Is your salt real? For everyday use. This salt does not supply iodide, a necessary nutrient. Is your salt real? Real salt means - well, real, authentic salt. A quick glance at the ingredients on most salts might surprise you! Many salts contain anti-caking agents and even dextrose (sugar). Others have been heat processed and stripped of their natural trace minerals. Real Salt brand, on the other hand, is unrefined and full of natural minerals and flavor - the way salt was meant to be savored. The Real Salt Story: Long ago in what is now Central Utah, Native Americans found a mineral-rich salt deposit from an ancient sea when they saw deer eating the soil.