Bonaire Salt - Dutch Caribbean - Netherlands Antilles Bonaire
Salt What would life be without salt?  The idea is unthinkable;
salt is crucial to life and, since time immemorial, it has been
linked to the history and development of humanity. Salt was
first used for food and the preservation of food. Then, we
discovered salt had other properties. It was not until the
industrial revolution that the use of salt underwent a major
expansion, firstly, in the chemical and processing industries,
then for the de-icing of roads and, finally, for water
softening. The origin of salt Salt is the common name given to
Sodium Chloride (NaCl), a chemical compound. Salt is extracted
from underground deposits or sea water. Bonaire Salt is from the
pristine Caribbean Sea. The agriculture method for sea salt
Water from the sea circulates either by simply gravity or using
pumps and flows through successive man made ponds. The water
flows a long way before it arrives at the salt beds where it has
now taken the form of saturated bri