Halen Môn
The Only PDO British Salt, Loved by the Chefs
Halen Môn’s Welsh sea salt is prefiltered by mussels, sand and charocal filters. Rinsed in brine, it becomes crisp, sweeter and has a beautiful glitter. Halen Môn is the only British sea salt to have a PDO and has been awarded B Corp status after demonstrating the highest social and environmental standards.
Today, it is enjoyed around the world by chefs, food lovers and even Barack Obama. It has been served at the London 2012 Olympics, political summits and royal weddings and is a vital ingredient in Green & Blacks chocolate and Piper’s Crisps. Thousands of customers agree it is the best salt for cooking. Halen Môn’s sea salt can be found not only in UK’s best delicatessens, but also in over 22 countries across the globe, as well as on the tables of some of the world’s top restaurants like The Fat Duck.
Halen Môn Sea Salt is made from the exceptionally clean, clear seawaters that surround the beautiful island of Anglesey in the far corner of North Wales, facing the open waters of the Irish Sea. In 2014, it has been awarded Protected Designation of Origin status by the European Commission.
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Halen Môn Range
Pure White Sea Salt PDO from Wales
Pure Sea Salt PDO is what Halen Môn is famous for - sea salt for cooking. Hand-harvested, organic-approved Welsh sea salt made from Anglesey sea water and absolutely nothing else. A delicate balance of minerals, depth of flavour, and no bitterness. The signature crunchy flakes (often known as flake sea salt) or Pure Sea Salt are soft enough to crush between your fingers. This salt is famous for a reason – it easily adds flavour to everything, including triple-cooked chips and a perfectly cooked steak.
Pure Sea Salt Smoked over Oak
Award-winning Pure Sea Salt is slowly smoked over oak chippings until it turns beautifully golden. Awarded three Gold Stars in the Great Taste Awards, the highest accolade in the Oscars of the food world. The judges said: 'the taste of the sea, with subtle notes of smokiness, slightly sweet and richly umami – this is the most wonderful salt.' Easily adds flavour to grilled or barbecued meat, fish and vegetables, buttery mashed potatoes, roasted savoury seeds for snacking, caramel-based puddings and chocolate chip cookies.
Oak Smoked Water
Brilliant for the more adventurous cook looking for something different, Oak Smoked Water is loved by chefs, commercial food producers and home cooks alike. A 100% natural artisan ingredient, made entirely from wood smoke and water, Halen Môn Oak Smoked Water is made by the skilled team by hand in the smokers on-site at Halen Môn in Wales, using sustainable woodchip. A few drops can add a savoury depth, and a bit more will give an overtly smoky flavour to soups, casseroles, risottos or chowders, marinades for meat or vegetables for a cooked-over-wood-complexity, homemade dips like hummus, guacamole and Muhammara, or tomato sauce for pastas and pizza bases.
Pure Sea Salt with Organic Spices
Based on a sixteenth century French preservation recipe, this blend of nine organic spices gives dishes a rich, rounded flavour. The very first flavour blend made by Halen Môn, it's versatile and warming, but not hot. Makes the best roast chicken, golden crusted roast potatoes, creamy vegetable gratins or olive oil drizzled hummus
Pure Sea Salt with Roasted Garlic
Slow roasted garlic and Pure Sea Salt is a very happy marriage. Perfect for adding flavour to roasted rosemary potatoes, simple bruschetta starters, pan-fried chilli prawns, crispy roasted chickpeas or nuts.
Pure Sea Salt with Umami No. 2
Made with spices and nutritional yeast, this is the very definition of mouth-watering umami. A seasoning of dreams, which can be used to add flavour to all types of potatoes, popcorn, crispy croutons or vinaigrette for salad leaves.
Pure Sea Salt with Chilli and Garlic
A medium hot blend of ancho chilli and cayenne pepper, with roasted garlic and Halen Môn's famous Pure Sea Salt, it adds a warmth to everything it meets: stir fries and curries, a perfectly crispy fried egg, sweet potato wedges, charred broccoli and cabbage – are just some of the possibilities.
Pure Sea Salt with Celery Seeds
Rich, savoury celery seed, hand-mixed with Halen Môn Pure Sea Salt for a classic seasoning a cut above the rest. Great addition to egg mayonnaise sandwich, the ultimate Bloody Mary, oven dried cherry tomatoes stirred through pasta or mushrooms on toast with a little thyme and plenty of butter.
Alison and David Lea-Wilson
Founder-Owners of Halen Môn
In quest of world's finest flake sea salt
Alison and her husband, David, co-founded Halen Môn (literally, Anglesey Salt) in 1997.
First, they set up The Sea Zoo which ended up becoming Wales’ largest aquarium. That's where they noticed that the sea around the island was exceptionally clean, as the notoriously fussy seahorses at The Sea Zoo bred happily in it.
Alison and David had a feeling that these briny waters had the potential to produce the exceptional sea salt. In 1997, they left a saucepan of seawater to boil on the Aga in their family kitchen and as the salt crystals started to form, they knew they’d struck culinary gold – the world’s finest flake sea salt was born.
