Not with Oryx Desert Salt’s Ceramic Grinder Mechanism

You wouldn’t knowingly sprinkle plastic on your dinner - so why take the risk by choosing the wrong salt grinder? Many grinders use plastic mechanisms that wear down over time, potentially breaking or shedding microplastics into your food.

Oryx Desert Salt has a vision: to be the world’s leading supplier of ethical, locally produced, pure, unprocessed, health-giving desert salt from the Kalahari; to harvest and package the salt in an ecologically-aligned way.

So we take a different approach. We've chosen long-lasting value over throw-away convenience which is why our grinders are designed with high-quality ceramic mechanisms - not plastic - ensuring a consistent grind, free from contamination.

 Why Ceramic, Not Plastic?

✔ Wear-resistant & durable – Plastic degrades over time and you’ll run the risk of grinding plastic onto your food. Ceramic endures, doesn’t corrode and offers a continuously clean and smooth, easy grind, every time.

✔ Long-lasting, convenient & refillable – Our ceramic grinders are designed to be refilled using our refill boxes up to 20+ times thereby reducing waste. It’s actually so much more convenient to simply refill your grinder than the throw-away-buy-a-new-grinder mindset that keeps adding to our landfill.

✔ Cost Effective, saving you money –because our grinder mechanisms are long-lasting, by refilling with Oryx Desert Salt refill boxes, you’ll use the grinder multiple times at a much lower cost per use than if you were to buy a new grinder every time you run out - more value, less waste.

 Our Plastic-free Mission

We’re on a mission to reduce plastic as much as possible in our packaging. Our Mini Travel Salt and Pepper shakers are now available in super-cute mini paper-tubes, you can throw in your organic waste of recycling.

The Oryx Desert Braai/BBQ Salt and FINE Salt shakers come in sleek paper-tubes with revolving cardboard (not plastic) shaker tops.

Oryx Desert Salt, Pepper and Chilli Salt are available in refill boxes alongside their refillable glass grinders.  We’ve also decided not to use lamination, to support our minimalist ‘paper not plastic’ approach for our shakers and refill box products.

A Grinder That Saves Waste

In 2024 alone, Oryx Desert Salt customers saved nearly >816,900 grinders and grinder heads from landfill by choosing to #RefillNotLandfill. That’s nearly a million fewer waste items thrown away in just one year.

It's great news that many shoppers are aware of the plastic pollution crisis and are consciously taking action to stop contributing to plastic waste. Thank you!

So, instead of replacing your grinder every time it runs out, just refill it with our refill boxes.

You only need one.