Viewing Salt with a Grain of Salt

The phrase “take it with a grain of salt” means to look at something skeptically. Accordingly, suppliers of salt and food companies using salt as an ingredient take a close look at the salt they produce or use, essentially looking skeptically at the salt until it is proven to have the quality intended or desired.

Salt is an important ingredient in many foods, serving as not only a flavor enhancer but also a preservative and functional ingredient. It is generally cubic in structure but…