Pickling & Canning Salt

This high purity salt produces a sparkling clear brine and is specifically designed for food canning. It has no iodine or other additives.

3lbs

What Makes Pickling Salt Different from Table Salt?

The biggest differences between pickling salt and table salt are the texture and the added ingredients in table salt.

Pickling salt is much more finely ground than typical table salt, and much finer than larger salt varieties like Himalayan pink salt or chef’s flake salt.

Why does the texture of the salt matter? Finely ground salt has more surface area relative to the volume, which makes it easier to fully dissolve the salt into your brine.

But there is another problem with using other salts instead of pickling salt.

That is, there are other ingredients in common table salt, and impurities in varieties like pink Himalayan salt that aren’t present in pickling salt.

Those impurities can change the composition of your pickle, changing your results. In addition, additives designed to keep the salt from clumping, and additives like iodine can also change how well a pickling recipe does when you use them.