Not transparent where the salt comes from, found better and cheaper alternative
I was impressed to see their lab test results for microplastics, heavy metals and minerals. Wanted to buy. But then doubts came up: strangely, they do not tell where they get the salt from. only as little as that it is evaporation salt from brine that came out of Spanish salt springs, and that all this is at a height of 2,000 ft in some unspecified Spanish mountains. But why on Earth would an enterprise with such wonderful proud lab test results hide the true exact origin of their salt?? and why on Earth is Vera Salt not available anywhere in Europe, not even in Spain, where it comes from?? you can search for yourself "Vera Salt" In all the .es domain, there is nothing. So they are hiding something. I did some research, and it turns out that there is only one Spanish terrytory at the specified height in the mountains that has salt springs: Navarre. This is a big territory in Northern Spain which is well known for its salt springs. And this salt can be bought in Europe and of course it can be bought in Spain. And as the salt comes out from the mountains, yeah, mountains do not produce microplastics, and their wooden salt pans don't either :-). There are small artisanal salt enterprises that sell their salt cheaply, for a few Euros, since ages. So, as there are geologically simply no other options in Spain matching that little what Vera Salt offers as information, it must be Navarre Salt. How about heavy metal contamination? These small enterprises do not engage in lab testing. However, nearby, there is an even more famous territory of salt springs: Añana. It is even more up in the mountains, Much more, so less likelihood that from some agriculture the chemistry would wash down with the rain into the aquifer dissolving the salt and resulting in a contaminated product. And even more, Añana has geological research that there are no heavy metals. Not Navarre salt but Añana salt is the famous one much appreciated by the Spanish. And it is among other available in cardboard boxes for a very few euros. Or in a huge 3.5 kg plastic bucket for a bit more (the plastic bucket is environmentally certainly not nice, but will not produce microplastic into the salt). But still totally totally cheap compared for what Vera Salt charges. So this is what I bought: Añana salt. My dislike for the intransparency of Vera Salt led me to do all this research. I would have simply bought it w/o thinking if they would have been honest and transparent about the origins! Still, I give Vera Salt 4 stars because they did the job that all should do: proper lab testing.