Real Salt’s unique “pinkish” appearance and flecks of color come from more than 60 natural trace minerals, including iodine. By contrast, other common “table salts” are white because of bleaching and refining.
We had an independent lab create a Real Salt Mineral Analysis to determine which trace minerals appear in Real Salt.
As its name implies, Redmond Real Salt® is, well, real salt. “Real salt, as opposed to what?” Very simply, Real Salt® as opposed to the “salt” most people unsuspectingly use.
It may surprise many people, but in its natural form, salt is not sparkly white or free flowing. Actually, the “table salt” and many sea salts most people are familiar with have been bleached, refined, and mixed with anti-caking agents and iodine. Many “table salts” also contain sugar in the form of dextrose–meant to cover or disguise an otherwise harsh and bitter flavor. In fact, a quick glance at the ingredients label on most “table salt” products might surprise you! In addition to sodium chloride, you’ll probably find calcium silicate or sodium silicoaluminate, dextrose, and potassium iodide.
By contrast, Redmond Real Salt® is real salt–unrefined and natural–free from any additives or chemicals of any kind. It’s salt exactly the way nature made it!
Where does Real Salt come from?
According to geologists, the Real Salt deposit is the remnant of an ancient inland sea, probably part of what they call the Sundance Sea, which places the deposit within the Jurassic Period. Over time, the salt that settled at the bottom of the sea was trapped within the earth and then pushed up near the surface close to the town of Redmond, Utah.
The deposit occurs with over 60+ natural trace minerals which gives the salt its unique color, unique flavor, and numerous health benefits. Because the Real Salt deposit comes from an ancient sea bed, nature created the salt long before the earth experienced any pollution or contaminants that are troubling our oceans today.
The Real Salt deposit begins about 30 feet below the surface, covered by a layer of bentonite clay, which has protected it from erosion and from the possibility of modern contamination.
The mining process