Table 3.
Composition of non-nutritive minerals in pink salt (n = 31) and iodized white table salt (n = 1) samples which were purchased from retail stores in Australia in June 2018.
| Non-Nutritive Mineral Content (mg/kg) | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Product Name | Aluminum | Arsenic | Barium | Boron | Cadmium | Cobalt | Lead | Mercury | Nickel | Silicon | Silver | Sulfur | Vanadium |
| Control | ||||||||||||||
| SAXA | Iodized white table salt | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.02 | 431.22 | 0.00 |
| Pink salt | ||||||||||||||
| Affordable wholefoods | Pink Himalayan Salt | 30.77 | 0.00 | 0.38 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2491.33 | 0.00 |
| Coles | Himalayan Pink Salt Grinder | 106.29 | 0.00 | 0.82 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 180.07 | 0.00 | 6306.48 | 0.00 |
| Chef’s choice | Himalayan Pink Fine Salt | 36.52 | 0.00 | 0.72 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 92.73 | 0.00 | 8179.32 | 0.00 |
| Chef’s choice | Himalayan Pink Rock Salt with Grinder | 44.16 | 0.00 | 0.94 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 122.38 | 0.00 | 9476.70 | 0.00 |
| Go Vita | Himalayan Salt | 188.34 | 0.00 | 1.30 | 1.08 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 245.39 | 0.00 | 5599.26 | 0.00 |
| Hoyt’s | Pink Himalayan Rock Salt | 146.73 | 0.00 | 1.28 | 0.71 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 254.62 | 0.00 | 8742.82 | 0.00 |
| Lotus | Himalayan Salt Coarse | 131.54 | 0.00 | 1.08 | 1.13 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 190.77 | 0.00 | 5434.24 | 0.00 |
| Masterfoods | Pink Himalayan Salt | 58.33 | 0.00 | 0.90 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 99.14 | 0.00 | 7788.20 | 0.00 |
| McKenzie’s | Himalayan Fine Pink Salt | 56.10 | 0.00 | 0.46 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 130.72 | 0.00 | 4781.39 | 0.00 |
| McKenzie’s | Himalayan Pink Rock Salt | 101.51 | 0.00 | 1.17 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 213.46 | 0.00 | 8703.36 | 0.00 |
| Mount Zero | Pink lake natural salt | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.87 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11,622.15 | 0.00 |
| Murray River Gourmet | Salt Flakes Naturally Pink | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1703.97 | 0.00 |
| n foods | Himalayan Rock Sat | 103.14 | 0.00 | 0.87 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 218.18 | 0.00 | 7496.16 | 0.00 |
| Nirvana organics | Himalayan Crystal Salt Medium | 80.39 | 0.00 | 0.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 126.38 | 0.00 | 6922.96 | 0.00 |
| Nirvana organics | Himalayan Crystal Salt Granules | 89.39 | 0.00 | 1.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 170.36 | 0.00 | 9520.20 | 0.00 |
| Nirvana organics | Himalayan Crystal Salt Fine | 116.11 | 0.00 | 0.97 | 0.74 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 191.29 | 0.00 | 4751.24 | 0.00 |
| Peruvian Pink Salt | Fine Grain Salt | 13.68 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 2.59 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3849.69 | 0.00 |
| Real Food That Loves You Back | Himalayan Pink Rock Salt-Fine | 113.23 | 0.00 | 0.77 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 209.02 | 0.00 | 5917.59 | 0.00 |
| Real Food That Loves You Back | Himalayan Rock Salt Crystals | 192.65 | 0.00 | 1.65 | 1.15 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 372.10 | 0.00 | 10,029.71 | 0.00 |
| SAXA | Natural Pink Himalayan Table Salt | 64.10 | 0.00 | 1.12 | 0.26 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0.25 | 82.75 | 0.00 | 5888.73 | 0.00 |
| SAXA | Pink Himalayan Salt Flakes | 52.28 | 0.00 | 0.56 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.42 | 106.05 | 0.00 | 4564.46 | 0.00 |
| SAXA | Natural Pink Himalayan Rock Salt | 164.72 | 0.00 | 1.34 | 2.02 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.16 | 300.78 | 0.00 | 8750.85 | 0.00 |
| SAXA | Natural Pink Himalayan Salt Grinder | 4.24 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 64.01 | 0.00 | 4989.18 | 0.00 |
| SHERU | Fine Himalayan Salt | 72.80 | 0.00 | 0.74 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 117.34 | 0.00 | 4320.46 | 0.00 |
| The gluten free co. | Himalayan Salt Fine | 15.78 | 0.00 | 0.26 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 33.43 | 0.00 | 3722.58 | 0.00 |
| The gluten free co. | Himalayan Salt Coarse | 71.67 | 0.00 | 0.85 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 22.99 | 0.00 | 6048.26 | 0.12 |
| Unbranded | Australian Pink Lake Salt (Medium) | 2.26 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 3.04 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 33,754.34 | 0.00 |
| Unbranded | Fine Himalayan Salt | 95.05 | 0.00 | 0.98 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 128.09 | 0.00 | 4327.64 | 0.00 |
| Unbranded | Rock Himalayan Salt | 35.48 | 0.00 | 0.41 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 16.06 | 0.00 | 7120.23 | 0.00 |
| Woolworths | Himalayan Pink Fine Table Salt | 115.28 | 0.00 | 1.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.48 | 191.10 | 0.00 | 6850.12 | 0.00 |
| Woolworths | Pink Himalayan Salt | 61.75 | 0.00 | 0.86 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 181.84 | 0.00 | 8032.10 | 0.00 |