In table salt should be more sodium chloride - the main component of the product that provides a taste - and fewer other elements. Such a norm was approved in Rosstandart. And since, in order to achieve this, manufacturers will have to shell out production, the salt will surely rise in price. The new GOST comes into force on March 1, but so far - for three years - will be tested. In the year 2021. he will earn in full, say "Izvestia". According to him, the volume of sodium chloride should not be less than 99.8% of the mass of products for the variety "Extra" and not less than 98.6% for the premium. Now its content is 99.7% and 98.4%, respectively. In addition, the salt should be maximally purified from impurities - potassium ions, magnesium, sulfates, iron oxide and other. For example, the content of calcium ion should not exceed 0.01% of the total volume of the product. The current standard allows a maximum of 0.02% of this element in the salt. And even in spring in the rock salt of the highest grade moisture should not exceed 0.15%. The volume of the water insoluble residue must be a maximum of 0.01% for the Extra variety and 0.4% for the first grade. The new GOST requires that salt manufacturers use potassium iodate, and not iodide, which evaporates during long-term storage. Already, more than 50% of manufacturers of salt are observing increased requirements, said the director of the Department of Research of the Roscatia Lyudmila Vikulova. According to her, "potassium iodate can last for up to 12 months in salt and withstand higher temperatures". "The new GOST will allow to reduce to a minimum a share of production which is made under technical conditions.

Often its low quality producers explain the features of the recipe or the selected production process, "- explained the representative of" Rusprodsoyuz "Dmitry Vostrikov. After the introduction of new requirements, salt will rise in price, said Aleksey Repin, an analyst with Sol Rusi. To enable manufacturers to further purify raw materials, they will have to install expensive equipment, he stressed.. And companies will raise prices for their products by an average of 10%, summed up the expert. In December last year, 1 kg of table salt, according to Rosstat, cost 12 rubles. 73 kopecks.