Benefits of healthy eating

Healthy eating can cause some effects that you will notice pretty quickly. For example, a healthy diet can help you:

• control your body weight so that you can make sure you are not underweight or overweight

• have more energy to enjoy all kinds of exciting physical activity, like surfing, football, netball or dancing

• support your body while you are growing and developing so that you reach your full physical potential.

There are also some benefits that you may not notice straight away, but are worth thinking about. Scientific evidence and research show that a healthy diet can help you avoid diet-related diseases.

These are diseases that usually develop when people are over the age of 40. For example:

• heart disease

• high cholesterol

• high blood pressure

• strokes (brain damage due to blood supply problems)

• adult-onset diabetes (the most common form of diabetes)

• some cancers

• osteoporosis (thinning of the bones).

Think of your parents or grandparents - do they have any of these diseases? Wouldn't it be good if you could avoid having the same problems they do? By healthy eating now you can reduce the risks of developing these diseases later on. The risk of developing some cancers can also be reduced by eating fruits and vegetables and cereals, because they contain anti-oxidants and fiber.

Eating patterns are linked to the development of health problems. The foods that are more likely to lead to health problems are often called 'junk foods'. Foods that contain lots of fat, salt and sugar are the villains! Also, foods that do not have enough fiber are also a problem.

Preparing Healthy Meals

It’s not the bread or the potatoes that are ’fattening’, it’s the spread / oil you use on them that bumps up the calories! Cut back on butter, margarine and other spreads, or choose low-fat alternatives. Steam vegetables instead of boiling - that way you retain much more of the goodness, and the taste. Start the day with a large bowl of porridge or breakfast cereal - wholegrain is best. Use skimmed or semi-skimmed milk. Season your porridge with cinnamon instead of sugar. Think about making homemade fish pates using either canned red salmon, sardines or smoked mackerel. Puree down to make smooth and season (tomato sauce goes well with the sardines, horseradish sauce with the mackerel). Serve in sandwiches or on hot toast. Having pasta, rice or potatoes? These should take up about a third of the room on your plate. Try to choose wholegrain varieties whenever possible, such as wholemeal pitta breads, brown rice and brown pasta. Brown pasta tastes so similar to white pasta; it’s an easy change to make! Avoiding adding salt at the table is a good way to reduce your salt levels. Try eating fewer savoury snacks such as crisps and nuts as well. Making your own soup and sauces can also help reduce your salt intake. Try cooking a large batch and you can freeze extra portions; this can help when you’re lacking in time to prepare meals. While cooking, season using herbs (fresh or frozen), lemon juice or even tomato puree, rather than salt. Carry around your own drinking flask or bottle so you always have water with you. You can even fill it up with tap water wherever you are! Drink plenty of fluids - aim for eight to ten glasses each day. Choose from water, sugar-free diluting juice, natural fruit juice, semi-skimmed or skimmed milk, weak tea.

British Salt

Based in the heart of Cheshire, British Salt supplies over half of the pure white salts produced in Britain every year and its name has become synonymous with the very highest international standards of salt production.

Salt suppliers

If you are not sure what salt you need, we will be able to advise you, including the most economic and cost effective methods of delivery. We can arrange the supply and delivery nationally of any quantity, whether it is a bag of tablets for your water softener or a tanker of pure dried vacuum (pdv) for manufacturing animal feed. For a full list of salts please click here.

Bath Salts

All natural from the mountains of Himalayas, we have specially hand-picked, hand-washed and hand-sorted bath salts packed in bulk 25 kg or 50 kg bags . Our bath salts have proven to be a very effective remedy for the control and eradication of Stress, Tiredness, Insomnia, Arthritis, Aches, Muscles Spasms, Skin Conditions, Fatigue physical or mental. It is a 100% natural, easy to use ancient remedy and this ancient remedy have been used for thousands of years by Romans, Europeans and Eastern countries.
All Natural, no chemicals added, untreated and unscented bath Salt Crystal Rocks makes bathing experience more relaxing and soothing. Adding Salt Crystals to your bath is great for aches and pains, they help to soften and beautify your skin by cleaning your pores and detoxifying your body. Salt Crystals Rocks dissolve in the water slowly as your stress and tensions of the day also melt away.
Bath Salt Crystal Rock is popular and used in Health and Beauty Spas, Salons, Massage Therapy, Health Clubs, Hydrotherapy Treatment Facilities and even at home, specially by people who care about their health.
HUB-PAK has many many grades to offer. Rocks approximately from 2mm to 4" sizes are used for this application. The bags contain Salt Crystal Rocks, Pure and Natural. They come from Pakistan's famous Salt Mines , without any additives or chemicals added. We have just added a new soap size in addition to other sizes and the new innovative size is being liked a lot by our customers. Many different packaging options are available from simple poly bags to artistically manufactured cotton pouches with strings and many more.

