What have you bought today?

[JohnD]

"Himalayan pink salt is lower in sodium than regular table salt and considered one of the purer salt varieties.

if it's lower in sodium, it must be adulterated with some product that is not salt; therefore it cannot be "purer." It must be less pure.

 

[securespark]

Potassium Chloride?

Hardly adulterated!

See this:

https://themeadow.com/pages/minerals-in-himalayan-pink-salt-spectral-analysis

 

[securespark]

I have just bought GEM breakdown for Mrs Secure and son No. 1 for less than £108.

 

[JohnD]

Potassium Chloride?

Hardly adulterated

Yes, adulterated with rather a lot of things that are not salt.

 

[securespark]

Table salt is not Sodium Chloride alone.
Water is not H20 alone.

 

[Mottie]

if it's lower in sodium, it must be adulterated with some product that is not salt; therefore it cannot be "purer." It must be less pure.

Natural minerals.

 

[Brigadier]

Natural minerals.

I once bought some cod liver oil tablets, which had the following strapline across the front of the container,


"Naturally inspired".

Which I would guess was marketing speak for "Entirely synthesised in a chemical factory".

 

[JohnD]

Natural minerals.

I did offer to sell you some sand that you could mix into your Saxo.

 

[Mottie]

I did offer to sell you some sand that you could mix into your Saxo.

Go on then. Soft or sharp?

 

[JohnD]

Whatever I sweep up.

 

[EddieM]

Natural minerals.

Including Mercury, arsenic, etc, etc.. (very small quantities) Still it look purtie. Looks a bit like bath salts, which it is also used as.

 

[Mottie]

Including Mercury, arsenic, etc, etc.. (very small quantities)

Well, it is naturally occurring and is everywhere. More so in shellfish and some predatory fish.

https://www.sfa.gov.sg/food-information/risk-at-a-glance/heavy-metals-in-seafood

 

[securespark]

Yes. Tuna has quite high levels of mercury.

 

[EddieM]

Well, it is naturally occurring and is everywhere. More so in shellfish and some predatory fish.

https://www.sfa.gov.sg/food-information/risk-at-a-glance/heavy-metals-in-seafood

I know, quantities are tiny and nothing to worry about, table salt probably has a similar breakdown.

 

[Ihavenojob]

Well, it is naturally occurring and is everywhere. More so in shellfish and some predatory fish.

https://www.sfa.gov.sg/food-information/risk-at-a-glance/heavy-metals-in-seafood

Isn't everything "natural" , even man made things,although not naturally occurring, must be made of natural components.