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Artisanal sea salt from the Atlantic coast of Portugal
Hand-harvested in traditional salt pans in Figueira da Foz. Made slowly with sea and sun, for cooks who care about flavour.
Shop the salts
Hand-harvested
Naturally mineral rich
Reviving a lost craft
Artisanal Sea Salt
Coarse. Deep. Forgiving.
Flor de Sal
Fine. Bright. Instant.
Two salts. Two roles.
Understanding the difference changes how you cook.
Sea Salt
Your everyday workhorse. Enhances without overpowering.
£9.00
When to use
Everyday cooking
Texture
Coarse crystals, dissolves evenly
Flavour
Complex oceanic profile with a mellow finish
Best for
Cooking and baking
Premium
Flor de Sal
Our premium harvest. The finishing touch that elevates everything.
£14.00
When to use
Finishing salt
Texture
Fine, delicate crystals
Flavour
Gentler mineral profile with a bright, clean finish
Best for
Finishing dishes and baked goods
Buy both for £21 and taste the difference.
Buy both — £21The right salt doesn’t overpower. It reveals.
Real sea salt brings more to the table.
Developed slowly through evaporation rather than industrial processing, our salt has a softer, more rounded flavour that enhances rather than masks. Naturally present minerals such as magnesium, potassium and calcium help give it depth, brightness and character.
How Silva Salt is made
The same method, unchanged since the 11th century.
Filtered naturally through sea algae beds before entering the pans. The algae enrich the water with magnesium before a single crystal has formed.
No heating. No machinery. Just sun and time — usually a week of slow evaporation under the Portuguese summer sky.
We rake the waters every day to ensure even crystallisation. This patient attention is what gives our salt its distinct flavour profile.
Salt pyramids form at the pan edges and dry naturally. We carry them to the warehouse by hand — no machinery, no shortcuts.
Which salt for what?
Sea Salt
Roast chicken
Season inside and under the skin while cooking
Flor de Sal
Grilled steak
Pinch over the fat just before resting
Sea Salt
Pasta water
The water should taste like mild seawater
Flor de Sal
Chocolate mousse
A pinch before serving changes everything
Sea Salt
Homemade bread
Mix through the dough — it seasons deeply
Flor de Sal
Soft-boiled eggs
Crystal on crystal — the finishing touch
What people are saying
Sarah M. , London“I used the flor de sal on scrambled eggs and my husband asked what I’d done differently. That’s the test.”
Tom K. , Edinburgh“Finally a salt that actually tastes of something. The artisanal is my everyday now — I go through a jar a month.”
Emma L. , Bristol“Bought both as a gift for my dad who’s obsessed with cooking. He called me the next day. Worth every penny.”
A pinch above the rest
Soft, bright, and full of character. This is salt you can feel as much as taste.
