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Baja Gold Mineral Sea Salt is an unrefined sea salt harvested from the Sea of Cortez and naturally rich in trace minerals.
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This mineral sea salt is solar-dried and unprocessed, helping preserve natural minerals like magnesium, potassium, and calcium.
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Baja Gold sea salt contains lower natural sodium levels than many refined salts while retaining a broad spectrum of ocean-derived minerals.
Solar-dried Sea of Cortez mineral salt for cooking and the morning sole drink.
How you will use this
DAILY COOKING
Replaces refined table salt 1:1 in cooking, seasoning, and baking. The mineral profile adds subtle depth.
MORNING SOLE
A teaspoon dissolved in 250ml spring water makes the traditional sole, a daily mineral drink popular in functional nutrition.
BRINING AND CURING
The trace mineral content makes Baja Gold excellent for wet-brining poultry and curing fish.
SOURDOUGH AND BREAD
Bakers prefer unrefined mineral salts in long-fermented breads; the salt interacts with yeast more subtly than refined table salt.
In the bag
- PACK SIZE
- 454g
- SOURCE
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico
- PROCESSING
- Solar-Dried, Unprocessed
- TRACE MINERALS
- 90+
- COLOUR
- Natural Golden
- USE
- Cooking + Sole
Substitute with
Direct table salt replacement. Slightly less sodium per gram than refined salt because the trace minerals displace some sodium chloride. Adjust seasoning to taste.
Pairs with
Roasted meats, fresh tomato, dark chocolate finishing, eggs, fresh bread. The mineral sweetness of Baja Gold works especially well with sweet-savoury combinations like salted caramel and chocolate.
Storage tips
Sealed container, cool dry place. The salt is naturally slightly moist, which is normal; a few grains of rice in the shaker keep it free-flowing if humidity is high.
Source and milling
Hand-harvested from the Sea of Cortez (also known as the Gulf of California), Mexico. Solar evaporation in shallow ponds across the dry season concentrates the seawater minerals into golden-coloured salt crystals without any heat or refining.
The story behind the bag
The Sea of Cortez is one of the more biodiverse marine environments on earth, and the high mineral concentration of the seawater there is what gives Baja Gold its distinctive golden colour and unusually broad trace mineral profile. Solar evaporation in clay ponds is the same method used for celtic and himalayan salts; the source water is what differentiates them. At R599 for 454g, this is a serious daily-use mineral salt rather than the pantry workhorse, so it tends to sit alongside (not replace) cheaper everyday salts in most kitchens.
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