moderator’s edit: it’s not that i dispute your argument. it’s that we have rules on the forum. please read them. then repost according to our rules.
moderator’s edit: see the note attached to the original post.
this could be good.
brb, making popcorn
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Nice first post. What’s your FTP?
Hoo, boy.
This’ll get the hackles up–user registered five days ago, first post on the site…
I will say if this one turns out to be a troll, it might be one of the best blazes of glory I’ve ever seen.
brb, making popcorn
but add some extra salt.
Hysterical
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The OP may have a valid point. I’ve never purchased Base Salt, but have been given samples by their crew on the run course during IM events. That stuff is eerily similar to the pink Himalayan salt my grandma uses to cook and season with, except she buys it for a fraction of the price.
Thank you for quoting this
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Damn, too late to the party!
Darn, me too. Would love to know who this guy is who stated I told him all of our ingredients and who supposedly is calling me out by name. I’ve never denied the 65% of the sodium content of BASE Salts is derived from Himalayan Mineral Salts. That is where it get’s it’s pink color. But the remaining 35% of the sodium content is derived from a combination of Bolivian Andes salts. We also have to increase the amount of potassium, calcium and magnesium so you can get all of the electrolytes.
If you want to know something, just ask.
To everyone who has followed the prior, yet controversial post……my apologies for not following the forum rules. Yes, I am a new contributor, but have been a reader for years. My attempt was simply to prompt an intellectual discussion regarding the basic properties of Pink Himalayan Salt and how entrepreneurial someone is to be able to market it at $6.00 an ounce as compared to realistic market costs of only about .60 cents per ounce. Please reference the attached spectral analysis of Pink Himalaya Salt and understand that on any published label pertaining to the nutrition facts, there is an allowable +/- percentage deviation of 5% over or under (per the FDA). Spectral Analysis Chart: http://themeadow.com/pages/minerals-in-himalayan-pink-salt-spectral-analysis
Therefore if you look at the spectral analysis table and do the appropriate mathematics using the listed “ingredients” cited by Base on their nutrition label, you will see that according to the prescribed serving of Base Salt’s 1/8 of a teaspoon per serving, the contents and nutritional differences published by Base are for all practical purposes the same as any pink Himalayan Salt per the spectral analysis table. For you mathematical wizards out there, do the math and find your own answer to this fundamental equation. I ask this question of Base, if your Bolivian Andes salts are so extra special, why are you not promoting their presence in your product? I would consider that an excellent selling point if I were in your shoes. Also, why is this the first time anyone on the planet is hearing about these Bolivian Salts?
You could be right. I’m sure not entirely sure why you think it’s so egregious.
SportsQuest CarboPro retails for around $3/lb. You can get bulk maltodextrin for just over $1/lb. Any by all appearances CarboPro’s “glocuse polymers” are just food-grade maltodextrin.
Molten Speed Wax sells for around $20/lb. You can get bulk paraffin + additives for the equivalent of around $1-2/lb.
I’m sure I could make my own energy bars for damned near free vs. $2-3/bar.
You’re either buying things like quality assurance, convenient, and safety, etc. or you’re being ripped off, depending on your perspective.
I couldn’t agree more with you in regards to your cited products and hundreds of others. It’s just amazing how this simple pink salt product has mesmerized so many people in the endurance community…It’s salt…duh!
The OP may have a valid point. I’ve never purchased Base Salt, but have been given samples by their crew on the run course during IM events. That stuff is eerily similar to the pink Himalayan salt my grandma uses to cook and season with, except she buys it for a fraction of the price.
Come on! Their NaCl is totally better than other people’s NaCl. /s
Would you like to buy some gluten free water?
So…why the axe to grind?
No axe to grind, just a topic worthy of discussion…Don’t disturb me with comments like these while I’m enjoying my gluten free water!
The Fresh Basil Lie
I am going to blow your mind here!
I buy fresh basil at the grocery store, its like $5 for a hand full. You can grow a whole field of basil for $5 in seeds.
Its chemically the same, so why are they over charging?
Yeah, I don’t really understand the point of this thread. You could analogize this example to almost any consumer product.
My local milk store (7 Eleven) sells bottled water. It’s a buck for 500ml. I live in a city with potable water that comes right from the tap at $3.149 per m/3, that would fill 6,000 bottles or to put that in real numbers that’s $0.0005 (that’s Canadian dollars to boot). I believe some form of capitalism may be involved here.
You obviously have an axe to grind, so why not give us some of your background to explain why this is especially egregious.