BLACK SALT 1KG

BLACK SALT

Kala namak or black salt is a kiln-fired rock salt with a sulphurous, pungent smell used in the Indian subcontinent. It is also known as “Himalayan black salt”, Sulemani namak, bit noon, be noon, bit loona, bit labor, kala loon, Panchal, Guma loon, or pada loon, and is manufactured from the salts mined in the regions surrounding the Himalayas.

The condiment is composed largely of sodium chloride, with several other components lending the salt its color and smell. The smell is mainly due to its sulfur content. Because of the presence of greigite (Fe₃S₄, Iron(II, III) sulfide) in the mineral, it forms brownish-pink to dark violet translucent crystals when whole. When ground into a powder, its color ranges from purple to pink.