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A recent study led by independent research company, Nutrition Research Australia (NRAUS), has shown that pink salts embody low levels of essential nutrients and a wide variation of harmful heavy metals.

Well, there isn’t such a thing... let us explain why. What does organic [ôrˈɡanik] mean: 1. relating to or derived from living matter, such as "organic soils" 2. (of food or farming methods) produced or involving production without the use of chemical fertilisers, pesticides, or other artificial agents, such as "organic farming" or "organic meat" Salt is a mineral, and so by definition is not living matter, is not farmed, grown nor produced. Therefore, Organic certification guidelines state that salt cannot be labelled as Organic. Under current certification schemes salt can only be ‘Certified for Organic Input’, but what exactly does that...

You may think that “buying local” is better for the environment, by helping to reduce food miles. However, as reported by the Independent, food miles are a poor indicator of a product’s total carbon footprint and could even be misleading. Professor David Reay, a climate scientist from the University of Edinburgh explains, “I went in thinking really distant food stuff like bananas coming from the Dominican Republic or tea from Assam in India would have really high carbon footprints because of the food miles”. “Actually when you look at the life cycle, food miles are not a major part. It...

Scientists compared a range of ‘gourmet’ salts including Himalayan Pink and Celtic grey salts with table salt and synthetically produced salt, looking at the levels of heavy metals they contained. The results are quite shocking, particularly in their implications for children.