THE SALT

Our salt is unrefined, crunchy sea salt, crafted entirely by hand in small batches from the Atlantic Ocean. Our traditional process, utilizing open-air salt pans, is entirely natural — requiring only the sea, wind, sun, and patience. We evaporate fresh, clean, filtered seawater outdoors under the sun and bathed by ocean breezes. Unlike most other saltmakers, we do not boil or oven-dry seawater, nor trap the forming crystals in a factory building or greenhouse. We use no anti-caking agents, bleaching additives, or other chemical additions. We proudly and painstakingly craft our products to our exacting standards without cutting corners.

By carefully balancing solar evaporation and exposure to crisp, clean ocean breezes, seawater slowly forms into brilliant white salt crystals with a mild, briny flavor and a soft, distinctive, wonderfully pleasing crunch. Our salts are known for their “sweet” and clean flavor, with no aftertaste or the chemical, metallic, or medicinal notes commonly found in table salt, kosher salt, and most factory-finished or boiled salts. Our hand-cultivated, American-made salt is slightly moist and moderately coarse — best described as tasting like the finest fleur de sel, but looking and feeling like a cross between sel gris (sometimes referred to as grey sea salt or Celtic sea salt) and traditional sea salt. It’s valued for its briny taste of the Northeast and the Atlantic, for its pleasingly distinct texture (not too hard and not too soft), and for its beautiful grain shape, size, and color.

Amagansett Sea Salt is used by the world’s best chefs in top-ranked restaurants, by producers of high-end food products and beverages, and by home cooks across the U.S. and beyond. Our solar-evaporated salt has been described by chefs as akin to, but superior to, fleur de sel and most boiled flake salts. “This Amagansett salt tasted like jumping into the ocean off Long Island,” wrote a James Beard Award–winning, three-Michelin-starred chef. We invite you to use our salt to enhance and elevate the flavor of your dishes, too

"It's like the fleur de sel of New York"

HOW TO USE

Amagansett Sea Salt is best enjoyed as a finishing salt — also sometimes called a plating or post-plating salt — sprinkled directly onto food just before serving. A light touch brings out and amplifies each dish’s natural flavors while adding visual appeal and a satisfying pop of texture.

Use it to elevate everything from savory dishes to sweets — grilled meats and seafood, roasted vegetables and grains, or even cookies, fruit, and desserts of all kinds. A pinch or two is all you need to make flavors shine.

Go easy — depending on the dish and your taste, just a couple of grains per bite is enough. Amagansett Sea Salt enhances food much like a fine flake salt, yet unlike delicate flakes, our salt’s crystalline grains don’t melt away quickly. They linger, offering a gentle crunch and a lasting burst of flavor in every bite.

"Finishing salt makes all foods taste better. Sea salt by Amagansett Sea Salt Co. is one of our favorites for its fabulous flavor and texture! All those top-rated chefs and Michelin-starred restaurants using it can't be wrong."

Tasting Table

"This salt hits the palate like Pop Rocks and tastes like a sea breeze."

Bon Appétit magazine