Perfect Pairings & Recipes forSea Salt

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Flavour Analysis

Look beyond sea salt’s salty character and a less obvious register appears: seaweed. An oyster note carries marine brininess, while a flint note brings restrained sharp minerality into focus, giving the profile several distinct sides.

Dominant Flavour Families

Earthy
Sweet
Carnal / Animalic
Spice
Vegetal

Flavour profile of sea salt

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Briny

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Sea salt

BrinyEarthy

sea salt8.7

Clear, clean salty mineral-like character similar to brine or seawater. Strong in sea salt.

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