RMY Himalayan Salt Tiles: When thinking about “salt”, it is very common to first associate it with table salt (also referred to as fine salt) or the coarse salt (unrefined sea salt) that can be both used in food preparation and cooking, coming in different shapes and giving different tastes. Indeed, salt is an historic preserver and flavour enhancer in a wide range of foods. Himalayan Salt Tiles. In cosmetics and pharmaceutics, virgin saline water is often used in the formulation of oral hygiene products, fragrances, skin, hair, nail, suntan, make-up and bath products. RMY Himalayan Salt Tiles Abstract TThe World Health Organization has made several policy recommendations to reduce salt intake and even implemented some policy approaches in several countries worldwide. Nevertheless, according to the European Food Safety Authority, approximately 75% of the salt we eat is already in the foods we buy. Thus, the best way to assure an effective reduction in salt consumption is to train our taste to the flavour of low-salt foods, although there is still a long way to go from awareness to action. The main goal of this chapter is to review the social and economic importance of salt throughout human history; its role in food preservation, food safety and food sensory evaluation; the impact of salt intake on human health; and the attempts to reduce or replace salt in food. Himalayan Salt Tiles Keywords sodium chloride food safety flavour cardiovascular diseases