Himalayan Lamp Salt-Original

Due mainly to marketing costs, pink Himalayan salt is up to 20 times more expensive than table salt or sea salt.[19] The impurities giving it its distinctive pink hue, as well as its unprocessed state and lack of anti-caking agents, have given rise to the unsupported belief that it is healthier than common table salt.[14][18][20] There is no scientific basis for such claimed health benefits.[17][11][20][21][22] In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration warned a manufacturer of dietary supplements, including one consisting of Himalayan salt, to discontinue marketing the products using unproven claims of health benefits.[23]

Slabs of salt are used as serving dishes, baking stones, and griddles,[24] and it is also used to make tequila shot glasses.[25] In such uses, small amounts of salt transfer to the food or drink and alter its flavor profile.[26]

It is also used to make "salt lamps" that radiate a pinkish or orangish hue, manufactured by placing a light source within the hollowed-out interior of a block of Himalayan salt.[27] Claims that their use results in the release of ions that benefit health have no scientific foundation.[14][28] Similar scientifically unsupported claims underlie use of Himalayan salt to line the walls of spas, along with its use for salt-inhalation spa treatments.[14] Salt lamps can be a danger to pets, who may suffer salt poisoning after licking them.[29]