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Is Kalas Iodized Sea Salt ultra-processed?

1 bottle, 750 grams Salts Sold in Canada and France

Pack of Kalas Iodized Sea Salt

No, it's a kitchen staple

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

It is pressed or refined from a food and used for cooking, like oil, butter or sugar.

  • 3 ingredients
  • 1 additive

Less processed condiments

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Sea Salt, Potassium Iodide, Magnesium Carbonate

Additives: potassium iodide

As written on the pack

Sea Salt, Potassium Iodide, Magnesium Carbonate

Why it is in group 2

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Salts Products in the category "Salts" are at least group 2.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 92 salts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 52nd. 12% of the salts here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 92 salts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0061308400107, last edited 20 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.