Looking to buy natural salt? Here you'll find all our salts: Celtic sea salt and Fleur de Sel de Guérande from Brittany, pink Himalayan salt and Dead Sea salt for the bath. They are unprocessed and free from additives, so there is no anti-caking agent and no added iodine. You'll also find our electrolyte powder here.
What types of salt are there?
- Celtic sea salt: coarse, grey and slightly moist sea salt from the salt pans of Brittany, in 250 g or 1 kg. For everyday cooking.
- Fleur de sel: the fine, crunchy crystals from the top layer of the salt pan, harvested by hand in Guérande. For finishing dishes.
- Himalayan salt: pink rock salt from ancient salt layers in Pakistan, coarse and suitable for a salt grinder.
- Dead Sea salt: bath salt for a warm bath or to use as a scrub. Not for eating.
- Electrolyte powder: a sugar-free powder with lemon flavour, with 137 mg sodium, 73 mg potassium and 56 mg magnesium per 6 grams. To mix with water.
Sea salt or rock salt?
Sea salt forms when seawater evaporates in salt pans, as with Celtic sea salt and fleur de sel. Rock salt is mined: Himalayan salt comes from salt layers that formed hundreds of millions of years ago when an ancient sea evaporated. It is pink because of traces of iron oxide. Celtic sea salt is grey because of the clay bed of the salt pans. Which salt you choose is mainly a matter of taste, texture and how you use it. Read more about the difference in Celtic sea salt vs. Himalayan salt.
Which salt do you use for what?
If you cook with coarse salt every day, in pasta water, soup or stew, go for Celtic sea salt. If you want to finish a dish with a crunchy pinch of salt, sprinkle fleur de sel over salad, grilled vegetables, fish or a chocolate dessert. Use Himalayan salt while cooking or from the salt grinder at the table. Dead Sea salt is for external use only: dissolve 1 to 2 cups in a warm bath or use it as a scrub.
Is natural salt healthier than table salt?
To be honest: salt is salt. Natural salt consists mostly of sodium chloride, just like ordinary table salt. It contains small amounts of other minerals, but too little to base your choice on. We choose it for the taste and because it is unprocessed. The Health Council of the Netherlands advises adults to have no more than 6 grams of salt a day, and that applies to every salt. No iodine is added to natural salt. If you only use natural salt, get your iodine from other sources, such as bread baked with iodised baking salt.
Want to know more? In types of salt: which natural salts are there? we list all natural salts, and in Celtic sea salt and how it differs from table salt you can read how Celtic sea salt compares with table salt.
