Sea salt is exactly what it says it is. Salt from the Sea. Made by evaporating seawater, it has all of the trace minerals and nutrients found naturally in the ocean. Known as the mineral 'halite', these natural rocks of salt are forms of isometric crystals that grow as the minerals is sea water bind together in the absence of water. Our course sea salt is coarsely ground from the naturally occurring 'rock salt', ready for your table top or to use stove side for cooking with.FeaturesNature First Coarse Sea Salt is packed in Australia from local ingredients. It comes in a 500gm re-sealable oxygen barrier bag to preserve freshness.BenefitsRefined salt is dried with extreme heat and "chemically cleaned". Leaving you with the dead chemical: Sodium Chloride, void of essential minerals and elements - and often with additional chemicals and 'free flowing agents' added. Whereas our Nature First Celtic salt is naturally harvested straight from the ocean. Bring the fresh salty sea to your kitchen and table. Enjoy a richer salt taste and the beautiful natural colour of a storm ocean by keeping it in a clear or glass jar on the table or stove side to season with. Benefit from the natural quality of our ocean salt by using it in bath soaks or scrubs that you know are made by you with love and no hidden additives.