Many people are surprised that salt has an expiration date. One brand of salt states that it is 250 million year old.
 
“Eating 250 million-year-old salt. Surprisingly does not taste stale” was posted on X/Twitter by Casey Henry on June 7, 2013. “250 million year old Himalayan Salt [turn bottle over] ‘Expires in 6 months’” was posted on X/Twitter by PЦP SΞΓƗ on April 15, 2015. “My 250 million year old salt expired last month” was posted on Reddit—Funny on March 27, 2017. “The Patanjali salt packet says it was created from a 250 million year old Himalayan rock salt bed.
The Label says expiry date is ‘2018’. So Happy they dug it up just in time!” was posted on Facebook by Prashant Singh on July 19, 2017.
   
A popular image shows the expiration date of the salt on January 20, 2019. “This 250 million year old salt expires next year” was posted on Reddit—Pics on January 24, 2018. “RT stonecold2050: Just my luck, 250 million year old salt and it expires next year. https://pic.twitter.com/z3oA3vY9lX” was posted on X/Twitter by CognitioCorp on January 28, 2018. “Dang, my 250 million year old salt has expired” was posted on X/Twitter by Bob Golen on January 29, 2022, and the tweet received over 364,000 likes.
 
         
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Casey Henry
@caseyhenry
Eating 250 million-year-old salt. Surprisingly does not taste stale.
10:44 AM · Jun 7, 2013
   
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PЦP SΞΓƗ
@daniru
250 million year old Himalayan Salt
turn bottle over
“Expires in 6 months.”
8:10 PM · Apr 15, 2015
   
Reddit—Funny
TacoDoc March 27, 2017
My 250 million year old salt expired last month
 
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Neeraj Tamang Zimba
@NeerajZimba
Patanjali salt packet “Created from 250 million year old Himalayan Rock.Label say expiry date “2018”. So happy they dug it up just in time!
(A photo of the salt is shown.—ed.)
Kusalta Gurung and 8 others
11:56 AM · Jul 15, 2017
 
Facebook
Prashant Singh
July 19, 2017 at 12:16 PM ·
The Patanjali salt packet says it was created from a 250 million year old Himalayan rock salt bed.
The Label says expiry date is “2018”.
So Happy they dug it up just in time!
 
Reddit—Mildlyinteresting
HiramEmil August 30, 2017
250 million year old Himalayan salt, but evidently expires in 2022.
 
Reddit—Pics
croft1342 January 24, 2018
This 250 million year old salt expires next year.   
 
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CognitioCorp
@CognitioCorp
RT ctovision “RT stonecold2050: Just my luck, 250 million year old salt and it expires next year. https://pic.twitter.com/z3oA3vY9lX”
9:08 AM · Jan 28, 2018
 
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Digital Health Space
@glevin1
Top story: @stonecold2050: ‘Just my luck, 250 million year old salt and it expi… https://pic.twitter.com/Y02t9iMIJg, see more http://tweetedtimes.com/glevin1?s=tnp
9:38 AM · Jan 28, 2018
 
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imortalize
@imortalize
Retweeted Stone Cold (@stonecold2050):
Just my luck, 250 million year old salt and it expires next year…. https://fb.me/1N5PqNPol
12:35 PM · Jan 28, 2018
 
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craigstewart013
February 1, 2018
Just my luck ... 250 million year old salt ... and it expires next year ... LOL ...
(An image is shown.—ed.)
 
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RasslinJerk
@RasslinJerk
Just my luck, 250 million year old salt and it expires next year 😒
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10:04 AM · Feb 8, 2018
 
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Little Miss Thrifty
@niftythriftyexp
Just my luck, 250 million year old salt and it expires next year!
(An image is shown.—ed.)
4:36 AM · Mar 2, 2018
 
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Cheryl Jepson 👩🏼‍💻
@Cherylc2187
Just my luck, 250 million year old salt and it expires next year.
(An image is shown.—ed.)
12:24 PM · May 11, 2018
 
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KHAN
@wkwazir33
Just my luck. 250 million year old salt and it expires next year ‘😂
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11:47 AM · Aug 5, 2018
 
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Margaret “Meg” Chisolm, MD
@whole_patients
“Just my luck, 250 million year old salt and it expires next year.” https://scottscompostpile.com/2019/02/11/my-year-of-eating-expired-food/
(An image is shown.—ed.)
10:12 PM · Feb 16, 2019
 
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Shaun Dorney
March 14, 2019 at 8:17 AM ·
The following appeared in Ana Samways “Sideswipe” column in the NZ Herald on Wednesday, 13th of March 2019:
“FORMED BY THE PRIMAL SEA MORE THAN 250 MILLION YEARS AGO, THIS 100% UNCONTAMINATED…(SALT).  BEST BEFORE 12/20/2019”
“Just my luck…250-million-year-old salt I bought expires at the end of the year!”
 
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Jon Guirl
@JonGuirl
Look at this 250 million year old salt that EXPIRED in 2019!
(An image is shown.—ed.)
7:40 PM · Dec 14, 2019
 
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Everyday Positive
@DailyPositiveHQ
Just my luck. I bought 250 million year old sea salt that expired in 2019.
(This is also shown on an image.—ed.)
7:29 AM · Jun 16, 2021
     
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Bob Golen
@BobGolen
Dang, my 250 million year old salt has expired
10:19 PM · Jan 29, 2022
 
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Bob Golen
@BobGolen
Darn, my 250 million years old salt has expired.
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11:11 AM · Jan 28, 2023
 
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Bob Golen
@BobGolen
Dang, my 250 million year old salt has expired.
(Reposting of my most successful tweet
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3:01 PM · Jan 28, 2024