Special Ultra-Pure Bromine-Free Grade

This grade is being mentioned here in these pages separately because it has been only possible to produce this grade here locally in Pakistan after a very hectic, dedicated and ambitious efforts by our R&D department. It has taken full three plus years to make this special grade totally BROMINE-FREE . The bromine content is not even in traces. The bromine content in our regular Pyrogen free grades are in the range of 10 to 40 ppm.
Bromine is extracted out by an indigenous self designed electrode ionization plant which has been designed and fabricated by our engineers in collaboration with the R&D and has been working trouble free from the date it has started working. It has been purposely designed for higher Bromine inputs as raw brines have lots of variations as far as the Bromine content is concerned.
Initially the plant was designed to extract only bromine, but with the passage of time, and learning more about the system, we are now in a position to extract other impurities also.
Research is underway to collect these impurities and convert it into other valuable products.

Sea Salt (Solar Salt)

Sea salt is produced through solar evaporation of sea water and is the smallest source of salt in Pakistan. The sea salt production is carried on here at 7 different factories with a total daily production of well above 1100 tons or 330000 tons per year.

The 7 different producers differ in quality with each other all these are located in or around the cosmopolitan city of Karachi, as being a port city, it enjoys excellent sea shore of the Arabian Sea with very fast winds almost all round the year. The best quality amongst these are sometimes found to be as good as 98% pure NaCl and normally the quality varies between 95% to 98% depending on the season and individual factory management.

The average rainfall is very very low and thus solar salt production enjoys a very very conducive weather condition almost all over the year.

Extra-Pure AR Grade (Analytical-Reagent)

We started the production of this special grade of Sodium Chloride in late 1999. At the moment, we are marketing this special grade in one-kg laboratory friendly bottles only. The main feature of this product is that it not only meets but exceeds the international limits of the leading pharmacopoeia's of the world. People using A-R grade can make out for themselves after going through the following specifications:-

NaCl : M.wt = 58.44 g/mol

PRODUCTS & ITS USES

We manufacturing only Sodium Chloride (NaCl) with over 268 different grades for over 190 different industrial and consumer applications. We have classified our products according to the market segments as listed in the left panel. Please click any product title for details. If you still have any questions regarding any salt grade or salt usage, please feel free to contact us.

Lake Salt

Pakistan is one of the very few countries which has been bestowed with all the three types of available salt in the world. Lake salt of Pakistan is excellent in quality and the quantity available is as much as you want . Previouslly it used to be a problem extracting deep from the deserts of Sind but now with the excellent road network the capacities are increasing by the day.

In certain locations transportation is done by special-desert trucks which can carry 10 tons of load at a time and work round the clock. The lakes are located some 300 km from the city of Karachi .At the moment a small quantity of 3000 tons is extracted from these 20 to 30 lakes on daily basis making the yearly average production to around 900000 tons.

There are three different sites from where lake salt is being extracted at the moment. First In the district of MirPurkhas there is a small town by the name of KHIPRO and thus salt extracted from here is known as KHIPRO salt. The second site is in the district of Badin and the salt extracted from this region is known as BADIN salt. The third site is in the region of Mithi district Tharparker The quality of all these region is very good rather excellent but keeps on fluctuating a little with the change of weather. Overall salt of a purity of 98% + is usually attainable throughout the year.

Rock Salt

Rock salt found in Pakistan is without any doubt the best in the world .The purity of the best quality of rock salt found is above 99% and the levels of impurities are also very very low.

The quality of Rock salt as far as crystals is concerned can be found here of four different types including pink, and white solid crystal and the other two available are soft lump and soft crystalline lump. The soft crystalline lump is so soft that it can be very easily broken down to tiny crystals by ones own hands.

