<P> Sea salt is salt produced from the evaporation of seawater, rather than by being extracted from sedimentary deposits . It is used in cooking and cosmetics . It is also called bay salt or solar salt . Like mineral salt, production of sea salt has been dated to prehistoric times . However, there is little or no health benefit to using sea salt over other forms of sodium chloride salts . </P> <P> Commercially available sea salts on the market today vary widely in their chemical composition . </P>

Where does salt come from in the sea