From The Best of Skye, a Hidden Scotland guide

Made by Wind, Sun and Sea: The Isle of Skye Sea Salt Company

The first salt in the UK made with nothing but sea, sun and wind.

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The Isle of Skye Sea Salt Company set out to revive an old way of making salt, and became the first business in the UK to harvest it using just the sea, the sun and the wind. The method is seasonal and simple, set by the weather and the tide, and the result is a mineral-rich salt from Loch Snizort, on Skye’s north-west coast. Today the company is run by Antoine and Elisa. They like it folded through scrambled eggs or on vanilla ice cream, and for visitors who want to understand the island’s food, it’s as distinctive an ingredient as you’ll find anywhere in Scotland.

Made by Wind, Sun and Sea: The Isle of Skye Sea Salt Company

Isle of Skye Sea Salt became the first company in the UK to harvest salt using just the sea, sun and wind when, 12 years ago, it set out to revive an ancient method. Its multi award-winning salt tastes of its source, Loch Snizort, between the Waternish and Trotternish peninsulas. And it goes with everything. “Try our Seaweed & Sea Salt with scrambled eggs, or our Smoked Sea Salt on vanilla ice cream. Seriously, it’s amazing!” promise Antoine and Elisa, who took over the business in June 2023.

The duo, from Brittany and Burgundy respectively, were drawn to Isle of Skye Sea Salt for its “simple, respectful” process. Elisa describes it as “seasonal and cyclical”, and as giving life to local produce. “It reconnects with the essence of what sea salt is, and it really caught our attention, especially in these times of food awareness,” she says.

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