Sale Marino di Trapani

Sale Marino di Trapani is sea salt extracted from the salt pans of the municipalities of Trapani, Paceco and Marsala in Sicily. The PGI requires that all production stages, from extraction through collection and processing, take place within the delimited geographical area. The salt contains no additives, bleaching agents, preservatives or anti-caking agents, and must meet defined chemical thresholds including sodium chloride content above 97.0% of dry matter.

About this designation

Sale Marino di Trapani designates sea salt extracted from the salt pans located within the municipalities of Trapani, Paceco and Marsala, in the Provincia di Trapani, Sicily. The production area follows the coastal strip known as 'La via del Sale', bounded to the west by the Mediterranean Sea — including the Stagnone di Marsala Islands: Isola Grande and the islands of Mothia and Santa Maria — and to the east by strada statale 115 (SS 115). All production stages, from extraction in the salt pans to collection and processing, must take place within this area. Processing may include one or more of the following operations: washing against the tide in salt water from tanks within the same production area; centrifugation; mechanical grinding in local stone mills or stainless steel rolling mills; drying in fluidised bed furnaces at a temperature below 250 °C; and mechanical sifting to select defined granule intervals. The specification sets chemical reference values including sodium chloride content above 97.0% of dry matter, residual moisture below 8%, and insoluble residue below 0.2%. The salt must be white in colour, with consistent crystals and mixed granule size, and must contain no additives, bleaching agents, preservatives or anti-caking agents. Analytical determinations must be carried out according to the methods set out in the Codex Standard Alimentarius STAN 150-1985. Sale Marino di Trapani is marketed in food-quality packaging bearing a non-reusable guarantee seal, in capacities ranging from 100 g to 1,000 kg. Packaging must display 'IGP — Sale Marino di Trapani' in a colour that strongly contrasts with the label background, alongside the Community logo. The PGI was registered under file number PGI-IT-0892, with EU protection dating from 9 September 2011, and is recorded in eAmbrosia under identifier EUGI00000014021.

Source: The register document this entry was written from · retrieved August 26, 2026

Distinctive facts

• Registered as a PGI on 9 September 2011 under file number PGI-IT-0892 (eAmbrosia identifier EUGI00000014021).
• The specification requires sodium chloride content above 97.0% of dry matter and permits no additives, bleaching agents, preservatives or anti-caking agents.
• All production stages, from extraction to processing, must take place within the municipalities of Trapani, Paceco and Marsala.
• Drying, where carried out, must take place in fluidised bed furnaces at a temperature below 250 °C.

Tasting notes

Sicilian sea salt from Trapani-Marsala lagoons, traditional shallow-pond solar evaporation. Bright crystalline white color, light flaky texture (or coarser depending on grind), characteristic delicate-mineral marine flavor with low bitter notes; among Italy's premier artisan sea salts.

HoReCa use

Finishing salt on grilled fish and meats, in raw fish service, on tomato salads, in pasta water for premium preparations, salt-crust roasting, and as a fleur-de-sel-style finishing salt.

Packaging

• paper-bag-coarse-1kg
• paper-bag-fine-1kg
• glass-jar-fine-200g
• ceramic-pot-flake-100g
• bulk-foodservice-25kg
• gift-pack-mixed-300g