Sweet and Salty Charm Salt Desserts Popular...Will it be okay for your health?

Jun 12, 2025

Sweet and Salty Charm Salt Desserts Popular...Will it be okay for your health?
Salt bread and salt coffee



Recently, salt desserts that can taste both sweet and salty at the same time are gaining popularity. In particular, as the heat wave approaching 30 degrees continues, related popularity is increasing. When our body sweats a lot, it releases a large amount of electrolytes such as sodium (a major component of salt) along with moisture in the body. If the electrolyte balance is broken, not only will it lose energy and become lethargic, but it can also lead to heat diseases such as heat stroke. Therefore, eating salt or salty food appropriately helps maintain body balance.

Some say that the saltiness of salt desserts, which is not excessive, has raised the flavor of sweet desserts, attracting consumers' attention. In particular, salt bread, salt coffee, and salt ice cream are considered representative desserts.

◇Sweet bread, coffee, and ice cream with salt to relieve dehydration, thirst, and headache




First of all, salt bread, which began to be known as 'Siopang' in Japan, was born by a baker who was worried about not selling bread in the hot summer, studying a different bread that could overcome the heat and sprinkling salt on soft butter bread. In the hot summer when you sweat a lot, it helps to replenish salt and can feel the flavor of butter, so it began to become a big trend.

Salt coffee is also popular. Sprinkle a small amount of salt on the latte to increase the sweetness, reduce the bitterness of coffee, and increase the umami taste. Salt ice cream, which is ground salt into small pieces, mixed with milk ice cream or vanilla ice cream, and put in a cone or cup, is also a popular dessert in summer.

Because salt is cold and regulates water metabolism in the body, it preserves the essence and stops thirst. In addition, it helps supplement stomachs (脾胃), boost energy, and replenish electrolytes and prevent dehydration. In addition, salt desserts supplement the salt lost from summer sweat, helping to maintain electrolyte balance. It helps restore thirst and energy when thirst, headache, and weakness occur on a hot summer day.




◇Dongui Bogam "Salt, Lower Heat, Detoxify Effect"…adverse effects on excessive consumption

In oriental medicine, salt is considered to have various drug effects as well as thirst and dehydration prevention. In the ancient book of oriental medicine 'Dongui Bogam', salt is considered to be effective in relieving chest tightness and insomnia as a reinforcing (降火) action that lowers heat. It is also mentioned that it has an excellent detoxification (解毒) effect that neutralizes the poison of food or drugs and has a soft release (軟堅) function to relieve boils, gallbladder, and lumps.

However, excessive intake of salt can cause various physical problems and chronic diseases, so care should be taken. Sodium in salt dries blood (血) and puts a burden on the bladder and kidneys depending on the intake, increasing the risk of cystitis and kidney stones.




Salty foods high in sodium can damage the gastric mucosa and cause chronic gastritis, which increases the likelihood of developing gastric cancer. In addition, sodium promotes the excretion of calcium into the urine, lowering bone density, and in severe cases, can cause osteoporosis.

Bae Young-hyun, director of Ilsan Jasaeng Oriental Medicine Hospital, said, `Despite the advantages of salt, such as preventing dehydration in the middle of summer, excessive consumption of salt desserts that are difficult to feel salty may exceed the recommended daily sodium amount (2000mg). Therefore, it is recommended to consume only a small amount for patients with kidney disease, hypertension, and the elderly.'

Sweet and Salty Charm Salt Desserts Popular...Will it be okay for your health?


This article was translated by Naver AI translator.