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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Abha Shah

Best Himalayan pink salt for a gourmet twist to your cooking

Millions consider salt to be an everyday thing, but a blush-coloured relative newcomer to the British culinary scene has been shaking things up. 

Himalayan pink salt is mined mainly from the enormous Khewra Salt Mine in the Pakistani-Punjab foothills of the mountain range, believed to have been deposited from ancient oceans that once swirled there. The distinctive rose-coloured salt contains mineral deposits, which some wellness advocates believe have health benefits.

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