Coarse Salt

Name: Coarse Salt
Brand: Redmond

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Contaminants · 5

4 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Redmond Real Salt (plain ancient sea salt)

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Aluminum150 ppmof 0.2 ppm

Over the limit — 750×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality (secondary/aesthetic), 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.2 mg/L. NOTE: this is a bottled-water level; it is not an FDA limit for aluminum in solid foods, where no comparable federal limit exists.

Measured in: Real Salt Ancient Fine Sea Salt, 26 oz (737 g)

Lead290 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 58×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Ancient Fine Sea Salt

Arsenic91 ppbof 10 ppb

Over the limit — 9.1×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Measured in: Ancient Fine Sea Salt

Cadmium12.7 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 2.5×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Real Salt Ancient Kosher Sea Salt, 16 oz Pouch

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L

Measured in: Real Salt Ancient Kosher Sea Salt, 16 oz Pouch

Ingredients · 1

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Common questions

Is Redmond Coarse Salt healthy?

Redmond Coarse Salt scores 0/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in, plus lab results from its product family, Redmond Real Salt (plain ancient sea salt). It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Redmond Coarse Salt?

Redmond Coarse Salt lists 1 ingredient, starting with Ancient Sea Salt. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Redmond Coarse Salt contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Redmond Coarse Salt’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Redmond Coarse Salt?

Redmond Coarse Salt is NOVA group 2: processed culinary ingredients. NOVA runs 1 to 4, where 1 is whole food and 4 is ultra-processed.

How does Redmond Coarse Salt compare to other spices & seasonings?

At 0/100 Redmond Coarse Salt scores worse than most spices & seasonings we have scored. A higher-scoring option in spices & seasonings is Saltix Baja Mineral Sea Salt Fine Grind at 100/100.

Is Redmond Coarse Salt organic?

Redmond Coarse Salt is not certified organic in our data.

Has Redmond Coarse Salt been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Unrefined Utah ancient sea salt only; fine, coarse, kosher and sizes) with the other products in its family, Redmond Real Salt (plain ancient sea salt), and 3 products in its family have been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does Redmond Coarse Salt contain heavy metals?

Redmond Coarse Salt itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected arsenic at 91 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Ancient Fine Sea Salt, cadmium at 12.7 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Real Salt Ancient Kosher Sea Salt, 16 oz Pouch and lead at 290 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Ancient Fine Sea Salt. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Full methodology: how we score products.