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Some salt (table salt) has additives like iodine or anti caking agents that you don't want in your ferment because it will cause it to be cloudy (or even more c
by _whiteCaps_ 4y ago
Some salt (table salt) has additives like iodine or anti caking agents that you don't want in your ferment because it will cause it to be cloudy (or even more cloudy).
There's also some people who claim the iodine will inhibit fermentation, but studies have shown that it doesn't have much of an effect [1].
1 - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0740002018300121 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S07400...
- selimthegrim 4y agoI think it just has a discoloring effect.
- nick__m 4y agoKosher salt contains an anticaking agent. My box of Morton Kosher salt list Salt and Yellow Prussiate of Soda (anticaking agent) and so does my box of Windsor Kosher salt.
- _whiteCaps_ 4y agoOh you're right! I've got a box of coarse salt as well and it doesn't have any additives - interesting as it and the kosher salt are about the same size.