Sea Salt Guide

Sea salt, obtained by the evaporation of seawater, is used in cooking and cosmetics. Historically called bay salt[1] or solar salt, its mineral content gives it a different taste[2] from table salt, which is pure sodium chloride, usually refined from mined rock salt (halite) or from sea salt. Generally more expensive than table salt, it is commonly used in gourmet cooking and specialty potato chips, particularly the kettle cooked variety.

Areas that produce specialized sea salt include:

1 Australia 2 Cayman Islands 3 Colombia 4 Greece 5 France 6 Ireland 7 Italy (Sicily, Apulia) 8 South Korea 9 United Kingdom (Maldon, Essex[3]) 10 United States (Hawaii[4], Maine, Utah, the San Francisco Bay, and Cape Cod) 11Canada (Nova Scotia, British Columbia)...