Epsom salts and uniodized sea water salt

Cuisine Food & Drink
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Is there anyplace in Taipei to buy epsom salt and uniodized sea salt?

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Supermarket beneath the Far Eastern Mall has many varieties of natural sea salt (all without water :wink: ), as does Breeze Supermarket. Be prepared to pay large sums of money for it.
Epsom salts I don’t know.

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Thanks!

Where is the Far Eastern Mall? Next to the Far Eastern Hotel? The sea salt is that which can be drank right? I am not looking for something to bathe in. :smiley:

Would I be better to order it overseas to save money?

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Its the one down near the bottom of Dunhua S. Rd. just north of the intersection with Heping. And yes, its for cooking, not bathing.

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Thanks sandman.

How about rock salt? Or course salts? These are the only other salts I can think of that are similar to what I need.

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Quite some time ago I was also looking for epsom salts, and if I remember correctly the big and small pharmacies all said that they could not sell Epsom salts over the counter. It is only available under doctor’s prescription.

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Rock salt can be found at most small markets. You can buy it by the small or big bag. I buy the 50 KG :astonished: bag for under 1000 NT. I use it to make my own mineral baths and it makes a great soak.

BTW: This is the same salt that is colored and perfumed and then marketed as bath salts.

EDIT: oops. I just saw that you want this salt for drinking. I will ask the market man if it is drinkable and let you know.

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Hi,

I just bought some natural rock sea salt at Jason’s Supermarket for around 150NT for a (300g?) bag. It’s from New Zealand, slightly brownish-gray in color, and says it’s high in minerals, naturally dried in the sun, etc. It looks like the real thing…

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I’m looking for some EXTRA FINE uniodized salt or “flaked salt for cheesemaking”, in quantities of a kilo or two. Not large, coarse kosher or rock salt. Fine sea salt, uniodized, will do. Any leads? I’m in Taibei. Thanks!

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Costco has large plastic bottles of “extra fine sea salt,” just saw them in Chungho.

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Thanks, I’ll check. If they don’t say ‘iodized’ and also don’t say ‘uniodized’, I wonder which they’d be. Some in Jason’s are like that.

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Didn’t check!

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Was at Carrefour during lunch time.

They have Hain Sea Salt which specifically noted that it is uniodized. NT$109 for 737g.

There is also a Natural Sea Salt, made by Sea Board. NT$22 for 1Kg. This is coarse grain and claim to be all natural.

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Thanks, mate! :notworthy: