Mineral rich sea salts have been used by gourmets around the world for thousands of years. It's salt that is produced by evaporation of sea water rather than being extracted from sedimentary deposits. Sea salt is preferred by many people for use in foods because it does not go through as many processing steps as table salt and some cooks think it tastes better. This sea salt is coarsely ground and has a different texture from regular table salt. While it does not contain iodine, an important additive in today’s salts, it does have several important minerals that the iodized counterpart does not. As it is a natural substance, there are sometimes particles of different colors. This salt is packaged in a resealable plastic food bag with a label that identifies it as Coarse Sea Salt 8oz. Comes with a recipe that uses coarse sea salt.