SALTWORKS KOSHER SMOKED SEA SALTS

WOODINVILLE, Wash., June 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — SaltWorks, the largest gourmet salt company in the world, is pleased to announce Kosher certification for its entire line of smoked sea salts. The company’s traditional artisanal sea salts have been certified Kosher since 2007, but smoked salts required a more exhaustive process to achieve this distinction. SaltWorks chose the Orthodox Union (OU) to oversee the certification; OU is known throughout the world as the most respected Kosher certification agency.

“We are really excited and proud of our smoked salt Kosher certification,” remarked Mark Zoske, CEO of SaltWorks. “This is a great development not only for our retail smoked salt products, but also for ingredients for the food industry. Our customers have been requesting Kosher certification for our smoked salt for years, and now we can deliver.”

Zoske continued: “Our fantastic line of smoked sea salts can now be used in even more applications, expanding our reach. Customers have rewarded us for our hard work with their loyalty and positive endorsement, so we’re happy to listen to them and respond in kind. Likewise, our leadership position has enabled us to continue offering low prices to all of our buyers.”

As an innovator in the gourmet salt industry, SaltWorks has developed a proprietary smoking process that has been unchanged since the first batch was created nearly ten years ago. The company never uses liquid smoke or additives. Privileging quality over quantity, SaltWorks uses only real wood smoke from bark-free logs, smoking the salt for anywhere from 24 hours to 7 days, and producing one handcrafted batch at a time of its gourmet smoked sea salt.

SaltWorks produces the following brands of smoked sea salts:

Salish® – Alderwood Smoked
Bonfire® – Extra Bold 7 Wood Blend
Yakima® – Applewood Smoked
Durango® – Hickory Smoked
Fumee® – Oak Smoked
El Dorado® – Mesquite Smoked
Wildfire® – Pecan Wood Smoked and Herb Blend
Hellfire® – Mesquite Smoked and Habanero Blend

SaltWorks depends on only the highest quality sources for its raw salt. That means procuring salt from the cleanest oceans and beaches with the purest, mineral-rich seawater. The production methods are designed such that the salt retains its unique flavors and aesthetic properties. Heavily refined salts simply pale by comparison. Equally important, SaltWorks is able to keep prices in check thanks to the massive volume of salt it transports from source to production to facility. The company sells more than 30 million pounds of salt each year, with four million pounds always stocked at the Woodinville, Washington factory.