Achill Island Sea Salt really captures the essence of this captivating island on the Wild Atlantic Way, as Kieran explains, ‘We collect water from the ocean and bring it back to our production factory in a large tank pulled by a tractor. We don’t have a direct pipeline from the ocean to the factory.

Initially we collected the water in buckets but now our collection tanks holds six thousand litres. We gently evaporate the water to a brine, then slowly crystallize it to make the salt, this is the most important part of our process as this is where the salt flakes that chefs have said they love, are formed. It’s then carefully oven dried, hand packed in glass jars and labelled. Our salt contains no chemicals or additives. It’s a natural product straight from the sea.”

The business began in the family kitchen and as demand grew their operating circumstances grew too, from kitchen to portacabin to where they are located now in a custom modified Udarás na Gaeltachta factory which allowed them to increase production.

An intense salty flavour of the sea is what you taste when you use Achill Island Sea Salt. The complex mineral character comes from minerals naturally occurring in the Atlantic Ocean around Achill, and the spring water flowing from the mountains on the island into the sea combined with the slow evaporation process to create the distinctive tasting and textured sea salt flakes. The flaky consistency of Achill Island Sea Salt makes it a perfect table salt for sprinkling on food and great for cooking.

This is a natural full flavoured salt, so you don’t need a lot to enhance a dish. It melts superbly into food, and makes a lovely crunchy coating for oven roasted baby potatoes or baked jacket potatoes. It also acts as a great preservative for pickling, chutney and the like. Joe’s Farm Crisps, Co. Cork, a fellow Approved Good Food Ireland® Member, also use Achill Island Sea Salt in their range of delicious veggie crisps. Just the right amount of this sea salt, perfects the taste.

As the business developed so did the Achill Island Sea Salt Range. Products now include a smoked sea salt; a seaweed salt and the most recent addition is their own branded salted caramel fudge made in conjunction with a fellow producer who specialises in making fudge. We can assure you the taste is sublime, a perfect balance of salty and sweet. One of the most dynamic of the range is their new sliding tins of sea salt flakes, the perfect addition to picnic dining. Simply pop the tin in your bag and off you go.