Cargill Salt

Brand · part of Cargill, Incorporated

Pool salt (Diamond Crystal); the salt division of Cargill.

Website	www.cargill.com/industrial/na/pool-salt ↗
Category	Salt
Parent / owner	Cargill, Incorporated
Ownership	Subsidiary
Country	United States
Known for	Pool salt (Diamond Crystal); the salt division of Cargill.

Company Timeline

Date	Event
1865	Cargill is founded by William Wallace Cargill in Conover, Iowa.
1978	Cargill purchases the Leslie Salt refining company in Newark, California, expanding its salt operations.
1996	Cargill agrees to buy Akzo Nobel's North American salt assets, including the Diamond Crystal consumer brand.

Sources

https://www.cargill.com/industrial/na/pool-salt

Last updated 2026-06-24 · Next review 2026-07-24

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