The Study
An Analysis of the Mineral Composition of Pink Salt Available in Australia
This study just looked at what’s inside different pink salts you can buy in stores—it didn’t test if they make people healthier or sicker. It found some minerals in them, but not enough to matter, and one had too much lead. So it tells us what’s in the salt, not what the salt does to your body.
Analysis score
Maximum 44 for a cross-sectional study.
Where the score came from
Scientists tested pink salt sold in Australia to see if it had more good minerals than regular salt.
Where does this study sit?
Reviews of RCTs (Meta-analyses)
Max 100Randomized Trials
Max 90Reviews of Cohort Studies
Max 85Cohort Studies
Max 72Reviews of Case-Control Studies
Max 63Case-Control Studies
Max 58Cross-Sectional & Case Series
Max 50Expert Opinion
Max 541 / 100
Quality score
Snapshots of a population at a single point in time, or descriptions of small groups. Can identify correlations and prevalence, but cannot determine cause and effect.
Key takeaways
Summary
Based on the study abstract and findings.
- 1No, the extra minerals aren’t meaningful because you’d have to eat dangerously too much salt to get them, and too much salt harms your heart and blood pressure.
- 2Pink salt had tiny amounts of extra minerals like iron and magnesium, but you’d need to eat over 6 teaspoons a day to notice any benefit—way more than the 1 teaspoon doctors recommend.
- 3One sample had too much lead.
Score breakdown, methodology, conflicts of interest, evidence analysis & raw study data
Publication
Journal
Foods
Year
2020
Authors
F. Fayet-Moore, Cinthya Wibisono, Prudence R. Carr, Emily Duve, P. Petocz, Graham Lancaster, J. McMillan, Skye Marshall, M. Blumfield
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Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making health decisions.