Lake salt is better than sea salt.
Sea salt is extracted from seawater, seawater impurities in the sea is more, lake salt impurities are less, the taste is pure, so lake salt is better than sea salt. Edible salt is a common seasoning, the main raw material is sodium chloride, etc. It can be used for marinating meat, cooking and stir-frying dishes.
Sea salt to seawater as raw material and the salt, on average, every 1,000 kilograms of seawater can produce 27 kilograms of salt. China's eastern seaboard and Taiwan Province, Hainan Province and other abundant sea salt, has always been the main source of salt production in China, China's sea salt production ranks first in the world, accounting for about 80% of the national salt production.
Lake salt, also known as "pool salt", by the inland saltwater lakes or salt lake water evaporation from Qinghai, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Tibet, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi and Jilin and other provinces (autonomous regions) have a large number of salt lakes; Qinghai ChaiDaMu Basin salt reserves of more than 50 billion tons.
Use of salt
1, salt can be used for cooking
In stir-frying, adding the right amount of salt can promote the cooking of the ingredients, increase the freshness of the dishes. When cooking soup, adding salt can make the soup more concentrated.
2, salt can also be used for food preservation
In the pickled food, add salt can inhibit the growth of bacteria, extend the shelf life of food. When grilling meat, marinating meat with salt can increase the tenderness and flavor of the meat.
3, edible salt can also be used for some special food production
For example, in the production of ice cream, adding salt can reduce the freezing point, so that the taste is more delicate; in the production of beer, adding salt can increase the bitterness of beer and taste levels.
Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia - Edible Salt for the above content