Re: Re: gray salt, was Brewer's Diet

[Guest guest]

> Celtic sea salt is from France. Brittany, France to be specific.

> It's actually not mined from deposits, but " farmed " by french

> salt " farmers " who channel the ocean water into clay lined ponds and

> allow it to dry in the sun. They use wooden rake-like tools to

> harvest the dried salt from the clay ponds. It's my understanding

> that most of the very distinct gray color (of celtic and some other

> types) comes from the clay. I think the process for the lima salt

> and some of the macrobiotic japanese salts is approximately the

> same. The reason it's so expensive is because it's labor intensive

> and time consuming.

>

> The reason RealSalt by comparison is so cheap (compared to celtic and

> other true sea salts), is because it *is* mined from ancient dried

> seabeds in Utah. They basically mine it and grind it up. Their

> marketing line (RealSalt) is that their salt is superior because it

> comes from a time when there was no man-made pollution. I'm not sure

> how much of an issue that really is. I know that the Celtic is a bit

> higher in certain minerals, and it tastes a bit better. The RealSalt

> is cheap, easy, and still a very good whole salt though.

>

>

Thanks, . Good info. Now we see that Celtic salt is made sustainably,

but RealSalt is not. Fortunately when the RealSalt is gone the Celtic will

still be available.

Peace,

Kris , gardening in northwest Ohio