Everyday Salts and Their Surprising Uses

April13,2025

- Use: Cooking, food preservation, and seasoning. - Bonus Use: Melts ice on roads during winter.

Table Salt 

- Use: De-icing roads and sidewalks. - Bonus Use: Used in traditional ice cream making to lower freezing point of ice.

Rock Salt

- Use: Gourmet cooking and seasoning. - Bonus Use: In skincare products for exfoliation.

Sea Salt

- Use: Cooking and serving (as salt blocks or lamps). - Bonus Use: Believed to have therapeutic effects in salt therapy rooms.

Himalayan Pink Salt

- Use: Bath salt for muscle relaxation. - Bonus Use: Fertilizer for magnesium-deficient plants.

Epsom Salt

- Use: Baking as a leavening agent. - Bonus Use: Cleaning agent and deodorizer.

Baking Soda

- Use: Baking (stabilizes egg whites and adds volume). - Bonus Use: Cleaning brass and copper items.

Tartaric Acid Salt