What can I use instead of Garlic salt?

Garlic powder + salt: 1/3 tsp garlic powder + 2/3 tsp fine salt. Garlic powder alone: 1/4 tsp powder, and reduce the recipe's salt by 3/4 tsp.

What changes when you substitute Garlic salt?

Nothing significant. No salt added.

Substitute for Garlic salt

What it does in a recipe: Three parts salt, one part garlic powder — a blend, not a swap.

2 substitutes, ranked by what's already in your pantry. Amounts are dataset values — US and metric where a ratio exists.

Garlic powder + salt

per 1 tsp garlic salt

US1/3 tsp garlic powder + 2/3 tsp fine salt

Metric1 g garlic powder + 4 g fine salt

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Rebuilds the blend exactly; use less added salt in the dish.

What changes: Nothing significant

Garlic powder alone

per 1 tsp garlic salt

US1/4 tsp powder, and reduce the recipe's salt by 3/4 tsp

Metric1 g powder, minus 4 g salt

Pantry stapleBaking-safe ✓Alcohol-freeDairy-freeEgg-freeFish-freeGluten-freeNut-freePeanut-freeShellfish-freeSoy-freeVegan

Garlic flavor without the salt — adjust seasoning elsewhere.

What changes: No salt added

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Common questions

What can I use instead of Garlic salt?: Garlic powder + salt: 1/3 tsp garlic powder + 2/3 tsp fine salt. Garlic powder alone: 1/4 tsp powder, and reduce the recipe's salt by 3/4 tsp.
What is the exact ratio to substitute Garlic salt?: Garlic powder + salt (per 1 tsp garlic salt) — US: 1/3 tsp garlic powder + 2/3 tsp fine salt. Metric: 1 g garlic powder + 4 g fine salt.
What changes when you substitute Garlic salt?: Nothing significant. No salt added.

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