Seasoning

Black Salt

Black Salt is a seasoning with no alcohol in it, used in 1 drink on this site.

Also calledKala namak (South Asia)
Not to be confused withBlack lava salt (A charcoal-coloured Hawaiian finishing salt with no sulphur smell; kala namak is pinkish-grey and smells distinctly of egg from the sulphur compounds in it.)
A bowl of ground black salt (kala namak), a fine pinkish-grey powder
Black salt.jpg by Jellyboots (talk)
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A bowl of ground black salt (kala namak), a fine pinkish-grey powder

Composition

Strengthnone
Density2.16 g/ml (estimated)
Sugar0 g per 100
Acid—
Energy0 kcal per 100
Animal originNone
Allergensnone listed

USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy), adapted · 173468. No dataset carries kala namak specifically. It is a rock salt with trace sulphur compounds, iron and other minerals, which give it its colour and its distinctive sulphurous smell, but it is overwhelmingly sodium chloride by mass like any other rock or table salt. The sodium figure here is scaled down slightly from the site's plain table salt record (173468, 38,758 mg/100g) to reflect its somewhat lower typical purity, and the density is the same solid-salt class used for table salt: the crystal itself, not a measured figure for this specific mineral.

Used in these drinks

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