Real Salt Production Process

Real Salt Production Process Flow Documentation
The production of Real Salt starts deep within the Earth as the natural salt is
extracted from an ancient sea bed located in Redmond, UT.
Picture of the Redmond Valley
Picture of the Mine Entrance
Pictures from within
the Salt Mine
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Food grade portions of the deposit are selected and then mined from the deposit
with a carbide tipped rotary cutter.
Salt for crushing and screening
Cutter in Operation
Carbide Tipped Rotary Cutter
The salt is then transported by truck to the food grade mill for crushing and
screening into one of four granulation sizes.
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The mill consists of a series of crushers and screens within which the salt passes
until the salt is screened to the correct granulation size. (Course, Kosher,
Granular, Powder) (The crushers and screens in the food grade mill are made of
stainless steel.
The bet where the salt enters the
food salt system
This is the first of three crushers
in the system. From this point
forward the entire system is
totally enclosed including the
other two crushers.
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Funnel cone that feeds the system.
Hammer-mill Style Crushers
Bucket Elevator to Screens
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Sifter style screens for creating
different granulation sizes.
This is a picture showing the
screens and finished good bins.
These are the bins from which the
bulk bags of Real Salt are filled
before being shipped to the
packaging facility in Heber City.
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Once crushed and screened, each granulation size of Real Salt is packaged in
bulk bags and shipped to the Real Salt packaging facility in Heber City, UT where
it is stored until ready for use.
Heber Packaging Facility
Bulk Salt Ready for Packaging
Although there are a couple different packaging lines in the Heber City facility,
because their functionalities and processes are similar we will only present one
here. A super bag of a single granulation size of Real Salt is selected, its lot
number recorded, and it is then placed in the bag-hanger connected to the
production line which will be used.
Bulk Bag of Salt (Granular)
Magnetic Grate
Cablevey that transports salt
into packaging equipment.
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As the bag is opened and the salt flows into the stainless steel production line it
passes through a grate made of strong magnets to remove possible ferrous
metals contained within the salt.
The salt is then elevated above the packaging area.
Tube on the left is transporting
salt up, the tube on the right is
returning empty for more salt.
Metal Detector
(see next page)
Metal Detector
Test Form
Cablevey that transports salt
into packaging equipment.
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The salt then passes through a vertical, inline, metal detector which detects and
removes ferrous and nonferrous metals. Possible contaminated salt is sent down
a reject pipe, while the rest of the approved product continues on to the
packaging equipment.
Pictures of the
metal detector
above the
packaging
area.
Pure Line (above)
Reject Line (above)
Pure Line (below)
Reject Line (below)
Packaging Equipment
Reject Salt Collector
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At this point Real Salt is then packaged, dated, stored and prepped for shipping.
Packaging Equipment
(Shaker Line)
Pallet Stacking Area
Warehouse/Shipping Area
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