The most important is sodium chloride; persons with heart diseases can eat potassium chloride.
Many other salts are used as food additives in very low concentrations: potassium iodate, potassium iodide, sodium citrate, sodium phosphates, sodium monoglutamate, sodium acetate, sodium tartrate, ammonium chloride etc.
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Even table salt is harmful if too much is consumed.
Non-edible salts include salts such as Epsom salt (magnesium sulfate) and Himalayan pink salt, which are primarily used for therapeutic purposes and not for consumption. These salts may have specific properties that make them unsuitable for consumption, such as higher levels of impurities or additives.
Many salts are soluble in water.
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The concentration of salts in apples is extremely low.
Many salts in solution or molten are electrolytes.
By heating many salts are melted.
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- all metal salts are ionic compounds - many salts are soluble in water and are dissociated
Many salts are electrolytes but not all; also exist electrolytes which are not salts.
98 % of the salts used in foods is sodium chloride. Also used are KCl (for some ill persons) and many food additives as: sodium nitrate, sodium nitrite, sodium phosphate, sodium sorbate, sodium citrate, sodium saccharinate, sodium acetate, sodium benzoate, sodium glutamate etc.