The main difference lies in the crystal shape. Grains of table salt or fine sea salt are small and densely packed; kosher and coarse sea salts are large flakes with more air between them. This means that a tablespoon of fine salt weighs more (and is therefore saltier) than a tablespoon of larger salt crystals.

Which salt is the saltiest?

Maldon salt, produced in a Victorian saltworks on the Blackwater estuary in Essex, is championed as one of the world's finest tasting salts, thanks to its unique pyramid structure.

Which is saltier sea salt or iodized salt?

Is sea salt saltier than regular salt? No. ... There are additional elements in sea salt that are not found in regular table salt that could affect the flavor, like potassium, calcium and magnesium, Tordoff says, but "they may add some bitterness," not saltiness.