Oryx Desert Salt has a vision: to be the world’s leading supplier of ethical, locally produced, pure, unprocessed, health-giving Kalahari salt; and to harvest and package the salt in an ecologically-aligned way.
Naturally organic
We refuse to keep taking and consuming without consideration for future generations. That’s why we harvest our salt from an ever-replenishing, renewable source in the Kalahari Desert, located within South Africa.
It was discovered beneath a 50km2 salt pan that three underground streams converge and replenish an ancient underground salt aquifer of 55 million tons from which the salt water is deposited into pans under the hot Kalahari sun and sun-dried. This process lives in harmony with the natural rainfall and the surrounding environment. We only extract what nature provides.
We aim to keep reducing our carbon footprint by paying attention to our packaging and supporting local businesses where ever we can.
Local is lekker and we’re proudly South African.
REUSE, REFILL, REAL VALUE
Salt is vital for life, but health-giving salt is so much more than just sodium chloride. Our salt is pure, harvested from an unpolluted source in the pristine Kalahari Desert and is unrefined, preserving all its natural essential minerals and micro-nutrients vital for optimal health.
Our 100% recyclable refill boxes are a key element of our strategy to give our customers excellent value for money and is aligned with our REFILL NOT LANDFILL philosophy.
Our grinder heads are high-quality ceramic which means you can refill your glass grinder bottle more than 20 times and still grind coarse salt and peppercorns as efficiently as when it was brand new. By using ceramic instead of plastic grinder heads, you’re also not grinding plastic into your food!
Refilling our grinders is not only highly cost effective, we’re also encouraging eco-awareness and being savings-savvy. When you refill, you’re paying less than a THIRD of the price of buying a new grinder.
Once you’re finally finished with your glass grinder, it can be recycled. Refill boxes are available for our whole range of salts and pepper.
BIODEGRADABLE PACKAGING
Sleek, stylish and plastic-free: our biodegradable shakers are printed with certified toxic-free ink
Our MINI TRAVEL SHAKERS - Salt & Pepper or Salt & Chilli Salt - are small in size and big on impact.
Packaged in biodegradable, compostable paper tubes, printed with toxin-free ink and completely unlaminated, they’re as gentle on the planet as they are delicious on your food.
Whether you’re travelling, hiking, road-tripping, or picnicking - these compact, compostable shakers ensure you have delicious flavour, on-the-go. Also available in our vibrant Shweshwe gift boxes, they make a thoughtful, sustainable gift.
Our Fine Salt Shaker and BBQ Salt Shaker offer everyday ease — with a lighter footprint.
Packaged in biodegradable, compostable cardboard tubes made with toxin-free ink and no lamination, these shakers are planet-friendly from the inside out.
Whether you're seasoning at the stove or adding flavour at the table, they’re designed to be functional, mess-free, and a natural extension of your conscious kitchen.
You’ll find our salt on retail shelves everywhere including most delis, Woolworths, Pick ‘n Pay, Spars and Cape Union Mart. Visit our STOCKIST page for more information on outlets.
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ESSENTIAL FOR THE LIFE YOU WANT TO LIVE
Mineral-rich flavour enhancing your vitality
Pure desert salt from a unique ancient salt deposit in the pristine Kalahari, Southern Africa.
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Unprocessed. Unpolluted. Uncompromised.
Naturally organic, sun-dried, clean and unrefined. A sustainable, underground salt lake-free from pharmaceutical & industrial contamination and micro-plastics.
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Full-flavoured Madagascan pepper
Hand-harvested, vibrant, fresh, grown without chemicals, and the perfect complement to our mineral-rich desert salt. Shop now
Refillable.
Reusable.
Real value.
#RefillNotLandfill
Long-lasting ceramic mechanism - no plastic grinding into your food and cost effective
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100% PURE, CRYSTAL-WHITE, NATURAL DESERT SALT
Partner Collaborations
Just as it existed when traded ounce for ounce for gold eight thousand years ago. We add nothing and we take nothing away.
As an owner-managed brand (OMB), Oryx Desert Salt appreciates and supports other OMBs by actively promoting local brands. It’s part of our philosophy that understands we don’t operate in isolation. We enjoy collaborating with other like-minded brands because we’re all on the same journey; helping to create a better world through what we produce and the ecologically-aligned way we produce it
SUNDRIED, UNREFINED, NO ADDITIVES
As nature intended – no additives, no anti-clumping agents, no preservatives. Dried by the hot African desert sun. Unrefined and unprocessed. The underground brine lake is 100% saturated, so it takes only 4 weeks for the salt to crystalise in our main harvest season in summer when the temperatures reach up to 47o.
The underground streams converge and replenish an ancient underground lake of 55 million tons from which the salt water is pumped, laid on the pan under the hot Kalahari sun and sun-dried. This process lives in harmony with the natural rainfall and the surrounding environment. We only extract what nature provides.
SUSTAINABLE & RENEWABLE
The ancient Dwyka rock formations, through which the underground streams flow, are geo-scientifically tested to be 250-300 million years old. The 50km2 salt pan is situated in the Kalahari Desert of 900,000km2, inside the Kalahari Basin which spans an area of 2.5 million km². 50km’s south of Botswana and +-250km north of Upington. A remote, pristine and beautiful area. The name KALAHARI is derived from the Tswana word Kgalagadi, meaning ‘the great thirst’.
Ancient Pristine Source
Oryx Desert Salt has a unique and exceptional taste, which enhances and enriches the flavour of your food. Chefs from around the world taste the difference.
“No dish at Restaurant is complete without a pinch of Oryx Desert Salt.” – Jan Hendrik – South Africa’s first Michelin-star chef
“ORYX desert salt is a great food salt. I use it as a salt on a day to day basis, as well as a finishing salt. The salt is everything I look for when it comes to flavour.” – Craig Cormack, SALT restaurant, Waterford Wine Estate, Somerset West.
LOVED BY INTERNATIONAL CHEFS
The success of our business is built on strong partnerships and suppliers. We believe in impact sourcing; supporting small, often women-owned businesses, suppliers who engage in community upliftment such as Backyard farms who supply our chillies and independent co-operative farmers who produce our Madagascan pepper. We also build collaborative relationships with chefs and cooking schools. We give back through contributing to Kalahari First Nation Khomani San and Mier communities via the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and Project Biome, a regenerative, Earth-rewilding program.
GIVING BACK
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