Spice for Life Gros de Sel - French Style Sea Salt

After a centuries-old tradition, the Gros Sel is still hand harvested in the salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of France. The natural salt has no taste influencing, added substances. In the salt marshes of Guerande Peninsula, the so-called coarse salt, or "Gros sel" is formed by the crystallization of the salt under water on the clay soil of the harvest basin. The Paludier (salt harvesters) harvest coarse salt salt with a special wooden plunger, the "Las", by hand. This is a form of salt harvesting that has been a tradition for centuries. Due to its natural state, it does not require anti-caking agents. The coarse gray salt is ideal as table salt, but can also be used for preserving fish or meat in a salt crust.

Origin of coarse salt
The tradition of salt production has existed on the French Atlantic coast for almost 1000 years. Before the invention of other preservatives, salt was very highly sought after because it preserved and added flavor to food. Roman legionaries were, for example, paid directly with salt, hence the English saying to "be worth his salt".

Today, salt is everywhere and is recognized as an essential nutrient. Produced in mines around the world and harvested from various natural sources, the best salt is still harvested using old traditions. These traditions are used only in 3 places in the world, which is why the quality salt is so high, and why the price is different than in the supermarket.
The Spice for Life coarse salt is obtained from southern Brittany in Guerande on a peninsula. The "white gold" is still harvested by hand from a Paludier (salt harvesters). Coarse salt is recovered from the sea water that is naturally enriched with minerals and trace elements.

Ingredients:
Sea salt