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Salt equivalent is usually quoted on food nutrition information tables on food labels, and is a different way of defining sodium intake, noting that salt is chemically sodium chloride. To convert from sodium to the approximate salt equivalent, multiply sodium content by 2.5:
This is a list of countries by salt production. The six leading salt producers in the world, China, the United States, India, Germany, Canada, and Australia, account for more than half of the worldwide production. The first table includes data by the British Geological Survey (BGS) for countries with available statistics.
Sodium chloride / ˌ s oʊ d i ə m ˈ k l ɔːr aɪ d /, [8] commonly known as edible salt, is an ionic compound with the chemical formula NaCl, representing a 1:1 ratio of sodium and chlorine ions. It is transparent or translucent, brittle, hygroscopic , and occurs as the mineral halite .
Sodium malate is salty in taste and may be blended with other salt substitutes. Although it contains sodium, the mass fraction is lower. [17] Monosodium glutamate is often used as a substitute for salt in processed and restaurant food, due to its salty taste and low sodium content compared to table salt, and can also be used effectively in home ...
Located at the entrance to the Dolphin Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, Ballito is roughly bordered by Shaka’s Rock to the north and Zimbali to the south. The region of Ballito is sub-divided into various suburbs, namely; Ballito proper, Shaka’s Head, Umhlali Golf and Country Estate, Port Zimbali and Zimbali Estate [3] and it incorporates the neighbouring coastal villages of Shaka’s Rock, Salt ...
KwaZulu-Natal is the birthplace of many notable figures in South Africa's history, such as Albert Luthuli, the first non-white and the first person from outside Europe and the Americas to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1960); Pixley ka Isaka Seme, the founder of the African National Congress (ANC) and South Africa's first black lawyer; John ...
Sodium salts are salts composed of a sodium cation and any anion. The anion may be the conjugate base of some inorganic or organic acids , or any monatomic or polyatomic anion . They can be formed by the neutralization of acids with sodium hydroxide .
Salt is in coastal areas. It can be tasted on the lips after walking on a beach. Salt concentration by weight is about 3.5% in sea water. With spray from waves and by other means, salt gets into the air as an aerosol, and eventually as a dust-like particle. This salt dust can be found everywhere near the coast.