We’ve all heard” and at the end, add a few grains of fleur de sel ” We can just remember that it is:
- 97% salt crystals + other minerals (magnesium)
- Formed on the surface of salt marshes by the action of the sun and the wind
- in a natural way
When you’re a fleur de sel producer, it’s never more than 10% of the maximum production. But beware, it represents 50% of income, so it’s hard work, but it pays well.
The market and prices
Let’s take a look at what the market offers us and how much it costs
Camargue flower of salt at 35.50 per kilo She is at the origin of the fleur de sel war
Because the fleur de sel from Guérande – which benefits from an IGP – which defines exactly how it can be made, opposed that an IGP be given to the fleur de sel from the Camargue by saying “c’ is not real” and for the moment Guérande has won
Extract from the Specifications Fleur de sel de Guérande IGP
Guérande fleur de sel is made up of light, fine and crumbly crystals which form on the surface of the brine of the carnations* of the saltworks producing gray salt, under the influence of favorable climatic conditions: wind and sun. It sometimes takes on a slight pink color due to the presence of microscopic algae (Dunaliella salina) and halophilic bacterial flora. This color disappears during the natural draining of the fleur de sel. It was formerly also known as “menu salt”.
Fleur de sel “very short” Marsel 31.92 per kilo
Fleur de sel from Guérande (Delhaize) 30.00 euros per kilo
Fleur de sel from Guérande the Guérande 52.00. euro per kilo
White soils Fleur de sel from Guérande To 205 !! euros you kilos
So please, really look at the prices per kilo because it is paid around 4 euros per kilo to the producer
use and verdict
Come on, we use that but sparingly!!
On scallops