Your Salt Isn't Just Sodium Chloride Table salt is a refined salt containing about 97 to 99 percent sodium chloride, which means the remaining portion consists of other substances you probably never ...

It’s hard to ever feel fully prepared for a winter snowstorm. You can’t always find road salt in stores, and you may not even ...

Table salt refers to the fine crystals that you’ll find in most salt shakers. Typically made by mining underground salt deposits, this type of salt is processed and refined to remove minerals and ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. I’m not being hyperbolic when I say salt is the ...

Some new studies tell us exactly how much we need to cut back on sodium to prevent all kinds of issues. Cutting back on salt ...