There are a few people in here who've read too many 'health' websites written by quacks and homeopaths. Salt (for human consumption) is sodium chloride (NaCl) whether you spend £100 or 25p on it - that core chemical formula does not change. That's not to say unrefined (e.g. rock) salts aren't different - different shapes or different textures may be required, and the flavour can be different too, since unrefined salt still have various bits of rock and mineral in them (which in fact means you're paying more for someone to do less work), but why do you assume that unrefined means better?
If your objection to table salt is "it's a chemical" then you've much bigger problems, because everything is made up of chemical.
If your objection is that table salt is that it is processed/refined, then say goodbye to everything from pasturised milk to corn flakes which are processed too.
Don't forget too that most things you buy in the shop that has added salt (which is most things) are adding 'table salt' because it's cheap, and many cafes and restaurants will be using it too.
If you think table salt is bad for you health, the sodium in table salt is doing the same damage as the sodium in any other kind of salt.
The bleaching thing. Tell me what happens when you try to search table salt and bleaching - most of the hits are blogs, or alternatives health websites, who make lots of claims but are hilariously incapable of proving of referencing any of their points (or if they do, they just point to another quack website). Making table salt goes like this (in very simple terms) - take unrefined salt, dissolve it in water, separate the salt from everything else, and let it solidify again. There's no magic. There's no adding 'toxic chemicals'. There's no 'bleach'. It's a very simple chemical process which you have done yourself in high school science. Here's a slightly more detailed explanation: http://www.saltassociation.co.uk/education/make-salt/white-salt-production/
Sainsbury's basic table salt is 25p for 750g (so not that far from this deal price). It contains salt, and an anti-caking agent Sodium Ferrocyanide (E535) which stops it clumping together. The EU reckons it's safe, you can read their report here: http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sc/scan/out70_en.pdf
But then again, you've got **** all idea what's in the unrefined salts - it comes with whatever happens to be in it. And even if some of that 'stuff' is supposed healthy minerals, you are almost certainly getting enough of those minerals from other sources already.
Personally, I don't think it's much of a 'deal' to spend 29 times more on 250g of Maldon salt at £1.80, and that's amongst the 'cheapest' of the expensive salts!!
Finally, if you're really concerned about the health impacts of salt, then just don't add any. Eating too much of ANY kind of salt is, unfortunately, bad for us, and most of us get too much salt before we even start adding it. But you if you have to have to salt on your chips, just buy table salt!
psychobitchfromhell
13 May 164#3
As salt is a preservative , how can it go off ? What happens if you eat out of date salt ?
jsty3105
14 May 163#18
With 4kgs of table salt you can probably make a small table out of it....
I'll see myself out
davep69
13 May 163#5
If you have a block pave drive way spend £10 on this and you have enough natural weed killer for the summer into the winter. Just spread out evenly and it will stop pretty much all weed growth.
As salt is a preservative , how can it go off ? What happens if you eat out of date salt ?
arotabi to psychobitchfromhell
14 May 16#17
It'll taste very salty.
davep69
13 May 163#5
If you have a block pave drive way spend £10 on this and you have enough natural weed killer for the summer into the winter. Just spread out evenly and it will stop pretty much all weed growth.
DrSteveRiot to davep69
14 May 16#7
yep, it is poison. if your cat/house is full of flees this stuff can help. I have heard some people put this bleached stuff to the food, lol, no wonder it is called table salt.
Actually i guess it is designed for uneducated/poor people, so they would d** off quicker.
psychobitchfromhell
13 May 16#6
Never heard of that . Ta . If it's to make you concentrate on the pictures it didn't work . I was translating the Latin
othen
14 May 16#8
That is a great deal of salt for a pound! I think it would last us for a very long time on our fish and chips, but I've added some heat anyway as it is a good deal.
I don't agree with DrSteveRiot (I'm guessing not a medical doctor - or doctor of any sort) about this being poison though. We enjoy a little salt on our food; we are not uneducated or poor, and I suspect will not 'die off' quicker (quicker than what I wonder?).
Good find OP.
O
MrRiot to othen
14 May 16#11
Of course nothing wrong with salt, or shall i say rock salt or sea salt (as long it is not bleached). But this NaCl chemical taste like salt, but it is not. Same like E270 (vinegar) is not vinegar which was derived from natural sources. Why you think bleached sugar (ordinary white cheap stuff) is 5 times cheaper than non bleached (i bet you havent seen one). Not to insult you, but do research and use common sense.
fishmaster to othen
14 May 16#23
Salt will definitely kill you badly if you eat too much of it. You could argue that any form of dying is bad.