Pakistan is known for its famous salt range stretching from Kalabagh to Jhelum covering the districts of Mianwali, Chakwal and Jhelum in the Province of Punjab. In the Province of NWFP Geological surveys of the PMDC Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation have determined the existence of 2.65 billion tons alone in this area only. Reserves at Bahadurkhel in Kohat are estimated to be 10.54 billion tons.

The overall scenario here at the salt range mining site is that it is very very under utilized and the production here is too small keeping in view the deposits of this most important mineral.

The total production estimates of all the mines of Pakistan is estimated at around 1800000 tons anually.

Crystalline Rock Salt

Pakistan is famous for its salt ranges. We offer to our customers a number of grades in crystalline rock salt ranging from dark pink rock salt to light pink rock salt. Crystalline rock salt is also available in white crystal type grades. Size entirely depends on the requirement of the customer . We have many many sizes to offer ranging from pieces of 10 kg to 10 grams and from 1.5 mm to any size required by the customer. Some sample images are available in the website.

Edible Grade Salt (Food Grade)

There are various grades available for the edible market. We at HUB-PAK have recently started marketing of edible salt under our own brand of HUB-SALT and are also providing to many packers and suppliers. Our edible grades are used in numerous food related industries like bread making, confectionery, bakery, cereals, butter and cheese, pickles and spices, etc.
Salt is used in the bread manufacturing for the stability of the wheat gluten and helps to lower the rate of fermentation. Salt acts as a starter in the culture of micro-organisms and helps modifying enzyme activity in the production of cheese. In pickles, salt helps in controlling the microbiological and pyrogenic growth, and thus provides the conditions conducive for fermentation.
Fleur de Sel is a rare and very special sea salt and is a gift from nature. HUB SALT can boast of a very high quality of the fleur de Sel harvested by it.
Please also see our Food Safety policy.

Nitrite Salt

Salt has been playing a constant role as a preservative for meat and poultry products. As use of salt as a meat preservative spread, a preference developed for certain salts that produce a pink colour and special flavour in meat. This is the effect we see in cured meat today. It was learnt recently by R&D of HUB-PAK that the presence of nitrate in salt was actually responsible for this colour and flavour in meat, it was further discovered that the nitrate present in salt is converted to nitrite by bacterial action during processing and storage and nitrate itself without the bacterial conversion is useless.
HUB-PAK has developed a few grades with nitrate fortified salt for this special application. Nitrite in meat greatly delays development of bottulinal toxin, it develops cured meat flavour and retards development of rancidity and off-odors and off-flavours during storage , inhibits development of warmed over flavour and preserves flavours of spices, smoke and other flavour enhancement agents.
Sodium nitrite rather than sodium nitrate is most commonly used as an additive in Sodium Chloride for curing purposes , although Sodium nitrate is used in a few specialized products like country ham, etc . Please contact HUB-PAK for all your specialized needs we have an answer for you.

Oil Drilling Grade Salt

HUB-PAK enjoys a very good export market for the oil and gas drilling grade of salt with an ever-expanding export program which takes our salt to countries such as Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Mauritius, Reunion Island, Brunei, and the United Kingdom.
We have many grades to offer to the oil drilling sector starting from PVD salt to even a lower grade of 97~~98% with major emphasis on quality and timely shipments which is a very important factor for the drilling companies. They and we both know it well and we understand their position on this. All levels in our organization are committed to achieving the highest levels of quality in products and service, as well as constant improvement in Quality.

Oil Refinery Grade Salt

HUB-PAK has a premium grade rock salt usually used in oil refineries and the petro-chemical industry. In oil refineries, the hydrodesulfurization units for Jet and Diesel need coalescer and salt dryer when stripper column is designed with direct stripping steam. The salt dryer will completely avoid product off specification in water content and appearance (hazy).

Size and size distribution of the rock salt particle is very important parameter. Too small particle will cause severe corrosion on down stream system due to salt carry over. Too big particles will significantly reduce in-active surface area.

The grade of rock salt HUB-PAK offers has several advantages over others as size management, screening, drying and packaging at our most advanced and highly sophisticated plant makes all possible efforts to directly ship to the customer. This completely avoids contamination, moisture building during transportation and thus also minimizes the damage that can be caused to crystals due to over handling.

