Can I substitute salts 1:1 by weight?
In a recipe where you’re dissolving salt in water or a similar mixture(not sprinkling it as a seasoning, etc.) is it possible to substitute, for example, 1 gram of kosher salt with 1 gram of table salt?
I understand that you can’t do this by volume, but if both salts are mostly NaCl and I’m going by mass, then they should be close to equivalent, right?
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Yes. In general diamond crystal kosher salt requires about twice the amount (by volume) as table salt, but measuring by weight is best and works with any salt.
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Is salt by weight the same?
They are basically identical; in my tests they were within a couple grams of each other, with the coarse sea salt weighing a tiny bit more than the fine sea salt. Morton's Kosher salt is not quite weight specific. I read that Morton's Kosher was designed so that its weight would match water, for use in sausage making.Is table salt and kosher salt same by weight?
If a recipe calls for 1/4 cup of kosher salt, that's about 39 grams. If you substitute 1/4 cup of fine table salt for the kosher salt, you'll be adding about 76 grams of salt by weight \u2014 about twice what the recipe really calls for. If you substitute table salt for kosher salt, it'll taste way saltier.How can I substitute salt?
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Because each salt is sized and shaped differently, a measurement of one does not result in the same amount of another. For example, to use kosher salt in place of 1 teaspoon table salt, you will need to add another 1/4 teaspoon to the measurement.If You Stop Eating Salt, This Will Happen to Your Body
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Answer 2
Low-sodium salts may be an exception. They replace sodium with potassium, which is heavier. But the percentage replaced is not standardized, so check the package for details.
Answer 3
If the exact NaCl content is important, eg low-salt lacto pickles, you might want to consider that commercial salt will typically have a dessicant of about 1% to stop it clumping, iodine fortification will affect the activity of microflora and mined rock salt will have a fair amount of content that is not NaCl. Rock, so to speak.
But for the most part, salt is interchangeable when measured by weight.
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