Nirvana Organics pure Himalayan salt is hand mined, totally natural, unrefined, contains no additives and is hand sorted and magnetically screened and packed in Nirvana HACCP* accredited premises in Australia. Sourced from deep within the Himalayan mountain foothills (not salt lakes) this wholesome and holistic crystal salt is not only great tasting, but is renowned to contain 84 elements that are essential to life and good health, making it a popular choice for cooking and table use. It is salt as nature intended. Nirvana Organics Himalayan Crystal Salt is much more than just rock salt or processed sea salt. It is a complete food, identical in composition to the primal ocean itself. Himalayan Crystal Salt is considered to contain many additional trace elements, identical to elements originally found existing in the primal ocean. Our body fluids, which make up approximately 70% of our weight, contain almost the same ratio of elements as seawater. Due to the salt’s remarkable crystalline structure, the elements are available in minute particles (colloidal size) and can easily be absorbed by human cells and metabolized.