Pharmaceutical Grade

There are 7 different grades which we are manufacturing for the pharmaceutical applications. The pharmaceutical companies are using our various products. Product range starts from Pyrogen free pure NaCl confirming (rather exceeding) the BP, EP, USP, etc and goes to a lower grade of 99.95% minimum of NaCl. Recent addition to our fleet of Pharmaceutical grade is special bromine free grade which has broken all quality records and as a result of latest research this grade has been possible to be manufactured in Pakistan thanks to our R&D. We are going into expansion for this grade and, we are proud to add, masha'Allah, we are already an exporter of this special grade.

Rock Salt Lamps

For centuries people have known about the ability of Salt Crystal Rock to improve air qualities by enriching air with " Negative Ions " and ionized air beneficial to humans. Salt Crystal Rock and lamps made from Salt Crystal Rocks are natural air ionizers. Negative Ions produced by Salt Crystal Lamps effectively, and naturally improve the quality of the air by producing negative ions - the "Vitamins Of The Air". Negative ions can be found in nature, concentrated in air by the billions; on mountain tops after thunder storms, near water falls, forests, and by the sea.
Negative Ions give the air its invigorating freshness, airborne bacteria free, cleanliness which is so beneficial for humans .
Non-illuminated crystals (salt at ambient temperature) produce Negative Ionizing effect, however the Salt Crystal Lamps which are illuminated from inside with a lamp warm Salt Crystal) produces and emits a higher number of Negative Ions and delivers a more efficient Ionizing Effect. The Salt Crystal Lamps are a beautiful, less costly, maintenance free, natural alternative of Mother Nature to improve air quality. With time, the Salt Crystal Lamps will not reduce in size, colour or shape, and will not lose weight, or their ionizing effect!
Beside air ionization and negative ions production, salt lamps illuminated by a light bulb, also produce a beautiful artistic atmosphere pleasant to the eyes, mind and soul. Natural glow of different colours and shades from orange to pink. This light colour glow and ionized, clean, fresh air create a special atmosphere of calming meditative balance, tranquility, peace and well-being for humans.
Many people in Europe and Australia are aware of the benefits of negative ions to our health. These negative Ions are essential for our health and well being. The freshness of the air after a thunderstorm, on a mountain top, or by the seaside, are due to the high concentration of negative ions in the air. On the other hand, the reduced well being one feels in highly polluted areas, cars, industrial pollution, artificially air conditioned offices, or when certain hot dry wind conditions exist, are usually due to an unduly low negative ion balance (and therefore high proportion of positive ions).
The rock salt lamp can be kept anywhere where you want the air quality to be improved or preserved, anywhere you want to create a cozy, relaxing, healthy environment, anywhere you want to enjoy the beauty of nature. For office workers, a lamp at work can help improve your concentration and refresh you, neutralizing the effects of stress, artificial light and air environment. Massage rooms: A lamp or two in the massage room will greatly enhance and create a natural ionizing calming, healthy environment and will also keep the air fresh. Convalescents, while recovering, a lamp by the bed-side will be a comforting and healthy companion. Office desk, computer users can place a Salt Crystal Lamp near their computer to reduce fatigue and counter EMF (electro magnetic pollution) effects from equipment. The lamp will also minimize the effects of the monitor's radiation. Well accepted by Natural Health Practitioners, a Salt Crystal Lamp glowing in your consulting or treating room assists the healing process and adds to a calming environment. Parents, place a comforting Salt Crystal Lamp by your child's bedside. It is a completely safe and a lovely night light, and will enhance your child's sleep, keeping the atmosphere clean.

Rock Salt Tiles

When we received our first order for ROCK SALT TILES we had no idea what was the use of this tile. It is used to make speleotherapy cabins . Speleotherapy means a room or area with Salt Crystal Rock tiled walls where people sit and breathe Ionized air, i.e. natural negative ions produced through ionization process by Salt Crystal. In the European countries like Ukraine, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Armenia and Pakistan in Asia have utilized the underground used up salt mines as speleotherapy clinics and people visit there in large numbers to pass some time inside the mine to breathe rich negative-ion air inside the mine. Many patients cannot afford to go to the mines due to the distance and traveling fatigue , they prefer to have a salt mine of their own in one of the small rooms of their house. Rock salt tiles are used to make walls of the cabin and its flooring is also topped with rock salt tiles thus making a salt room. Latest cabins are being constructed by using lights behind the walls of rock salt tiles which give such a beautiful, soothing and relaxing atmosphere that it is not possible to explain in words. HUB-PAK has many many sizes to offer to its customers who are looking for Himalayan pink rock salt tiles. Please click here to see sample images of salt tiles.

