The Place
A small coastal lagoon on the Mediterranean — clean, mineral-rich, and tidal in the same way it was when the Phoenicians first traded its salt up the coast.
Salt the way the sea makes it.
Hand-harvested from the Mediterranean coast. Slowly evaporated by sun and wind. Naturally lower in sodium — naturally rich in the minerals refined salt leaves behind.
From everyday cooking to the final pinch
The Kitchen Lineup
Cannes Salt is harvested from a coastal salt pan on the Mediterranean, where the sun and the mistral wind have done the same work for two thousand years. Seawater is led into shallow basins, evaporated slowly under the southern sun, and the crystals that bloom on the surface are gathered by hand — the way Roman cooks, then Provençal cooks, then the cooks of Cannes itself, have always done it.
What's left is salt the way the sea actually makes it: unrefined, with the full mineral signature of the water it came from. Magnesium. Potassium. Calcium. Sulfur. The trace elements your body uses every day.
We don't bleach it. We don't add anti-caking agents. We don't strip the minerals to make a whiter, sharper, easier-to-package product. We just dry it, and ship it.
The Method
Solar evaporation in shallow basins. No fire, no machinery, no rush. The salt blooms when the water is ready and we gather it the same week.
The People
Salt-makers who learned the work from their parents, who learned it from theirs. Generational knowledge — measured in tides, not quarters.
Mediterranean Coast
We work with a small coastal salt pan where seawater is led into shallow basins, dried by the southern sun, and harvested by hand. The way it's been done since the first kitchens.
Read Our StorySalt with a place. Salt with a season.
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Magnesium
8,000 – 14,000 ppm
Potassium
6,000 – 10,000 ppm
Calcium
1,000 – 6,000 ppm
Sulfur & trace
12+ trace minerals
Naturally rich in the minerals refined salt removes.
See full mineral profileThe Lab
What's actually in our salt.
Most table salt is 99% sodium chloride — purified, bleached, stripped of everything else during industrial refining. Cannes Salt sits at 76 – 80% sodium chloride. The remaining 20 – 24% is what makes the difference.
| Cannes Salt | Table Salt | Standard Sea Salt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium | 30 – 32% | 38 – 39% | 33 – 36% |
| Magnesium | 8 – 14k ppm | 0 | 1 – 4k ppm |
| Potassium | 6 – 10k ppm | 0 | < 1k ppm |
| Calcium | 1 – 6k ppm | 0 | < 2k ppm |
| Sulfur | 6 – 10k ppm | 0 | < 2k ppm |
| Trace minerals* | 12+ | 0 | 2 – 4 |
| Refined / bleached | No | Yes | Sometimes |
| Anti-caking agents | No | Yes | Sometimes |
* Boron, manganese, chromium, iodine, selenium, zinc and 6+ ultra-trace elements. Independently lab-tested every harvest. Full mineral panel available on request — and printed on every bag.
Less sodium. More minerals. Same salt the sea has always made.
Unrefined.
No bleaching. No anti-caking agents. The full mineral signature of the water it came from.
Hand-harvested.
Solar-evaporated in shallow basins, gathered by hand the way it's been done for two thousand years.
Lab-tested.
Every harvest verified by an independent lab. Full mineral panel printed on every bag.
Trusted in kitchens that know their salt.
“The first finishing salt I've used that doesn't taste sharp. Round, briny, with an actual flavor of the sea — exactly what a tomato in July is asking for.”
Chef Étienne Roux
Provençal Bistro · Cannes
“In bread, in butter, in the chocolate at the end of a dinner — the difference is small grain by grain and obvious by the bite.”
Chef Margot Lavigne
Pâtisserie & Bread · Lyon
“The salt I keep at the pass. It's the closest thing in our kitchen to the actual ocean two miles down the road.”
Chef Travis Brewer
Coastal American · Big Sur
Loved by home cooks and professional kitchens alike.
“Switched our finishing salt over after one tasting. The difference on a simple sliced tomato — sea spray, brine, a faint sweetness. We're done with the supermarket box.”
Morgan H.✓
Natural Grain Crystals
“This is the everyday salt I've been looking for. Lower sodium per pinch but more flavor on the plate — my food tastes seasoned, not salty. That's the whole game.”
Casey O.✓
Fine Mediterranean Salt
“Bought it as a host gift, ended up keeping the smoked one for myself. Beautiful jars, and you actually taste four distinct salts. Will reorder for the holidays.”
Alyssa W.✓
The Tasting Set
“I salt aggressively when I cook and I notice the difference. This stays mineral instead of going metallic when you push the seasoning. Reordered as soon as the bag was half empty.”
Jordan P.✓
Fine Mediterranean Salt
Hand-harvested on the MediterraneanIndependently lab-tested every harvestNever bleached, never refined
Cook like the sea has always meant for you to.
Shop the SaltQuestions
Questions about the salt.
Cannes Salt is harvested from the Mediterranean coast, giving it a distinct mineral profile and character shaped by that region's seawater. It's hand-harvested, unrefined, and naturally formed through traditional methods. Unlike salts mined from ancient underground deposits, Cannes Salt comes from living seawater that is continuously renewed by the sea and sun.
Refined table salt is purified to 99% sodium chloride. We don't refine ours, so the natural minerals stay in — and they take up space the sodium would otherwise fill. Same volume, less sodium per pinch, more flavor on the plate.
Sea salt is inherently non-GMO and gluten-free. Our facility is certified kosher, and we are working through the relevant organic certifications. The current third-party lab panel is printed on every bag.
Use Fine Mediterranean Salt for cooking and baking — anywhere the salt should dissolve. Use Natural Grain Crystals as a finishing salt — on a steak just off the grill, on a tomato in summer, on a chocolate cookie before it bakes.
Salt is the original preservative. Stored sealed and dry, it keeps indefinitely. The only thing that changes over time is humidity making it clumpy — fix that with a quick dry-out at low oven heat.
We ship across the United States. Free shipping on orders over $50; standard delivery 3 – 5 business days. International shipping is on the roadmap — join the newsletter to hear when it's live.
If anything is damaged in transit or you're not happy with your salt, write us at hello@cannessalt.com within 30 days and we'll make it right — replacement or refund, your call.