.00 11
Nirvana organics Himalayan Crystal Salt Fine Fine Himalayan Medium pink 2.70 12
Peruvian Pink Salt Fine Grain Salt Fine Peru Light pink 1.66 10
Real Food That Loves You Back Himalayan Pink Rock Salt-Fine Fine Himalayan Medium pink 1.16 13
Real Food That Loves You Back Himalayan Rock Salt Crystals Coarse Himalayan Dark pink 1.16 13
SAXA Natural Pink Himalayan Table Salt Fine Himalayan Medium pink 2.39 2
SAXA Pink Himalayan Salt Flakes Flakes Himalayan Medium pink 6.32 5
SAXA Natural Pink Himalayan Rock Salt Coarse Himalayan Dark pink 0.80 2
SAXA Natural Pink Himalayan Salt Grinder Coarse Himalayan Dark pink 4.21 2
SHERU Fine Himalayan Salt Fine Himalayan Medium pink 1.16 14
The gluten free co. Himalayan Salt Fine Fine Himalayan Light pink 1.90 15
The gluten free co. Himalayan Salt Coarse Coarse Himalayan Dark pink 1.91 15
Unbranded Australian Pink Lake Salt (Medium) Fine Australian No color -
Unbranded Fine Himalayan Salt Fine Himalayan Light pink -
Unbranded Rock Himalayan Salt Coarse Himalayan Medium pink -
Woolworths Himalayan Pink Fine Table Salt Fine Himalayan Medium pink 0.53 2
Woolworths Pink Himalayan Salt Coarse Himalayan Medium pink 2.73 2