Unlike iodized salt (aka “regular salt”), Celtic sea salt doesn’t have iodine added to it. It’s primarily made of sodium chloride (like all types of salt), but also contains trace minerals.

Salt versus sodium, Kosher or sea salt, how much should you have—there are a million questions about salt. A pro cook answers them.

The practice of iodizing salt began in the 1920s to combat iodine deficiency in various populations. Sea Salt, on the other hand, is harvested through the evaporation of seawater or water from ...

Alternatives like sea salt or pink Himalayan salt tend not to contain iodine. Processed foods – the source of an ever-increasing majority of the salt in people's diets – are generally free of ...

Salt is just salt, right? Wrong. It turns out there are many different types, and each of them works best in a different dish ...

A century ago, iodine deficiency affected kids across large swaths of America. It essentially disappeared after some food makers started adding it to table salt, bread and some other foods ...