Re: gray salt, was Brewer's Diet

[Guest guest]

> ********thank for the links i didn't see 'realsalt' at my natural foods

> stores. so i bought celtic sea salt brand. there was a cheaper one that

was

> ground up and gray, but not *as* gray. it was lima brand. i'm not sure

why,

> but all the ground ones were less gray than the coarse ones. i got the

> grayist ground one they had, which happened to be the celtic brand, as i

> mentioned. i wonder if the lima is just as good though...

'Celtic' is a place, not I brand, I think. If I'm correct it's mined in a

place where the ocean has left salt deposits (on the coast of Ireland?), but

it doesn't get enough rain to wash away the good stuff. There are only a

few places around the world where there are these good deposits.

Kris

[Guest guest]

> 'Celtic' is a place, not I brand, I think. If I'm correct it's

> mined in a place where the ocean has left salt deposits (on the

> coast of Ireland?), but it doesn't get enough rain to wash away the

> good stuff. There are only a few places around the world where

> there are these good deposits.

>

> Kris

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.