Smoked fleur de sel from Wales, Hawaiian salt in many colours: different kinds of salt offer new possibilities of flavour.

The Salt of the Earth: Salts from across the Globe

Herbert Hacker, 27.07.2021

More and more producers in the remotest regions of the world are bringing new salt creations to market – in various colours and flavours. An excursion into the world of salt flakes and crystals.

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Venice, Salzburg, Cracow - three great European cities whose histories share one thing in common: salt – the only mineral we add physically to our food, essential for life. Without sodium we cannot survive, it helps our muscles to function, it regulates our blood pressure and our nervous system, and it enables our bodies to retain a proper fluid balance. All mammals need salt.

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