Spice
Sea Salt
B tier
Sea salt is the broad category of salt evaporated from seawater—fine to coarse, white to grey, flavour ranging from clean to mineral depending on processing. It is a category more than a single product; quality spans industrial fine sea salt to artisan flakes. Use as general cooking salt when a recipe says sea salt without brand. For finishing, choose a named flake or fleur instead of generic fine sea salt.
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BakingCookingGeneral Seasoning
Traits
Broad CategoryCooking DefaultEverydayMarine OriginSeawater OriginVariableVariable Grade
History
Coastal cultures evaporated seawater for salt across the ancient world.
Medieval salt pans industrialised sea salt for trade.
Refined sea salt competed with mined salt in retail shakers.
“Sea salt” labelling became a default premium cue on snack foods.