# Sea Salt vs Regular Table Salt

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sea-salt-vs-regular-table-salt/705094>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 19, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sea-salt-vs-regular-table-salt/705094 "2014-11-19T18:03:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sea-salt-vs-regular-table-salt/705094/61 "2014-11-21T19:32:07Z")

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> [@Randy\_Seltzer](#):
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> That’s funny. The page title is “ **Kosher Edible Dead Sea Table Salt 250g 500g 1KG 2KG-- Free Shipping** ”
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> That was just the first page that popped up for me on a google search for edible Dead Sea table salt. There are hundreds more.

Except that it’s not really just dead Sea Salt, which isnt really palatable. The 'edible" version has:  
Sodium Chloride 99.8%

The bath salts version has:  
Magnesium Chloride  
MgCl2  
33.3  
Potassium Chloride  
KCl  
24.3

Sodium Chloride  
NaCl  
5.5

Calcium Chloride  
CaCl2  
0.2

Water  
H2O  
36.4

Sulphate  
SO4  
0.15

Bromide  
Br-  
0.5  
In other words, they have processed/purified the NaCl out of the Dead Sea Salt.

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**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sea-salt-vs-regular-table-salt/705094/62 "2014-11-21T20:47:25Z")

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> [@Randy\_Seltzer](#):
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> That was just the first page that popped up for me on a google search for edible Dead Sea table salt. There are hundreds more.

I just searched with the terms “edible dead sea salt.” Yes, I got lots of hits, but in the text from those pages, the word “edible” seems to always have the word “not” in front of it.

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**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sea-salt-vs-regular-table-salt/705094/63 "2014-11-21T23:31:06Z")

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Anyone here ever been to the Dead Sea? Floating in it is supposed to cure many ailments, and is also a pretty weird/fun experience as, of course, it is so much more boyant than ordinary sea water.

On the other hand There are large signs is several languages warning people not to try to swim and not to put their heads under. If they swallow any water they are advised to seek help immediately.

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