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Should I be reducing salt amounts in recipes if cooking with tap water that has passed through a salt based water softener?

Seasoned Advice Asked on July 30, 2021

Should I be reducing salt amounts in recipes if cooking with tap water that has passed through a salt based water softener? Or is the amount of salt from the softener negligible? I’m probably over-thinking it…. 🙂

One Answer

No

Water softeners do not add any salt to the water. They use the sodium from the salt, not the salt itself.

This is known as an ion-exchange process

If your softened water tastes at all salty, you need to check with a maintenance engineer.

In 'health' terms, there is a slightly increased sodium content, but in flavour terms there is no additional salt.

Correct answer by Tetsujin on July 30, 2021

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