# What Makes "Himalayan Salt" Pink? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 10, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-himalayan-salt-pink/655318 "2013-04-10T12:49:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-himalayan-salt-pink/655318/41 "2018-03-09T16:55:23Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it (the slab, not the ketchup). It doesn’t make the food as salty as you’d imagine, and it’s a great way to do communal steak cooking at the table. I was on the plus side for both of them. The salt slab seems fun, and I like a little food under my ketchup. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-himalayan-salt-pink/655318/42 "2018-03-09T20:26:25Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Technicalities. > > While it is not _pure salt_ it is, arguably, _purely Himalayan pink salt_ in that it contains nothing but that particular item. Lawyers make fortunes over such minutiae. As a defense, that’s unimpressive. It translates to “it’s pure because it’s only made of the stuff it’s made of.” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-himalayan-salt-pink/655318/43 "2018-03-09T21:51:05Z")
Imagine if they ever get that [Tylenol poisoning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tylenol_murders) guy. And he argues “But it was _pure_ Tylenol and potassium cyanide.” Doesn’t that sound so much better? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-himalayan-salt-pink/655318.md?page=2)