--- title: Smalt: Smart Salt Shaker Has Bluetooth description: A new smart saltshaker allows users to stream music and play around with mood lighting in addition to actually dispensing the ingredient canonical: https://time.com/4773835/smalt-salt-shaker-bluetooth/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-10T15:47:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:51:08.851Z article:section: Business og:title: This Smart Salt Shaker Will Change the Way You Season Food og:description: Salt gets an upgrade og:url: https://time.com/4773835/smalt-salt-shaker-bluetooth/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e936dbfa56e779b/6988ccbf97cdffece06b0a2b/smalt.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: smalt og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Smart Salt Shaker Will Change the Way You Season Food twitter:description: Salt gets an upgrade twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e936dbfa56e779b/6988ccbf97cdffece06b0a2b/smalt.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Smart Salt Shaker Wants to Change the Way You Season Food by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. May 10, 2017 3:47 PM CUT  Smalt by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. May 10, 2017 3:47 PM CUT Salt, a necessary ingredient in kitchens across the world, is getting a technology upgrade thanks to a lifestyle company that has created a [Bluetooth-equipped saltshaker](http://www.mysmalt.com/ "undefined"). Called SMALT, the smart saltshaker has been in development since 2015 and contains multiple sensory devices to entertain more than just tastebuds at your next dinner party. Users can stream music, play around with a mood light and, going back to its originally intended function, [dispense salt](http://www.extracrispy.com/food/2708/eat-all-the-salt-you-want-and-youll-be-fine-probably "undefined") in an “interactive way,” according to [SMALT’s website](http://www.mysmalt.com/ "undefined"). Herb & Body, the company behind SMALT, said the advanced saltshaker can also connect with Amazon Echo so Alexa can take care of any salt- or tech-related needs. The company is still determining prices for the saltshaker with a plan to launch the product on the crowdfunding site Indiegogo by June 15, according to the [San Francisco _Chronicle_](http://www.sfgate.com/food/article/Does-your-salt-shaker-even-Bluetooth-bro-11134111.php "undefined"). With shipping dates estimated around November or December, customers will hopefully be able to command their saltshakers for more than [flavor assistance](http://time.com/4756228/epsom-salt-health-benefits/ "undefined") by Christmas. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4773835/smalt-salt-shaker-bluetooth/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4773835/smalt-salt-shaker-bluetooth/"},"headline":"This Smart Salt Shaker Wants to Change the Way You Season Food","datePublished":"2017-05-10T15:47:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:51:08.851Z","description":"Salt gets an upgrade","url":"https://time.com/4773835/smalt-salt-shaker-bluetooth/","keywords":["Tech","Food","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e936dbfa56e779b/6988ccbf97cdffece06b0a2b/smalt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e936dbfa56e779b/6988ccbf97cdffece06b0a2b/smalt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"smalt","caption":"","creditText":"Smalt","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4773835/smalt-salt-shaker-bluetooth/","name":"This Smart Salt Shaker Wants to Change the Way You Season Food"}}]}] ```