Four grades, from road de-icing to the table
Sodium Chloride (Salt)
Washed and graded sodium chloride in road, industrial, food and table grades. Each grade is produced to its own specification — purity, granulometry and additives differ, and so does the documentation that travels with it.
- Manufactured to: EN 973 (regeneration)
- Manufactured to: EN 16811-1 (de-icing)
- Manufactured to: CODEX STAN 150-1985 (food grade)
- Manufactured to: ES 999 (table salt, Egypt)
Overview
Salt is four different products sharing one chemical formula. Road salt is judged on how fast it depresses the freezing point and how well it spreads; industrial salt on chloride purity and what the insolubles do downstream; food grade on contamination control and traceability; table salt on grain uniformity, free flow and — in Egypt, by law — iodisation.
Treating them as one product is where suppliers get caught. A grade sold on chloride purity alone can be perfectly compliant and still be wrong for a water softener, because regeneration salt is specified on insolubles and dissolution rate rather than on NaCl percentage. We produce and certify each grade against the standard that governs it, not against a single house specification.
Food and table grades are produced, stored and packed on a segregated line. That separation is not a courtesy — it is what makes the food safety documentation defensible when an auditor asks how a de-icing product and a table product share a site.
Packing options
- Retail carton or sachet500 g / 1 kg
Table grade only. Private-label printing available
- Polypropylene bag25 kg / 50 kg
Food and table grades supplied with a food-contact liner
- Jumbo bag (FIBC)1,000 kg / 1,250 kg
- Bulk—
Road and industrial grades only — food grades are never shipped loose
Available gradations
Sodium Chloride (Salt)
| Size | Typical use |
|---|---|
| Road salt grade1 – 5 mm | De-icing and anti-icing of highways and airfields |
| Industrial grade0.5 – 3 mm | Chlor-alkali feedstock, water softening, textile dyeing, drilling fluids |
| Food grade0.3 – 1.2 mm | Food processing, curing, brining, bakery and dairy |
| Table salt grade0.2 – 0.8 mm | Retail and catering table salt, iodised |
- Size
- Road salt grade1 – 5 mm
- Typical use
- De-icing and anti-icing of highways and airfields
- Size
- Industrial grade0.5 – 3 mm
- Typical use
- Chlor-alkali feedstock, water softening, textile dyeing, drilling fluids
- Size
- Food grade0.3 – 1.2 mm
- Typical use
- Food processing, curing, brining, bakery and dairy
- Size
- Table salt grade0.2 – 0.8 mm
- Typical use
- Retail and catering table salt, iodised
Other cuts can be produced to specification — send us the effective size and uniformity coefficient you need.
Technical specification
| Property | Typical value | Test method |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium chloride (NaCl), dry basis | Road ≥ 94% · Industrial ≥ 98% · Food ≥ 99.1% · Table ≥ 99.4% | Argentometric titration |
| Moisture | Road ≤ 3% · Industrial ≤ 0.5% · Food ≤ 0.3% · Table ≤ 0.2% | Oven dry, 105 °C |
| Water-insoluble matter | Road ≤ 3% · Industrial ≤ 0.3% · Food ≤ 0.1% · Table ≤ 0.05% | Gravimetric |
| Sulphate (SO₄²⁻) | ≤ 0.6% (food and table ≤ 0.25%) | — |
| Calcium + magnesium | ≤ 0.4% (food and table ≤ 0.15%) | — |
| Iodine (table grade only) | 15 – 40 ppm as potassium iodate | Titrimetric |
| Anti-caking agent | E535/E536 on request; none in food grade unless specified | — |
| Heavy metals (food and table) | Pb ≤ 2 · As ≤ 0.5 · Cd ≤ 0.5 · Hg ≤ 0.1 mg/kg | AAS / ICP |
- Property
- Sodium chloride (NaCl), dry basis
- Typical value
- Road ≥ 94% · Industrial ≥ 98% · Food ≥ 99.1% · Table ≥ 99.4%
- Test method
- Argentometric titration
- Property
- Moisture
- Typical value
- Road ≤ 3% · Industrial ≤ 0.5% · Food ≤ 0.3% · Table ≤ 0.2%
- Test method
- Oven dry, 105 °C
- Property
- Water-insoluble matter
- Typical value
- Road ≤ 3% · Industrial ≤ 0.3% · Food ≤ 0.1% · Table ≤ 0.05%
- Test method
- Gravimetric
- Property
- Sulphate (SO₄²⁻)
- Typical value
- ≤ 0.6% (food and table ≤ 0.25%)
- Test method
- —
- Property
- Calcium + magnesium
- Typical value
- ≤ 0.4% (food and table ≤ 0.15%)
- Test method
- —
- Property
- Iodine (table grade only)
- Typical value
- 15 – 40 ppm as potassium iodate
- Test method
- Titrimetric
- Property
- Anti-caking agent
- Typical value
- E535/E536 on request; none in food grade unless specified
- Test method
- —
- Property
- Heavy metals (food and table)
- Typical value
- Pb ≤ 2 · As ≤ 0.5 · Cd ≤ 0.5 · Hg ≤ 0.1 mg/kg
- Test method
- AAS / ICP
Typical values. The certificate issued with your shipment reports the figures measured on that production lot.
Documents
- Technical data sheet — all gradesPDF · 520 KB
- Food grade specification & COA samplePDF · 240 KB
- Safety data sheet (MSDS)PDF · 310 KB
Manufactured to
- EN 973 (regeneration)
- EN 16811-1 (de-icing)
- CODEX STAN 150-1985 (food grade)
- ES 999 (table salt, Egypt)
Where it is used
Water Softening & Ion Exchange
Regeneration salt for ion exchange resin in softeners and demineralisation plants.
Road De-icing
Bulk road salt for highway, airfield and municipal winter maintenance.
Food & Beverage
Process water treatment for bottling, brewing, dairy and food production.
Industrial Water
Process, cooling and boiler feed water filtration across manufacturing sites.
Oil & Gas
Produced water treatment, injection water filtration and well cementing silica.
Construction
Specialist sands and aggregates for mortars, grouts, screeds and precast.
Need this grade?
Send the gradation, the volume and the destination port. Our technical team responds within one working day with pricing, lead time and a specimen certificate of analysis.