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Masterchefs of GB

We were delighted to meet with culinary students at Prestonfield House.

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Blackthorn on The Great British Bake off

Did you spot us on the bake off?

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Blackthorn Big Day Out 2023

We hosted our biggest event ever...

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The Scottish Food Guide

We recently spoke to Wendy on all things Scottish Food Guide!

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Tom Eats came to visit!

Tom came to visit Blackthorn and wrote a lovely wee feature on us!

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Our Next Event!!!

April 15th 2023

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Asda's Extra Special Blackthorn Dry-Cured Smoked Salmon

Young's Seafood NPD

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Blackthorn Tree Planting

Getting ready to replace the Blackthorn in our Tower!

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Escape to the Country

October 2022

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The Perfect Gift!

A thank you gift, a teacher present, a contribution to a meal, another item for your stylish hamper, a Christmas gift, a stocking stuffer, the list goes on... Whatever you're looking for, our Scottish, organically approved, sustainable salt has your back!

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What a Month!

September2022

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Meet the Team

Meet the team of incredible hard workers who made the creation of our British, sustainable and organically approved Blackthorn Sea Salt possible.

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Blackthorn: A Day Out to the Fair

We were honoured to be included with a select few visionary sustainable Ayrshire producers. HRH The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay, Prince Charles and Camilla were kind enough for ask for and try Blackthorn, taking their time with us and approving of what we are trying to achieve with respect to quality, flavour, and ethos: an organically approved, mineral rich sea salt using wind and thorns to evaporate 90% of the water from every seawater batch.

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Blackthorn, the Plant

It is ‘a tree of undoubted antiquity' - in the UK, it’s one of the oldest, indigenous trees. Fossils from the early pre-glacial period show that, unlike many other species, it hasn't changed much since. With giant herbivorous dinosaurs roaming, it is easy to imagine why the spines and thorns evolved to be as long and sharp as they are.

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Blackthorn: Award Winning Salt

Gold Winner Blackthorn…

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A Healthy Love for Salt

There's regular table salt...NaCl… And then there's Blackthorn... With its mineral-rich deviations from pure sodium chloride, Blackthorn Salt is renowned for its beautiful tangy, mellow, sweet, moreish mineral-rich crystals.

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Tower Tour, Chapter 2

Many salt enthusiasts have been exposed to the magic that goes on inside of our Blackthorn Tower since our last Tower Tours post and we’d like to share a few with you!

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Tower Power

Many who come around the Tower kindly comment that the Blackthorn Tower can feel more like an art installation, a huge constantly moving, yet static presence, or a living embodiment of sustainability.

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Shortlisted Salt

We’ve been shortlisted for 2 of the @specialityfair Awards. Only it’s now down to public vote (eek!) and we aren’t that big!!

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Scotland’s Larder: Meet Gregorie Marshall from Blackthorn Salt in Ayrshire

Although it is the same simple process as hanging your up clothes outside to dry, Gregorie explains that: "It is a dark art, which depends on how fast the wind blows, air humidity and wind direction with the ideal being 45 degrees from the prevailing wind, however, the British weather is not always predictable."

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Speciality and Fine Food Fair put Blackthorn Salt into the Sustainability Spotlight

Our interview with the Speciality and Fine Food Fair covers lots - circular economies, carbon footprint, packaging, but there is always lots more to learn

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2021: hope and light on its way?

Just a wee update from us

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Blackthorn Salt Article for the Speciality Food Magazine

Speciality Food Magazine covers the crazy beginnings of Blackthorn Salt

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Tower Tours, Chapter 1

The last couple of weeks have seen the first of our Tower Tours @Blackthorn Salt: we have had a chef, a journalist, the whole team from a Glasgow restaurant's kitchen, as well as family...

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The Next Steps

Emerging into the world. Lockdown was, well, different for everyone, but here we are, roughly, hopefully and slightly exhausted onto the other side and looking forward to what is around the corner

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Steven Lamb's Salt Stories

Steven recollects his first impressions upon visiting the Blackthorn Tower

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Community / Charity Salt

For every box we sell at the cost of postage and packaging, we will donate the retail cost of the salt to charity

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Welcome to Blackthorn Co-vid Re-jig

Who would have thought our very first Blackthorn blog would have such a title?

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