Salt - Food Grade: Market Size & Forecast 2026

The global food-grade salt market reached approximately USD 9.2 billion in 2025 (base year), growing at a 2.6% CAGR through 2032 to reach roughly USD 11.0 billion. The category sits in a structurally oversupplied global production environment -- total salt output exceeds 270 million tonnes annually, of which food-grade accounts for roughly 4% in North America and 7% in Europe -- yet food-grade purity requirements, fortification mandates, and logistics create meaningful value-addition layers that separate commodity rock salt from finished packaged product. A solar-evaporated sea salt reference SKU ex-works a US plant prices at USD 180 per metric tonne, with energy and utilities consuming 28% of that cost and brine extraction a further 24%; published industry pricing benchmarks place delivered US spot at USD 195/MT for Q2 2026, EU at EUR 185/MT, and Asia at USD 145/MT, reflecting freight a

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