Necton SA Announces Their Participation at the 51st Summer Fancy Food Show in New York City

Necton SA, producer of hand-harvested sea salt products from the idyllic Ria Formosa Natural Park located in the Algarve region of Portugal, will be exhibiting at the 51st Summer Fancy Food Show in New York, this coming July.

Seattle, WA (PRWEB) June 28, 2005 --- Necton SA, producer of hand-harvested sea salt products from the idyllic Ria Formosa Natural Park located in the Algarve region of Portugal, will be exhibiting at the 51st Summer Fancy Food Show in New York, this coming July.

We are pleased to be able to present at this show -- as a producer of gourmet and artisanal products, we believe this show will give us the opportunity to introduce the American specialty food marketplace to our fine line of products," said Joao Navalho of Necton.

Navalho continued, Many in the specialty food industry know of the great salts that come out of France, but fewer know that salts of the same quality and stature come out of our salt marshes on the southern coast of Portugal. We look forward to changing that. Exhibiting alongside us in our booth will be Flor de Sal USA. By working with Flor de Sal USA, we can ensure that every gourmet shop, grocer and distributor who gets the chance to see and sample our line of products at the show, can present every one of these same quality products to their customers."

About Necton's Gourmet Sea Salt Products:

After the winter rains have ceased, and the birds have begun their journeys back north, the salt pans (salinas) of the Belamandil, where the Atlantic Ocean meets the European coastline, are ready to be harvested. During the summer months, weather permitting -- an absence of rainfall and a dry wind from the north -- the salinas are worked by local artisans, salt harvesters (marnotos). The marnotos, on a daily basis, skim the delicate crystals forming on the top of the salt pan by hand, with the same wooden implements that have been used for millenia. The resulting brilliantly white sea salt -- Flor de Sal -- literally "the flower of salt" -- also known as Fleur de Sel - is a light, crumbly, melt-in-the-mouth salt that maintains all the micronutrients naturally found in ocean water and has been described by many as having hints of sweetness and creaminess, without any of the harshness commonly associated with regular table salt.

Nectons Traditional Sea Salt (Sal Marinho Tradicional - available in both coarse and fine grades), similar to Flor de Sal, is harvested by hand, but only after the salt crystals have settled on the bottom of the salina. Every three weeks, the marnotos, using similar implements and techniques as with Flor de Sal, exercise great care in harvesting Sal Marinho Tradicional. These crystals, along with Flor de Sal, are placed in piles beneath the Algarve sun, where they are naturally dried, and then sent off for packaging, with no additional processing taking place.

About Flor de Sal USA:

Located in Seattle, WA, Flor de Sal USA was started in the summer of 2004 with the goal of bringing Nectons award winning salts to the U.S. marketplace, with plans to work directly with Necton to develop additional nature-based products which spring forth from the salt pans of the Ria Formosa Natural Park in southern Portugal.

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