Professor Graham MacGregor of the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine & chairman of CASH (Consensus Action on Salt & Health) is very cross about health claims made on packages of ‘gourmet salt’ which encourage (or should that be trick?) people into paying very high prices.
Ordinary nationally branded table salt costs 80p per kilo (own brand probably costs less).
Cornish sea salt is on sale for £7.50 per kilo.
Himalayan crystal salt will take your breath away at £13.46 per kilo.
You can buy a 10kg bag of ‘white salt’ in Asda for £3 – 30p per kilo - good for keeping your paths clear of winter ice.
Probably not recommended for human consumption but, if it were, enough to keep a family of two adults & two children going for about 16 months if they all stick to the Guideline Daily Amounts.
