table salt

mineral used as food ingredient, composed primarily of sodium chloride
Product ingredient Q11254
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table salt

Summary

table salt is an ingredient[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of ingredient entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,234 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • table salt's instance of is recorded as ingredient[3].
  • table salt's instance of is recorded as mixture[4].
  • table salt is made of halite[5].
  • table salt is made of rock salt[6].
  • table salt is a type of food ingredient[7].
  • table salt is a type of spice[8].
  • table salt is a type of food preservative[9].
  • table salt's Commons category is recorded as Salt[10].
  • table salt's said to be the same as is recorded as sodium chloride[11].
  • table salt's said to be the same as is recorded as halite[12].
  • table salt's Unicode character is recorded as 🧂[13].
  • table salt comprises sodium chloride[14].
  • table salt comprises impurity[15].
  • table salt comprises food additive[16].
  • table salt comprises anticaking agent[17].
  • table salt comprises potassium iodide[18].
  • table salt's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Edible salt[19].
  • table salt's topic's main category is recorded as Q9972785[20].
  • table salt's Commons gallery is recorded as Salt[21].
  • table salt's described by source is recorded as The Catholic Encyclopedia[22].
  • table salt's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[23].
  • table salt's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • table salt's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25].
  • table salt's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[26].
  • table salt's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for table salt include Solikamsk[28], an administrative divisions of Russia[29], in Russia[30], founded in 1430[31]; Usolye[32], a city or town[33], in Russia[34], founded in 1606[35]; Salt Market Square[36], a market square[37], in Poland[38]; and Soline Cove[39], a cove[40], in Croatia[41].

Why It Matters

table salt ranks in the top 10% of ingredient entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,234 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Entities named for it include Solikamsk[28], an administrative divisions of Russia[29], in Russia[30], founded in 1430[31]; Usolye[32], a city or town[33], in Russia[34], founded in 1606[35]; Salt Market Square[36], a market square[37], in Poland[38]; and Soline Cove[39], a cove[40], in Croatia[41].

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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  9. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material halite, rock salt
    Subclass of
    Has part(s) sodium chloride, impurity, food additive +2
    Topic has template Template:Salt topics
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007553582605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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