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Kosher salt
Coarse additive-free edible salt / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Kitchen salt" and "coarse salt" redirect here. For other coarse salts, see Rock salt and Brining salt.
This article is about generic coarse-grained salt. For foods meeting Kosher dietary guidelines, see Kashrut.
Kosher salt or kitchen salt[1] (also called cooking salt, rock salt, kashering salt, or koshering salt) is coarse edible salt usually without common additives such as iodine,[2][3][4][5] typically used in cooking and not at the table. It consists mainly of sodium chloride and may include anticaking agents.
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