Pink Salt Flakes – 150g

Pink Salt Flakes, Australia's pink answer to the salt question

Murray River Salt's Pink Salt Flakes are mild, crunchy salt flakes with a natural apricot-pink hue – harvested from the brine of an ancient inland sea near Mildura. The resealable pouch is the ideal introduction to Australia's most famous gourmet salt.

Murray River Salt's Pink Salt Flakes are Australia’s most famous salt flakes: delicate, pyramid-shaped, and naturally colored in apricot-pink. The brine for them comes from an ancient underground inland sea in the Murray-Darling Basin – it is pumped to the surface near Mildura and transformed into paper-thin flakes in shallow crystallization ponds.

Mild, crunchy, and naturally pink

The pink coloration is not a dye, but a matter of origin: the mineral-rich brine of the prehistoric sea gives the flakes their warm apricot tone, completely without additives. They melt mildly and delicately on the tongue – significantly softer than many sea salts, with a mellow, almost creamy saline profile.

It is precisely this mildness that makes the flakes so popular with chefs: they season without dominating, and their color turns every plate into a small still life. Finishing salt in the best sense – crush, sprinkle, marvel.

The shape is also a statement: in the shallow ponds, the crystals grow slowly into small, hollow pyramids that crumble almost by themselves between your fingers. Thin, light, crunchy – this way, the salt remains on the dish instead of sinking into it, and you decide with every pinch just how much seasoning you end up with.

The finale for meat, fish, and vegetables

Like all salt flakes, Pink Salt Flakes are added only at the end – as a finale, a splash of color, a crunch: over pan-seared meat, grilled fish, oven-roasted vegetables, or a soft-boiled breakfast egg. On light-colored dishes – burrata, cauliflower, hummus – the pink shines particularly beautifully; on chocolate and caramel, it provides a surprising sweet-and-salty moment.

The resealable pouch is a practical introductory format: it keeps the fragile flakes dry, fits in any pantry drawer, and can be used to refill the attractive sprinkler tin if needed. Experience shows that once you know the flakes, you stick with them – and are happy that restocking the pantry is so uncomplicated.

Harvesting salt, protecting the river

Behind these flakes is a family story: Duncan and Jan Thomson started their SunSalt saltern in 1983 in Hattah, in the northwest of Victoria – and founded Murray River Salt in the year 2000. Today, the brine is harvested in the Mourquong Basin, about 13 kilometers northwest of Mildura.

The clever part: the saline groundwater there is purposefully pumped out before it can salinate the Murray River – so every bag of flakes literally protects the fresh water of the Murray-Darling Basin. This concept convinces us: a salt harvested by a 100 percent Australian family business that works closely with authorities on river conservation.

Over four decades of experience are in every flake – and a bit of Australian pioneering spirit to boot.

You can find more crunchy relatives from around the world in our salt flakes category, and all sizes from the Australians at Murray River Salt. Try pink once – and your salt shaker will have competition!