{"id":1503,"date":"2025-08-19T11:11:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T11:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hortadamaria.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=1503"},"modified":"2025-08-19T11:12:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T11:12:03","slug":"flor-de-sal-em-frasco-250g","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/hortadamaria.com\/en\/product\/flor-de-sal-em-frasco-250g\/","title":{"rendered":"Fleur de Sel in a jar (250g)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\"><span lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\">Collected daily, in a traditional way, during the summer months, fleur de sel is composed of crystals formed by\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\">surface<\/span><span lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\">\u00a0from the butcher&#039;s shop (salina). Naturally white and moist, it is the essence of the best salt. It is best seasoned after cooking.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\"><span lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\">One of the most sea-loving features of this mountainous region is the ease with which rainwater penetrates through the rock faults.\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\">calearia<\/span><span lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\">, thus preventing the presence\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\">visible from<\/span><span lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\">\u00a0watercourses that hide, becoming underground. Some of these watercourses become salty as they pass through the rock salt deposit.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\"><span lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\">This deposit occupies approximately the area of Portuguese Estremadura, between Leiria and Torres Vedras, and was formed over millions of years.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\"><span lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\">To the <strong>Rio Maior Salt Mines<\/strong> are the result of a whim of Nature. A salt mine from a saline spring,\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\">extensive<\/span><span lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\">\u00a0and deep, crossed by an underground current, feeds a well from which water seven times saltier than that of the Atlantic Ocean is extracted. The oldest document that\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\">know<\/span><span lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\">\u00a0dates back to 1177, but it is thought that the use of rock salt dates back to prehistoric times.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\">Nutritional declaration<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Sodium<\/td>\n<td>269.4mg<\/td>\n<td>11%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Potassium<\/td>\n<td>4.15mg<\/td>\n<td>**<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Magnesium<\/td>\n<td>12mg<\/td>\n<td>4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Origin<\/h3>\n<p>Portugal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\"><strong><span lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\">SALT 100% NATURAL<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\"><span lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\">NO ADDITIVES, MANUALLY AND TRADITIONALLY PRODUCED<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\"><span lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\">Supplier Name or Company and Address<\/span><span lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\"><span lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\">Agricultural Cooperative of Salt Producers of Rio Maior, CRL\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\"><span lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\">Main Street Marinhas do Sal, 2040-133 Rio Maior<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\"><span lang=\"pt-pt\" xml:lang=\"pt-pt\">Salt of the Templars \u2013 Flower of Salt of Rio Maior<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;\">Approximate quantity of 250g<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1560,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[19,37],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1503","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-cabazes-a-medida","7":"product_cat-condimentos-temperos","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"taxable","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hortadamaria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hortadamaria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hortadamaria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hortadamaria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hortadamaria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hortadamaria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hortadamaria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=1503"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hortadamaria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1503"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hortadamaria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}