425 grams sells 169 yuan. Is "net red salt" a IQ tax?

Salt, one of the most important seasonings, is low in price and indispensable. The price of ordinary salt is about 3 yuan 400 grams.

But recently on the Internet, "Internet Red Salt" quietly became popular, breaking people's conventional cognition of salt.

Himalayan powder salt, Persian blue salt, black salt in the United States, French gray salt, salt flowers ... In addition to exquisite packaging, the prices of these salt are even more expensive.

Compared to ordinary salt, what exactly is these "net red salt"?

Salt sale

Hosting 40, 50 times more expensive

"Cyprus chip sea salt,

It was the evaporation of Cyprus in the seawater in Cyprus,

Often used to serve as the last salt before the food;

Persian blue salt is the rare kind of rock salt in the world,

Only ancient salt mines such as Iran and Pakistan;

French gray salt comes from the Celtics of France,

It has a high water content, moist and crispy,

Rich in minerals,

It is the ideal salt for cooking polycatis ... "

In the introductory introduction of the merchant, each kind of salt is "a little story", full of exotic flavors and styles. For example, red salt from the Hawaii volcano is suitable for barbecue, and black volcanic salts are "containing activated carbon substances", which is suitable for cooking heavy cooking. Taste ingredients.

As a result, a bottle of 425 grams of black salt in Hawaii in the United States was priced at 169 yuan after the promotion, more than 50 times more expensive than ordinary salt.

Picture source: e -commerce platform

Ordinary refined salt needs to use anti -junction to prevent salt water absorption, while Himalayan powder salt is coarse salt and does not need to use antidents.

So it is known as "pure natural pollution and no additives", plus a beautiful and touching story, 200 grams of grinding version of it sold for 58 yuan, which is 40 times the price of ordinary salt.

Some netizens said that these magnificent salt is pleasing to the food. Some people think that buying such a "net red salt" is purely a waste of money and IQ tax.

Propaganda: rich in minerals

Actually: many impurities

Almost all of these "net red salt" have a common selling point:

"Contains special minerals", and is known as "good -looking and delicious" "healthier".

Are these outrageous salt better than ordinary salt?

In an interview, the director of the Kexin Food and Health Information Exchange Center stated that the merchant claimed that "the content of sodium sodium chloride is more than 98 %of the Himalayan powder salt, and the rest include iron, calcium, magnesium, potassium, zinc, silicon, copper, copper Waiting for more than 80 types of minerals needed by the human body, it is a veritable king of salt. "

Translate, it is a salt with a purity of 98 %, and the remaining 2 %is more than 80 impurities. Experts said that in fact, the trace elements in the salt can be ignored (except the additional reinforcement agent), after all, the daily salt intake is too low.

It's a taste,

Don't expect to "make up" by salt

Experts remind: The idea of ​​"replenishing mineral material through salt" is unreliable.

According to information, there are three main types of edible salt in my country: sea salt, lake salt, and mineral salt. The sources of salt are different, and there is no big difference in nutritional ingredients and value.

According to the "nutritional composition table", these three are: sodium -containing; sodium -containing, iodine; sodium, iodine, and potassium.

After the "Food Nutritional Repertoic Elimination Standards" is revised, salt no longer allows additional nutritional enhancers except iodine. As for minerals such as calcium and iron, it is not reliable to consume by eating salt.

Salt is just a condiment, not a health product, and does not need to pay attention to too much ingredients. It is enough to look at the two items of sodium and iodine.

And those stories in the "Internet Red Salt" propaganda copywriting have no scientific basis, and there are suspicions of false propaganda. The market regulatory authorities, the Consumer Association, and the relevant industry associations need to shot in time to tear off some "net red salt" Misidized packaging.

After all, only a few mouthfuls of salt a day, the quality and safety of salt are far more important than the face value and background story.

Source: Science Popularization China

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