Every day a pipeline takes fresh seawater from the Menai Strait into the factory. Here. after filtering through sand and charcoal, the water is heated to create a concentrated brine. This is left in shallow salt pans, where crystals form and sink to the bottom. Each morning, the salt flakes are carefully harvested using large shovels. The salt crystals are then washed in a cold saturated brine process to remove any unwanted carbonates. When the crystals are dried for the final time they produce a flaky crystal sea salt, which sparkles like newly fallen snow. Since March 2015, we have been proud to offer ‘behind the scenes’ tours around TŷHalen. Our one of a kind tour is recommended for anyone interested in salt’s place in our history, culture and food, and in what makes Halen Môn Sea Salt PDO the world’s finest seasoning. We are extremely proud of the way we make our products and how we do business and recently won the Queen’s Award For sustainability and good business practices in recognition of our commitment to our staff, location and operations. We were asked to compare different salts. It was quite interesting to try their spiced salt and their smoked salt. The tour ended with us being given a little pot of Halen Môn sea salt to take away. And a bottle of water to keep us hydrated!

Anglesey Sea Salt /Halen Môn (PDO) - Business Wales Anglesey Sea Salt /Halen Môn (PDO) - Business Wales

We are open 10am to 5pm seven days a week throughout the year, except for a 12-day closure over the Christmas and New Year period. Whilst children are welcome to join the tour, it is primarily designed for adults. The charge for 8 years plus reflects this. Authenticity’ is a word which is often over-used, however when it comes to Anglesey Sea Salt and Halen Môn, there is no other way to describe this innovation. In 1997, Alison and David Lea Wilson boiled Anglesey sea water on their Aga and unknowingly initiated a hugely successful company. They are now ambassadors for their globally renowned salt which is completely additive free and contains over 30 naturally occurring trace elements and minerals.

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Approx length of visit - Tours and tutored tasting take about 50 minutes, but leave time to browse around our design-led shop. Open by appointment outside normal opening times - We can accommodate evening tours for groups of up to 40 by arrangement The Halen Môn range has 10 salts, including one smoked over oak chips, one infused with vanilla, an Unami salt spice mixture and one made with charcoal. Led by a trained guide the tour includes a tutored salt tasting and lasts approximately 50 minutes, the experience will offer visitors a real flavour of our company, and a chance to chat with members of staff. Tours usually run twice a day, Wednesday – Sunday 11am and 3pm In light of recent press regarding other British sea salts, and in response to the numerous enquiries we have received, we just wanted to re-iterate how we make our own award winning sea salt.

Anglesey Sea Salt | Local Salt From Menai Strait, Wales Anglesey Sea Salt | Local Salt From Menai Strait, Wales

Halen Môn is made from 100% pure seawater drawn from the seas around Anglesey and absolutely nothing else. To be even more specific, we get our seawater from the designated area of the Menai Strait in accordance with our Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status, laid down by the independent EU commission. In addition to a home for our hand-harvesting process, our building has a contemporary, design-led gift shop, with plenty of parking for both cars and bikes. Salt, like bread, is the staff of life. At Halen Môn they pride themselves on producing the purest sea salt you can buy. Halen Môn salt is the brainchild of husband and wife entrepreneur team Alison and David Lea-Wilson. They were already responsible for a successful seafood business and the Anglesey Sea Zoo (next door in Brynsiencyn). They were seeking a new enterprise and saw a niche in the food market for gourmet salt. The shop adjoining the factory in Anglesey sells a huge array of their products, which not only includes salt but also smoked water, sauces, honey and gifts. Today, Halen Môn is enjoyed around the world by chefs and food lovers who marvel at the unique, flat crystalline flakes and clean taste of the Anglesey sea water, unmarred by any bitterness caused by excess calcium which can occur in other salts. Anglesey Sea Salt is derived from the Menai straits pure sea water which is naturally prefiltered through a sand bank and a mussel bank. As a testimony to the cleanliness of the water, even seahorses from the nearby zoo, which are famously fussy about their environment, take to the waters to breed. In countryside - Our saltcote is located on the shores of the Menai Strait in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.Groups Accepted - We can accommodate groups of between 14 and 24 by arrangement (Monday - Friday), and up to 40 at weekends.