Salt (sodium chloride)

Salt exists in various forms and has many different uses within the chemical industry. It is naturally found in seawater and underground rock formations, where the sodium chloride is obtained by mining deposits or through evaporation processes.

Salt solution is also an excellent conductor of electricity and lends itself well to numerous industrial applications such as electrolysis. A large proportion of salt goes to the manufacturing industry where it is used in the production of various products from paper and plastic to soap and detergent.

Salt is available in a number of different grades and we currently offer the following:

Pure Dried Vacuum Salt Food Grade. PDV Salt is produced in the UK by pumping water deep underground into reserves of hard salt. It is then pumped back up as a thick brine solution and is dried to create a fine Food Grade Salt.

This salt is made up of small granules allowing the product to free flow and dissolve rapidly in water and is a product sold primarily to be used for flavour enhancement and food preservation.