Light Grey Celtic Sea Salt consists primarily of sodium and chloride (33% Sodium and 51% Chloride). However, because of the unique method of harvesting from fresh ocean water, it also contains many minerals and trace elements. Every year, we have our salt analyzed by an independent laboratory so we can show our customers how Celtic Sea Salt is different from other salts available. Every year the results show that Celtic Sea Salt is lower in sodium and chloride than other salts and higher in minerals and trace elements.

This analysis is presented in percentages and micrograms. It’s important to realize that most of the amounts in this analysis are in very small quantities. An analysis is not the same thing as a list of ingredients because an analysis shows all the ingredients, even those that occur at very small amounts. The form of measurement used for most elements is a microgram. A gram is less than one teaspoon. A milligram is one tenth of that amount and a microgram is one tenth of that amount. To round it to an comprehensible amount, one microgram would be slightly less than one hundredth of a teaspoon. Furthermore, the amounts given below are per one pound of Light Grey Celtic Sea Salt. You probably use 1-3 teaspoons of Celtic Sea Salt a day, so that means you will consume minuscule amounts of some of the minerals and trace elements given. The amounts are also given in percentages. The percentage amount of each mineral and trace element remains true no matter what quantity of Celtic Sea Salt is used.

The mineral content of Celtic Sea Salt, though small, makes this salt an important part of a healthful diet. Celtic Sea Salt is not a mineral supplement. Although this salt contains a wide range of minerals and trace elements, they are in small amounts. We believe, as do many health practitioners and medical doctors across the country, that Celtic Sea Salt is an important part of a healthy diet. Lynne August, M.D. says that when isolated sodium chloride (i.e. common table salt) is used, it affects the body like a drug. Celtic Sea Salt, a whole salt, naturally contains a variety of minerals that each play a part in the way that the body effectively uses this salt. All of these minerals are important to the process of assimilation of food. We believe very strongly in the whole food concept. Whole foods, as they present themselves to us in nature, contain a variety of balanced nutrients. Even though some of these nutrients may be minuscule, each contributes to the nutritive power of that food. When whole foods are fractionated and processed, that nutritive power decreases beyond the loss of the actual, individual nutrients. In our opinion, Celtic Sea Salt contains a wide variety of minerals and trace elements and is a vitally important part of our diet. When common table salt is processed and fractionated, this loss of nutrients affects the way the body can make use of the remaining minerals, sodium and chloride.

Celtic Sea Salt is harvested near the coast of Northwestern France. Ocean water, rich in a wide variety of minerals, is channeled into a series of clay-lined ponds. The wind and sun evaporate the ocean water, leaving a mineral-rich brine. This live mixture is briskly stimulated by the salt farmer, and dazzling salt crystals form. The Celtic Sea Salt is then gathered by hand using wooden tools. This harvesting method preserves the vital balance of the minerals found in Celtic Sea Salt. Common table salt lacks minerals and trace elements because it is purified and refined, leaving only sodium and chloride. After refining, common table salt is mixed with iodine, bleaching agents, and anti-caking agents to create a purely white, free-flowing product. Even many salts labeled “sea salt” are washed or boiled, which removes minerals and trace elements from the salt.

Salt is a vital substance for the survival of all living creatures, particularly humans. Water and salt regulate the water levels of the body. Water itself regulates the aquatic content of the interior of the cell by working its way into all of the cells it reaches. It has to get there to cleanse and extract the toxic wastes of cell metabolisms. Salt forces some water to stay outside the cells. It balances the amount of water that stays outside the cells. Good health depends on a most delicate balance between the ratio of water inside and outside the cells, and this balance is achieved by salt - unrefined salt.