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Kłodawa Rock Salt · Mined in Poland

Kłodawa Rock Salt.
Sealed underground for 250 million years. Ready in a pinch.

Unrefined Polish rock salt from a deposit around 600 metres beneath central Poland — the bed of an ancient sea, sealed away before the first dinosaurs walked the Earth. One ingredient. Nothing added.

How it formed Why Kłodawa

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250 million yearsLeft behind by the Zechstein sea
600 m deepSealed beneath rock and clay
1 ingredientRock salt from the Kłodawa mine
UnrefinedNo additives, no anti-caking agents

From the mine

The Kłodawa salt mine, six hundred metres down

Kłodawa (often written Klodawa) is a working rock salt mine in central Poland. Salt has been mined here since the 1950s, and Kłodawa salt — sól kłodawska — is a staple in Polish kitchens.

The deposit is what geologists call a salt dome — a body of ancient salt slowly pushed up through the rock above it over tens of millions of years. Miners follow it hundreds of metres down and cut it straight from the rock.

0 m · Surface

Kłodawa, Poland

Ordinary Polish farmland. From up here, you would never guess what sits below.

Below the surface

Rock and clay

Layers of younger sediment laid down over the salt, sealing it away from water, air and everything happening above.

Around 600 m · Zechstein deposit

The salt bed

Salt left by the Zechstein sea more than 250 million years ago. This is the salt in every pouch of Pinch Me.

How it formed

A sea, a desert, and a very long wait

Every grain of Kłodawa Rock Salt has a history that starts before the continents took their present shape. It happened in four slow steps.

1 · The Zechstein sea

A shallow inland sea

Around 250–260 million years ago, in the late Permian period, a broad, shallow sea covered much of what is now northern and central Europe, including central Poland.

2 · Evaporation

Salt crystallises

The climate was hot and dry. As the sea evaporated, faster than rivers could refill it, the dissolved salt concentrated and crystallised out, layer upon layer, on the sea floor.

3 · Burial

Sealed under rock

Over the ages that followed, sand, clay and rock settled on top. The salt was buried hundreds of metres deep and cut off from the surface — from water, from air, and from everything that happened above.

4 · Today

Mined, ground, packed

At Kłodawa, miners bring that ancient salt back up. It is simply ground to a fine grain and packed. What went into the ground 250 million years ago is what you put on your food.

Why Kłodawa

Why Kłodawa rock salt is worth a pinch

Most table salt is refined, dried and treated with anti-caking agents so it pours. Kłodawa rock salt is handled as little as possible, so what you taste is the deposit itself.

Rock salt is not made — it is found. One deposit, one mine, one seam of salt sealed underground since the Permian: every pouch traces back to the same source.

One ingredient

Rock salt from the Kłodawa mine. No anti-caking agents, no flow agents, no additives of any kind.

Unrefined

Not chemically purified or treated. Ground to a fine grain and packed — that is the whole process.

Fine ground for everyday use

A fine grain that dissolves quickly — in the pan, in a brine, in bread dough, in a pickling jar.

The salt

Kłodawa Rock Salt, fine ground — 500 g

A salt for the whole kitchen — cooking, baking, brining, pickling and preserving. Ground fine at source, so it dissolves quickly and there is nothing to crush.

Cooking
Baking
Brining
Pickling
Preserving
Seasoning
Ingredients
Rock salt (100%) from the Kłodawa mine, Poland. Nothing else.
Grind
Fine
Net weight
500 g
Origin
Product of Poland
Packaging
Resealable stand-up pouch with a zip closure
Storage
Store in a dry place. Keep tightly sealed.

Coming soon

Kłodawa rock salt, coming to the UK

Pinch Me Kłodawa Rock Salt launches soon on Amazon UK. If you would like to know the moment it goes live, or you run a shop, deli or kitchen and want to talk about stocking it, drop us a line.

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Questions

Good to know

What is Kłodawa rock salt?

Kłodawa rock salt (Klodawa salt, or sól kłodawska in Polish) is unrefined rock salt mined at the Kłodawa salt mine in central Poland. It comes from a Zechstein deposit laid down by an ancient sea more than 250 million years ago, is cut from the rock around 600 metres underground, then ground and packed without refining.

Can you cook with rock salt?

Yes — as long as it is food grade. Pinch Me Kłodawa Rock Salt is mined, milled and packed as a food product, so it is made for the kitchen: cooking, baking, brining, pickling and preserving.

Is anything added to the salt?

No. The only ingredient is rock salt from the Kłodawa mine. There are no anti-caking agents, flow agents or other additives.

Is it iodised?

No. Nothing is added to this salt, so it is not a source of iodine. If you rely on iodised salt for iodine, please bear that in mind.

Does salt go off?

No. Salt does not deteriorate over time and is exempt from date marking under UK food labelling rules. Keep it tightly sealed in a dry place so it stays free-flowing.

Where can I buy Kłodawa rock salt in the UK?

Pinch Me launches soon on Amazon UK. Email us and we will let you know the moment it is live.

Do you sell to shops, restaurants or wholesalers?

Yes — drop us a message and let’s explore the options!

Contact

Get in touch

Questions about the salt, the launch, or stocking Pinch Me? Drop us a line.

info@pinchmesalt.co.uk

The company

Pinch Me is a brand of The Salt Mine Group Limited, a UK company that imports Kłodawa rock salt from Poland and is responsible for it on the UK market.