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La Baleine Fine Sea Salt
Bring a little French coastal tradition to everyday cooking with La Baleine Fine Sea Salt. Explore the blue 750 g canister, its fine texture, Camargue origin story and photographed shelf price, with a closer look at the ingredients and saltworks behind the brand.
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A closer look at La Baleine Fine Sea Salt
Ingredients, texture & origin
Labels, business claims and observations are attributed separately. Unknown details stay open.
- Texture
- Fine-ground sea salt, described on the canister as similar in texture to table salt. Label information [package]
- Package size
- 26.5 oz (1 lb, 10.5 oz) / 750 g canister. Label information [package]
- Ingredients (label transcription)
- Sea Salt, Magnesium Carbonate. Label information [package]
- Barcode
- UPC-A 079462002631. Shelf code 7946200263 matches the UPC body without its leading zero and final check digit. Research / relationship [package] [shelf]
- Salt origin
- Harvested in France; Product of France. The canister names the Camargue in southern France and Mediterranean seawater. Label information [package]
- Harvesting & processing
- The canister describes crystallisation by sun and wind, followed by grinding to a fine texture. La Baleine’s product page also describes crystallisation and grinding. These are the brand’s process accounts. Research / relationship [package] [brand-product]
- Brand owner
- Groupe Salins identifies La Baleine as its brand. The canister prints La Baleine® CSME and a Clichy address; that address alone does not identify a factory. Research / relationship [group] [package]
- Producer
- La Baleine’s official site connects its sea-salt production with Aigues-Mortes. Our linked saltworks profile provides that production context; this canister’s batch and packing location are not independently traced. Research / relationship [brand-origin] [site]
- Actual manufacturer / packer
- Unknown — not established in the reviewed evidence.
- Importer
- Unknown — not established in the reviewed evidence.
- Distributor
- Unknown — not established in the reviewed evidence.
- Retailer of this purchase
- Unknown — not established in the reviewed evidence.
Price & package size
The matching shelf label shows $5.39 for 26.5 oz and $3.25 per pound. This is a photographed shelf-price record, not a current offer. Store, branch, dollar denomination and capture date are unconfirmed. The printed date 12/06/24 is not assigned as the observation date.
- 5.39 currency unconfirmed · 26.5 oz (750 g)
Price printed on matching shelf label. Store: unconfirmed. Observed: date unconfirmed; recorded in this guide: 2026-10-22. [shelf]
Historical observations, not a current offer. Shelf tags do not prove a purchase; the evidence-review date is not the purchase date.
Ways to use this salt
The canister recommends seasoning, baking and cooking; La Baleine’s product page also suggests table use. As an everyday starting point, try a small measured amount in a soup, sauce or dough and follow your recipe. These are serving ideas, not results from our own cooking tests.
Tasting & cooking notes
No firsthand tasting or cooking notes have been supplied.
How we researched this salt
- Supplied La Baleine canister photographs Label information · reviewed 2026-10-22
Four views show Fine Sea Salt, 750 g / 26.5 oz, France/Camargue origin wording and UPC 079462002631. Ingredients: Sea Salt, Magnesium Carbonate. Nutrition: 535 servings; 1/4 tsp (1.4 g); sodium 650 mg (24% DV); calories 0, fat 0 g, carbohydrate 0 g, protein 0 g. Label prints La Baleine® CSME, 92–98 Boulevard Victor Hugo, 92115 Clichy, without an explicit manufacturer/importer/distributor role. Iodide disclaimer and kosher-for-Passover/gluten-free wording are package statements, not independently audited certifications. Lot-like code LA 26601238 is not decoded as a date. Environmental, purity and health implications are not adopted.
- Matching La Baleine Fine Sea Salt shelf label Our recorded observation · reviewed 2026-10-22
Brand, Fine Sea Salt name, 26.5 oz size and code 7946200263 match the canister. Tag shows $5.39 and $3.25 per pound. Printed 12/06/24 is retained as written; it is not treated as the photograph or purchase date. Retailer, branch and dollar denomination remain unknown. The Non GMO graphic is shelf signage, not an independently checked certification.
- La Baleine: Fine sea salt Business claim · reviewed 2026-10-22
Brand describes crystallisation followed by grinding and suggests cooking and table seasoning. General product-line information does not replace the photographed canister’s ingredient declaration, which includes magnesium carbonate.
- La Baleine: sea salt and Aigues-Mortes Business claim · reviewed 2026-10-22
Official homepage links La Baleine sea-salt production to Aigues-Mortes and describes sun/wind crystallisation. This supports a brand-level production connection, not independent tracing of this canister or the entire catalogue to one site. Biodiversity and quality claims are not adopted.
- Groupe Salins: food salts and the La Baleine brand Business claim · reviewed 2026-10-22
Groupe Salins identifies La Baleine as its brand and distinguishes Mediterranean white sea salt from Atlantic grey salt. No health or mineral benefits are adopted.
- Salina Sol: Salin d’Aigues-Mortes Research / relationship · reviewed 2026-10-22
Existing sourced profile of the Groupe Salins coastal saltworks. Linked as brand-level production context, not proof of this batch’s packing location.
- Salina Sol: sea salt sources and production Research / relationship · reviewed 2026-10-22
Background on seawater crystallisation and sea-salt production; source and texture are separate attributes.
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