Re:In Raising the World’s I.Q., the Secret’s in the Salt (2006)
by ceejayoz on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @11:05AM
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Oh, don't get me wrong, I love me some French grey fleur de sel, which has a bit of a fun flavor from the clay in it. Smoked salt is amazing, too.
It's the people who think thallium is an important nutrient in Himalayan salt that are of concern to me.
Unrefined sea salt contains small amounts of magnesium and calcium halides and sulfates, traces of algal products, salt-resistant bacteria and sediment particles. The calcium and magnesium salts confer a faintly bitter overtone... Algal products contribute a mildly "fishy" or "sea-air" odour, the latter from organobromine compounds. Sediments, the proportion of which varies with the source, give the salt a dull grey appearance. Since taste and aroma compounds are often detectable by humans in minute concentrations, sea salt may have a more complex flavor than pure sodium chloride when sprinkled on top of food.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt