Table 1. Chemical and physical properties of various salts

Parameters	Refined salt	Solar salt	Bamboo salt
pH	6.54±0.02^C	7.93±0.03^B	10.71±0.02^A
Moisture content (%)	0.07±0.02^B	4.56±0.14^A	0.09±0.04^B
Ash content (%)	99.92±1.21^A	95.72±1.31^B	99.77±0.89^A
CIE L*-value	91.10±0.94^C	83.11±0.85^B	98.25±1.08^A
CIE a*-value	−0.07±0.34	−0.10±0.25	−0.03±0.39
CIE b*-value	0.09±0.25^B	−0.01±0.19^B	0.80±0.19^A
Salinity (%)	89.20±0.45^A	84.73±0.78^B	88.92±0.83^A