Smoked Salt

Hub Salt’s smoked sea salt is a 100 % natural way to add authentic smoked flavour with no strange after taste. No liquid smoke, artificial flavours or colouring are added.

Smoked Sea Salt combines traditional wood flavour with sea salt to create a most unique and beautiful spice to use in any of your favourite recipes, both on and off the BBQ. Natural smoked salt is slow smoked over real wood, giving it an authentic, clean smoke flavour. It can be used alone or mixed into other spice blends.

Smoking salt takes a lot of time, salt doesn't absorb the smoke - or cook and react in the warm environment the same way meats will. Salt absorbs flavour as the smokes resin coats the grains, and this take some time depending on the coarseness of the grain, salt needs at least 72 hours at the smoking plant, but our best salts spend 96 hours smoking.
Taste is one of the five senses (the others being smell, touch, vision, and hearing) through which all animals interpret the world around them. The human sense of taste is brought to it by more than 10,000 little taste buds on its tongue that turn eating into a pleasurable experience.

It is human nature to remain in search for the different type of eating stuff for them to enrich their sense of taste. Food quality and flavours are of great importance in this way. Keeping this idea as a driving force every time we go out to develop and provide something new to our valued customers. This grade is very rare in Pakistan and not many countries are producing smoked salt in the word.

Smoked salt is an aromatic edible salt with smoke flavoring. It is a spice and is used as a shortcut to add smoked flavor to foods. This is basically a millennium-old tradition. The salt is produced by, using a "fizzing" (evaporating) process, which takes place in a vessel over an open, smoky fire containing many different woods and herbs . "The resulting salt," "tastes like a bonfire. It lends to dishes of all types a smoky flavor.
Hub Pak’s smoked Salt combines traditional, an authentic, clean Alder wood smoke flavour with sea salt to create a most unique and beautiful spice to use in any of your favourite recipes, both on and off the BBQ.
It produces unique, mouth-watering seasoning. Not over powering, this salt has a distinct sweet-smoke flavour. Use on roasted meat to give your meals a “just off the grill” taste or on salads and vegetables for a bit of pizzazz. Hub Pak smoked salt is ideal when preparing food for cooking, such as meats and roast potatoes, or to liven up cold dishes such as salads and sandwiches.
Hub Salt offers 4 unique varieties authentic smoked salt. Each is smoked over a natural fire with constant attention. The cool smoke permeates the salt and infuses the crystals with a mild, but distinct smoked taste. Delicate yet firm, these popular flavours will enhance the special dishes of great gourmet chefs.

Smoked Sea Salts are a relatively new and exciting gourmet salt in Pakistan. Great when grilling or oven roasting. This is a must when cooking Salmon. Also adds an authentic smoke house flavor to soups, pasta.

Soap, Detergent And Glycerin

Salt is one of the important raw materials for the soap. detergent and glycerin industry. In soap and glycerin manufacturing process, after the saponification reaction, soap is washed with concentrated brine solution (NaCl) to separate glycerin.
Almost as a rule, the solubility of soap in water increases with an increase in the size of monovalent cation, an increase in divalent cation (Mg, Ca ) results in a decrease in the solubility. In general, an increase in the water solubility is accompanied by increase in the softness and mushiness properties of soap. Ca & Mg are usually known as major impurities of Sodium Chloride, and during the manufacturing of soap, these divalent ions replace the monovalent ions and cause problems in the solubility of soap.
Hub-Pak is manufacturing 5 different grades of salt for soap, detergent and glycerin Industries. The grades start from Ca and Mg free grades and there are many other grades which fulfill the quality requirements of the Soap manufacturers. Sodium Chloride is used by some formulators in detergent manufacturing, its main function being as inert "filler". In spray-drying applications, NaCl is used to control slurry viscosity and density of the spray-dried beads or granules.
HUB-PAK is manufacturing many special grades as per the requirement of the customers. For the detergents manufacturing, there are numerous factors for which the quality of salt plays an important role as, being a filler, it is directly in contact with the product which in other words means, it reaches the end user.