I was asked a really dumb question last night:

[lastlib]

What is the shelf-life of salt?

It's a ROCK, dude. It had been in the ground for millions of years before it was mined and processed.

they walk among us.....

[Marthe48]

1. Have you seen the meme

A box of salt, showing the expiration date Goes right along with your post!

[bucolic_frolic]

2. That's cold salt

There is also sea salt, dried from sea water.

Pink salt, with micronutrients from rock.

Mined, flake salt, cold from natural deposits.

Free-flow processed salt, heated to 1200 degrees so it doesn't absorb moisture for the most part. Some say it's basically glass, and that's not a rock.

[gab13by13]

5. Glass is sand and soda ash.

[GreenWave]

9. And immensely cheap to make.

Car windshields, glass container etc. are vastly overpriced. And that is with paying every person in the factory a decent wage.

[Cracklin Charlie]

3. That's sad.

But, unfortunately, the question could relate to the deficiencies in our educational system.

Decades of funding cuts have brought us here, in my opinion. I am sometimes amazed by how little some folks know of basic science, or civics, or history. Maybe they just didn’t pay attention in class.

But, at least they know enough to understand that food products HAVE a shelf life. That seems like progress.

[Goonch]

4. "Plain salt does not expire, but iodized salt has a shelf life of about five years

because the stability of the iodized salt decreases over time with exposure, especially in the presence of moisture or metal ions." ;-{)

https://www.scienceworld.ca/stories/ever-wonder-about-iodized-salt/

[Tetrachloride]

7. Not every container is secure.

Answer the question with grace. The next question might be important such as who to vote for.

A little verification of the salt quality ? why not.

[NoRethugFriends]

8. Thank you for the post. Doesn't hurt to be nice.