April 24th, 2025

Sequim Sea Salt

Pacific Northwest sea salt made from the waters of Dungeness Bay. Our salt is solar evaporated and hand harvested to maintain all of the pure mineral richness the sea has to offer. Filtered to 1 micron targeting microplastic removal and minimally processed to retain the oceans bounty. The ocean contains all of the complex macro and trace minerals needed for our bodies physiological processes, minerals which are present in natural sea salt. Solar hand harvested salt minerals are present in a balanced form. It doesn’t have to be complicated to be good.

Health Benefits

Salt is a necessary part of our diet. We are bombarded with unhealthy salts in processed foods as preservatives and table salt for seasoning. Table salt has become what most people think of as salt and is used extensively in manufacturing and commercial food preparation. Industrially processed and stripped of most of the beneficial elements of salt leaving only sodium chloride, bleached with anti-caking agents added. This form of salt disrupts the balance of our internal oceans and contributes to complications of our bodies processes.

Our oceans today have been influenced by centuries of industrialization leaving a legacy of compounds that weren’t present historically. Plastic is one of those compounds, produced in many forms and integral to the modern conveniences that has become a societal norm. Most of the plastic in our environment will persist for hundreds of years as they are broken down by UV degradation and the mechanical forces of atmospheric activity. Scientific reports have stated that the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch contains at least 79,000 tons of discarded plastic, covering an area of about 617,800 square miles“. All of this plastic is reduced in size to the point where we can’t see it, but it’s still present. Microplastics are classified as having particle sizes of 1 to 500 microns. I built a filtration system to pass the water through 3-stages of filtration before entering the evaporation pond. The final filtrate is filtered to 1 micron. This filtration will remove microplastic and other particulates while allowing all of the salts and trace minerals to pass through. While I developed my idea to produce solar sea salt, I considered how I might be able to better the quality of my product.