How long does a tub of table salt last you?

[MenoBabe]

We have just finished one, the tall Saxa one, and I can't remember how long we have had it. I think more than 2 years though. I was saying to my DH that I don't know how they make a profit, and he thought other households go through them more quickly. So, just wondering, what is others usage? Trivial I know!

I don't even buy it. Haven't used salt for about 25 years

Mine lasts a couple of years, but that doesn't mean I don't eat salt or use salty foods.
Quick examples, broccoli and Stilton soup, stilton is salty.
Homemade pizza with anchovies and olives, both probably off the salt scale!

I was only talking about this the other day. I purchased a new tub of salt... the one that had run out was bought 14 years ago 🤣

It had lasted so long as I'd had a baby and cooked without salt so we could eat the same meals. I then got used to unsalted food and so only use it sparingly now.

Same. I love salt too much

If people want to reduce their salt consumption they'd be best reducing the amount of processed food they eat because there's loads more in that than in properly seasoned home cooking.

But to answer the OPs question, we have a Saxa plastic tub that probably dates from the last century and is refilled with larger bags of cheap basic salt, most of which is used on icy paths, but I think this winter has been comparatively mild. I can't remember doing that much.

They probably make a profit from a combination of sales to the food manufacturing industry and that nearly every household in the country will buy salt just not very often. But it is likely that the profit per item will be pennies and the salt probably costs less than the bottle it comes in.

Table salt (not Malden/sea salt) was in the same category as sudocrem in this house (bought one tub once in the last millennium) until we went to fortnightly bin collections and I discovered that one tub of sea salt at the bottom of the wheelie bin meant that not only was ‘bin juice’ absorbed but any maggots did not survive In the summer months after falling onto it. Was a game changer I can tell you.

Just need somebody now to advise what to do with a large tub of the obligatory sudocrem one purchases before the first baby 😂

Rarely use it, but buy a box of Malden salt flakes probably once a month and a box of rock salt probably 2 or 3 times a year.

I bought 5kg of Slat from the slat flats in Croatia last year. That should last a while!

But we do use salt at home. We make most things like pizza dough, some bread, bake most cakes and biscuits, no ready meals. Most which have salt in. If someone says they use no salt but then buys ready made bread/ cake/ pizza/ cheese then they are eating salt, just someone else put in int he food for them

Aren't people using salt in their cooking?

Haw are people cooking pasta if the water isn’t as salty as the Mediterranean? I get through a tub every couple of months and a box of Maldon too.

What’s baffling?
I hardly use salt. Like once a month maybe at most if I have chips!

I suspect that salt manufacturers' main market is industrial.

But even domestically, everybody has salt. You might not use it much, but everybody has a tub of salt.

I just recently had to buy one after running out, I reckon the previous one lasted ten years. Only use table salt when making pizza bases. I use sea salt the rest of the time.

I realty worry for how bland your dinners are if you guys won't even use salt 😅

About 2years. I don’t use salt at all. But I always ensure I have some in the house for salting icy path in the winter!

I imagine they stay in business because they sell other things as well as salt, and they probably sell it on a more industrial scale as well as to individuals.

Probably every few months - I also use sea salt flakes too. Also love salty ingredients too like black bean paste, chilli oil with sediment, parmesan, olives, etc.

The amount of bland, unseasoned food being cooked on this thread sounds bork. Fair enough if you need to cut back for health reasons, but properly seasoning food is so important and brings out its flavour.

Yes - lots of people sanctimoniously say they hardly use any salt but will then eat something like a pizza which is absolutely full of it 😂

The amount of salt we use in our own cooking is such a small amount of what we actually consume. There is even salt in cornflakes.

Saxa is owned by Premier food which also make Mr Kipling and Sharwood, ambrosia, bisto and other stuff.

You can season food very well without using salt, depending on what you're cooking.

I use sea salt so not the tall tubs, not sure how much I use. I keep it in a salt pig by the cooker. And use a small amount for most cooking, but we don't put it on food at the table. The peppercorns get used more quickly.

Maldon sea salt boxes about 2 a year, the table salt tub is oh….5 years. Heads off to middle class thread…

That is exactly what I was thinking! I think I heard Gordon Ramsey say that. I cook from scratch a lot and go through loads of Maldon or rock salt. Lots of peppercorns as well, I am regularly replacing both 😳

I don’t buy the table salt through as don’t like the taste, so that probably would last for ages.

@pinkmushroom5 Of course, as I mentioned there's many ingredients like fish sauce or soy sauce which do the exact same thing as salt, so I wouldn't add it additionally.

If you're trying to convince me that a non-salty food isn't improved by seasoning with salt, then absolutely not. Salt cod or bacon, fine - that's salty enough. Plain fish or veg? Vile and bland without salt.

If anyone is about to tell me I've ruined my tastebuds by oversalting food, I simply don't care. My food actually tastes of something.

Most people on here are dating they don't use much of the white fibre table salt that covers in the team plastic tubs, most people are saying they do use sea salt or rock salt