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Wait, is that sand in my Real Salt??

Most weekends we treat our kids to waffles using grandma’s old recipe. One Sunday, my visiting niece watched us mixing up the batter and asked, “Why is your flour dirty?” It took a second to realize that she wasn’t used to seeing our freshly-ground wheat flour, and compared to her family’s bleached white flour, ours [...]
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Does Real Salt have the iodine we need?

If you had been on a certain bridge in Sarajevo in late June of 1914, you might have been unfortunate enough to witness the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. If you were particularly savvy, you might have predicted that the assassination would change the world forever–it was the spark that ignited the first world war–but [...]
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Who uses Real Salt?

A lot of our customers use Real Salt because of the health benefits they get from using a natural salt with 60+ trace minerals, but it isn’t only health food shoppers who love Real Salt. “An excellent source of organic sodium, Real Salt is key to alkalizing, detoxifying, and rejuvenating your whole body.” -Christina Avaness [...]
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About Redmond Trading Company

Dedicated to Excellence in Products, Service, and Lifestyle By most standards, Redmond is a very different organization. In today’s business world, many companies exist around the idea that profit is the sole reason for existence and that employees are a means to that end. By contrast, Redmond’s philosophy is that profit is the means, but [...]
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Comparing Real Salt to Himalayan or Celtic

We’re going to do something today most companies don’t like to do: we’re going to say nice things about the competition. No, that doesn’t mean we’re going to be kind to that bitter, chemically treated white table salt you still find in far too many kitchens, because if you understand the health benefits of Real [...]
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Is salt really bad for me?

It’s been decades since we started hearing about salt’s damaging effects on our bodies, and it seems salt is only getting less popular as time goes by. Recently, state senators in New York flirted with legislation that would even make it illegal for restaurants to salt their food, treating salt as if it were on [...]
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A brief history of salt

Salt has become an inexpensive and readily available commodity that most of us take for granted. But in older times salt was heavily taxed and wars were fought over it. In some ancient civilizations, salt was in such high demand that it was actually minted into coins to serve as the basic currency. Where salt [...]
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Is Real Salt different than other sea salts?

Absolutely! In addition to  its unique protection from pollutants in today’s oceans, Real Salt won Best of Show in a professional taste test of top gourmet natural salts. But you don’t have to take our word for it — experience the Real Salt® difference yourself! Take the Real Salt taste test…First taste Real Salt, then [...]
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Is Real Salt sea salt?

Real Salt is nature’s first sea salt.  During the earth’s Jurassic era, a sea covered much of what is now North America. Over time the water in this sea evaporated, leaving the salt in a vast deposit in central Utah. Eventually a range of volcanoes erupted around the ancient seabed, sealing the salt and trace [...]
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Isn’t Real Salt more expensive?

Even when used liberally, a family of four will likely use only one 26 oz. pouch of Real Salt® every five to six months. So actually, the daily cost of Real Salt® is less than a penny. Given the high cost of food these days and the fact that salt is the primary ingredient responsible [...]
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