I notice a lot of restaurants have replaced standard table salt with sea salt. I also see a lot of hype about sea salt on cooking shows.
What's so special about sea salt and why is suddenly so popular?
2007-01-05 05:24:46 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Today, for the most part, we use processed salt that's pretty and looks sparkling white and clean but it's missing a lot of the trace elements and minerals that once made it so valuable. Those minerals and trace elements are now stripped out in a processing plant because processors, and even consumers, are more concerned with the look of the product and lower costs rather than in its actual nutritional content.
2007-01-05 05:32:03 · answer #1 · answered by E=MC hammer 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's hype in my opinion... sort of like Kosher salt became popular since the tv chefs started talking about it.
Now sea salt is an extension of that under the guise of having more flavor and being healtier than plain table salt.
Salt is salt, except for the "impurities" found in sea salt. The irony is that the "impurities" is what gives sea salt more assumed "flavor".
I think it's just marketing when it comes down to it. Most people wouldn't know the difference between regular salt and sea salt when in a cooked food.
2007-01-05 05:27:02 · answer #2 · answered by Dave C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL - I like your premise. I think the rise in sea salt popularity is because of the lower sodium intake from eating sea salt. At any rate, I prefer my salt uniodized as I like to get my iodine from foods not altered salt.
2016-05-23 06:15:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea why sea salt has become so popular...I guess it is because the Food Network is getting so popular to watch and that is what some of the chefs use. Personally I do not like it because I swear that sand gets in my teeth when I eat it!!!
2007-01-05 06:06:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's healthier for you than regular table salt and in my opinion is not as harsh tasting.
2007-01-05 06:21:20 · answer #5 · answered by crasskitty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's brings out the flavor in the food, much better than regular salt. at least that's what i think.
2007-01-05 05:29:17 · answer #6 · answered by louies5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its been popular for awhile bc its natural and healthier than reg. salt that ur used to
2007-01-05 05:26:30 · answer #7 · answered by jenivive 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because it is a natural unrefined product, a bit like the granulated sugar argument
2007-01-05 05:26:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it does not contain aluminum...which is toxic...used to prevent caking of the salt.
2007-01-05 05:27:41 · answer #9 · answered by Eugenes C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its known to be really good for u then kosher salt it has some good benefits
2007-01-05 05:29:07 · answer #10 · answered by airmonkey120 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