Table 2.
Composition of nutrients in pink salt (n = 31) and iodized white table salt (n = 1) samples which were purchased from retail stores in Australia in June 2018.
| Nutrient Content (mg/kg) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Product Name | Calcium | Chromium | Copper | Iron | Magnesium | Manganese | Molybdenum | Phosphorus | Potassium | Selenium | Sodium | Zinc |
| Control | |||||||||||||
| SAXA | Iodized white table salt | 393.28 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 83.94 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 151.68 | 0.00 | 427,636.27 | 0.00 |
| Pink salt | |||||||||||||
| Affordable wholefoods | Pink Himalayan Salt | 1799.40 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 44.00 | 1345.12 | 1.27 | 0.00 | 28.90 | 2085.71 | 0.00 | 394,315.32 | 0.00 |
| Chef’s choice | Himalayan Pink Fine Salt | 3111.17 | 0.04 | 0.20 | 20.10 | 2499.69 | 1.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3515.59 | 0.03 | 389,074.55 | 0.00 |
| Chef’s choice | Himalayan Pink Rock Salt with Grinder | 3755.33 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 22.99 | 2550.59 | 1.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4528.89 | 0.00 | 381,948.05 | 0.00 |
| Coles | Himalayan Pink Salt Grinder | 2595.03 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 79.75 | 2565.36 | 2.57 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2505.65 | 0.00 | 384,301.64 | 0.00 |
| The gluten free co. | Himalayan Salt Coarse | 3388.74 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 78.99 | 2529.64 | 2.09 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 3062.06 | 0.00 | 426,467.55 | 0.00 |
| Go Vita | Himalayan Salt | 2426.31 | 0.26 | 0.15 | 167.52 | 3355.49 | 3.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2394.43 | 0.14 | 381,218.17 | 0.00 |
| Hoyt’s | Pink Himalayan Rock Salt | 3629.45 | 0.26 | 0.12 | 129.66 | 3415.42 | 3.26 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3306.94 | 0.00 | 393,437.27 | 0.00 |
| Lotus | Himalayan Salt Coarse | 2915.44 | 0.18 | 0.10 | 103.13 | 2828.15 | 2.59 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 2873.87 | 0.00 | 387,244.33 | 0.00 |
| Masterfoods | Pink Himalayan Salt | 3269.52 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 44.92 | 2401.10 | 1.79 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3299.52 | 0.18 | 384,989.53 | 0.00 |
| McKenzie’s | Himalayan Fine Pink Salt | 2250.53 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 41.80 | 1700.59 | 1.95 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1433.82 | 0.16 | 399,641.42 | 0.00 |
| Mount Zero | Pink lake natural salt | 530.62 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 4454.23 | 0.36 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 312.08 | 0.00 | 380,632.11 | 0.00 |
| Murray River Gourmet | Salt Flakes Naturally Pink | 897.89 | 0.44 | 0.10 | 44.16 | 990.57 | 8.61 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 143.31 | 0.19 | 449,913.48 | 0.86 |
| n foods | Himalayan Rock Sat | 2840.44 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 85.46 | 2621.64 | 2.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2572.03 | 0.00 | 393,311.56 | 0.00 |
| Nirvana organics | Himalayan Crystal Salt Medium | 2843.62 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 45.69 | 2309.57 | 1.83 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2395.69 | 0.00 | 398,812.10 | 0.00 |
| Nirvana organics | Himalayan Crystal Salt Granules | 4421.44 | 0.16 | 0.08 | 70.73 | 2743.52 | 2.41 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3841.33 | 0.00 | 402,301.46 | 0.00 |
| Nirvana organics | Himalayan Crystal Salt Fine | 1968.95 | 0.17 | 0.08 | 102.56 | 2557.86 | 2.57 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1808.16 | 0.00 | 386,473.56 | 0.00 |
| Peruvian Pink Salt | Fine Grain Salt | 5736.73 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 16.40 | 146.78 | 1.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 98.39 | 0.00 | 387,547.54 | 0.82 |
| Real Food That Loves You Back | Himalayan Pink Rock Salt-Fine | 2262.89 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 88.97 | 2467.40 | 2.56 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2327.98 | 0.00 | 401,488.19 | 0.00 |
| Real Food That Loves You Back | Himalayan Rock Salt Crystals | 3398.81 | 0.28 | 0.10 | 155.65 | 3979.51 | 3.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3945.90 | 0.00 | 393,233.37 | 0.00 |
| SAXA | Natural Pink Himalayan Table Salt | 2966.99 | 0.61 | 0.22 | 54.00 | 2005.48 | 1.65 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 3189.23 | 0.00 | 413,789.82 | 0.00 |
| SAXA | Pink Himalayan Salt Flakes | 1717.05 | 0.47 | 0.41 | 23.65 | 918.43 | 1.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 791.40 | 0.00 | 459,115.58 | 0.00 |
| SAXA | Natural Pink Himalayan Rock Salt | 3579.58 | 0.39 | 0.12 | 137.26 | 3259.21 | 3.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2832.21 | 0.00 | 376,824.50 | 0.00 |
| SAXA | Natural Pink Himalayan Salt Grinder | 1268.72 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 958.44 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1599.79 | 0.00 | 393,129.90 | 0.00 |
| SHERU | Fine Himalayan Salt | 2273.53 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 65.50 | 1824.92 | 1.93 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1624.70 | 0.00 | 394,087.94 | 0.06 |
| The gluten free co. | Himalayan Salt Fine | 1448.13 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 2.62 | 1184.53 | 0.74 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1811.63 | 0.15 | 378,099.46 | 0.00 |
| Unbranded | Australian Pink Lake Salt | 768.78 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 3.02 | 11,937.98 | 0.52 | 0.02 | 7.99 | 333.36 | 0.00 | 343,384.79 | 0.00 |
| Unbranded | Fine Himalayan Salt | 2315.49 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 81.03 | 2119.48 | 2.18 | 0.15 | 3.32 | 1984.07 | 0.00 | 398,347.39 | 0.00 |
| Unbranded | Rock Himalayan Salt | 2338.63 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 22.75 | 3424.70 | 1.10 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 4519.36 | 0.00 | 374,856.60 | 0.00 |
| Woolworths | Himalayan Pink Fine Table Salt | 3431.20 | 0.82 | 0.09 | 132.87 | 2441.39 | 2.28 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2959.88 | 0.00 | 408,832.63 | 0.00 |
| McKenzie’s | Himalayan Pink Rock Salt | 4131.17 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 69.63 | 2513.78 | 2.44 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3147.13 | 0.00 | 387,043.13 | 0.00 |
| Woolworths | Pink Himalayan Salt | 3266.34 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 41.50 | 2264.01 | 1.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3343.51 | 0.00 | 392,393.80 | 0.07 |