Table salt (sodium chloride) has an LD50 of 3000 mg/kg
Lethal dose (LD50) is the amount of an ingested substance that kills 50 percent of a test sample. It is expressed in mg/kg, or milligrams of substance per kilogram of body weight. Common name. Toxin. Lethal doses.
Water also has an LD50 I believe of 6 litres. Water is toxic also. Many essential substancesfor the human body are toxins in a greater amount.
Vodka has an LD50 of 13 shots (45ml per shot), I have survived Vodka! Get in!
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There are a few people in here who've read too many 'health' websites written by quacks and homeopaths. Salt (for human consumption) is sodium chloride (NaCl) whether you spend £100 or 25p on it - that core chemical formula does not change. That's not to say unrefined (e.g. rock) salts aren't different - different shapes or different textures may be required, and the flavour can be different too, since unrefined salt still have various bits of rock and mineral in them (which in fact means you're paying more for someone to do less work), but why do you assume that unrefined means better?
If your objection to table salt is "it's a chemical" then you've much bigger problems, because everything is made up of chemical.
If your objection is that table salt is that it is processed/refined, then say goodbye to everything from pasturised milk to corn flakes which are processed too.
Don't forget too that most things you buy in the shop that has added salt (which is most things) are adding 'table salt' because it's cheap, and many cafes and restaurants will be using it too.
If you think table salt is bad for you health, the sodium in table salt is doing the same damage as the sodium in any other kind of salt.
The bleaching thing. Tell me what happens when you try to search table salt and bleaching - most of the hits are blogs, or alternatives health websites, who make lots of claims but are hilariously incapable of proving of referencing any of their points (or if they do, they just point to another quack website). Making table salt goes like this (in very simple terms) - take unrefined salt, dissolve it in water, separate the salt from everything else, and let it solidify again. There's no magic. There's no adding 'toxic chemicals'. There's no 'bleach'. It's a very simple chemical process which you have done yourself in high school science. Here's a slightly more detailed explanation:
http://www.saltassociation.co.uk/education/make-salt/white-salt-production/
Even Maldon's own website tell you how it's done:
http://www.maldonsalt.co.uk/About-Salt-Where-does-Salt-come-from.html
Sainsbury's basic table salt is 25p for 750g (so not that far from this deal price). It contains salt, and an anti-caking agent Sodium Ferrocyanide (E535) which stops it clumping together. The EU reckons it's safe, you can read their report here:
http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sc/scan/out70_en.pdf
But then again, you've got **** all idea what's in the unrefined salts - it comes with whatever happens to be in it. And even if some of that 'stuff' is supposed healthy minerals, you are almost certainly getting enough of those minerals from other sources already.
Some salts are fortified with iodine, on the recommendation of the WHO, to combat iodine deficiency. If you want to learn about food fortification, you can read this report. You don't have to buy fortified salt.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/204310/Fortified_Food_SI_guidance_DH_151111_-_FINAL.pdf
Personally, I don't think it's much of a 'deal' to spend 29 times more on 250g of Maldon salt at £1.80, and that's amongst the 'cheapest' of the expensive salts!!
Finally, if you're really concerned about the health impacts of salt, then just don't add any. Eating too much of ANY kind of salt is, unfortunately, bad for us, and most of us get too much salt before we even start adding it. But you if you have to have to salt on your chips, just buy table salt!
I'll see myself out
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Actually i guess it is designed for uneducated/poor people, so they would d** off quicker.
I don't agree with DrSteveRiot (I'm guessing not a medical doctor - or doctor of any sort) about this being poison though. We enjoy a little salt on our food; we are not uneducated or poor, and I suspect will not 'die off' quicker (quicker than what I wonder?).
Good find OP.
O
Table salt (sodium chloride) has an LD50 of 3000 mg/kg
Lethal dose (LD50) is the amount of an ingested substance that kills 50 percent of a test sample. It is expressed in mg/kg, or milligrams of substance per kilogram of body weight. Common name. Toxin. Lethal doses.
Water also has an LD50 I believe of 6 litres. Water is toxic also. Many essential substancesfor the human body are toxins in a greater amount.
Vodka has an LD50 of 13 shots (45ml per shot), I have survived Vodka! Get in!