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SaltWorks® Makes Headlines
As the largest gourmet sea salt company in the world, SaltWorks has been reported on by Entrepreneur, O, The Oprah Magazine, Sunset, The Seattle Times, Time, and other media organizations. Click on the links below to read the latest press coverage of SaltWorks.
August 2021
Food Business News covers the release of Pacific Blue® Mini and Micro Flake, two unique crystal salts that are ideal for snack foods.
March 2021
With CBD products increasing in popularity, Trend Hunter recognizes Relief Rx ® Bath Salt, made with full-spectrum nano-emulsified CBD.
December 2020
Trend Hunter recommends the Saltworks Smoked Salt Gift Set on its list of 20 Gifts for Meat Lovers for the 2020 holiday season.
December 2020
Reader's Digest has included SaltWorks Fumée de Sel Chardonnay Oak Smoked Sea Salt on its list of holiday food gifts.
November 2020
CNBC Make It features SaltWorks Fusion Thai Ginger Sea Salt on its list of 15 Gift Ideas Under $50.
November 2020
Fortune includes the SaltWorks Gourmet Salt Gift Set on its Holiday 2020 gift guide.
October 2020
Reader's Digest features SaltWorks Fumée de Sel Chardonnay Oak Smoked Sea Salt in its list of 47 Holiday Food Gifts.
October 2020
CEO Mark Zoske discusses how salt's shape and texture can improve the flavor of food, as well as the upcoming release of Pacific Blue Micro and Mini Flake, which will achieve more flavor with less salt.
October 2020
Elite Daily includes SaltWorks Ultra Epsom Lavender Scented Bath Salt on its list of 62 Clever Things You Should've Bought Sooner.
September 2020
SaltWorks has won a Gold Sofi Award, one of the most coveted accolades in the food industry, for its new Fusion Black Garlic Sea Salt.
August 2020
Institute of Food Technologists
Increasingly, consumers are seeking adventurous, spicy flavors. Read as SaltWorks CEO Mark Zoske weighs in on this food industry trend.
July 2020
SaltWorks CEO Mark Zoske discusses the new Pacific Blue Micro and Mini Flake Sea Salts in an article on snack innovation.
June 2020
Popcorn sales have exploded in 2020, and so has the demand for healthier ingredients like all-natural sea salt.
June 2020
She Knows lists Ultra Epsom Bath Salt as a top Epsom salt soak for destressing and soothing sore muscles.
June 2020
The SaltWorks Smoked Salt Gift Set made the Forbes list of Essential BBQ and Grilling Tools for Father's Day 2020.
June 2020
Daily Mom includes a variety of SaltWorks gift sets in their list of 16 Cooking Gifts for Father's Day.
May 2020
Forbes includes the SaltWorks Smoked Salt Gift Set in its Best Tools for the Grill Master gift list for this Father's Day.
May 2020
Newsweek includes SaltWorks' Bokek Dead Sea Salt Gift Set in its list of 20 Pick-Me-Up Gifts to Send During COVID-19.
May 2020
Reader's Digest includes SaltWorks Ultra Lavender-Scented Epsom Salt in its list of 31 Things You Need for a Relaxing Spa Day at Home.
April 2020
Forbes features SaltWorks Fumée de Sel Chardonnay Oak Smoked Sea Salt in its list of Mother's Day gifts for wine lovers.
March 2020
Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery highlights SaltWorks Smoked Sea Salts in an article on vibrant colors and bold flavors.
December 2019
The SaltWorks Salts of the World Gift Collection makes CNN's 21 Delicious Food Gifts list for Christmas 2019.
September 2019
"From hot & spicy to savory umami and bright citrus, our Fusion salts are hand-crafted using our proprietary infusion technique that naturally bonds real ingredients to each individual salt crystal," explains Mark Zoske, SaltWorks' founder and CEO. Food Processing explores flavor trends worth noting in 2019.
March 2019
Woodinville-based SaltWorks has grown exponentially and gone international since its 2001 beginnings in a spare bedroom in its founders' home. So what's next for the multi-million-dollar company? Big things, its CEO says.
March 2016
Natural Products Insider magazine covers rising trends in the snack food industry. One of these trends is all-natural sea salt that comes in a variety of smoked and flavored varieties.
January 2016
"If you've ever bought artisan salt, chances are, at one point, it stopped through SaltWorks, the world's first and largest gourmet salt factory that resides in little old Woodinville." Willows Lodge Magazine dives into SaltWorks' global artisan salt operation in The Business of Salt.
September 2014
Seattle's KOMO 4 News featured SaltWorks, America's Sea Salt Company, in September of 2014. Mark Zoske, CEO, explains the impact and potential boost Alibaba can have on his sales.
August 2014
"People are more educated about the food they eat," Zoske explains. "They're reading labels. They want to know where food is coming from. People are finding out that quality salt makes food taste better, taste different [and that] there can be a crunch to it." Seattle Business reports on SaltWorks' leading role in the fast-growing world of all-natural gourmet salt.
February 2014
Seattle's King 5 Evening Magazine featured SaltWorks, America's Sea Salt Company, in February of 2014. Our own CEO, Mark Zoske, provided a little gourmet salt 101 along with a tour of the Woodinville facility. The award-winning magazine-format television program covers the people, places & things that make the Pacific Northwest a great place to live.
October 2013
Sunset Magazine
"With new attractions to drink in along with all that Cab, Woodinville is on its way to full-blown wine country." Sunset Magazine features a few of their favorite stops in Woodinville, Washington, highlighting a stop at SaltWorks.
April 2010
Yoga Magazine
Soak in skin nourishing, hydrating, and renewing minerals with the luxurious Mineral Essence Bath Salt Collection, as featured in Yoga Magazine.
October 2007
O, the Oprah Magazine
SaltWorks makes the O List with the Red Envelope Artisanal Sea Salt Sampler, a 24-jar set featuring SaltWorks' best selection of sea salts.
September 2007
For Saltworks founder Mark Zoske, the key to success is true passion for what they're selling, as detailed in this Entrepreneur Magazine profile.
September 2007
The Seattle Times presents a profile of SaltWorks founder Mark Zoske, as well as discussing the latest trend in wine and cheese tastings: sea salt as a palate cleanser.
September 2007
Time Magazine
The new importance of salt is highlighted in a TIME Magazine article featuring some of SaltWorks' most popular salts.
April 2007
SaltWorks, Inc. founder Mark Zoske shares the inspiration that led to his rapidly expanding business: a passion for sea salt, and the passion to share it with customers on the wholesale and individual level.
February 2007
Gourmet News reports that SaltWorks, Inc. and its employees are transitioning to a new facility in Woodinville that's triple the size of their previous home in Redmond, a move that will support their rapidly growing business which has seen sales increase 2000% from 2003 to 2006.
Winter 2007
Premier Living magazine brings the latest trend of salt tasting parties to light in this article packed with suggestions for throwing your own. Recommended Artisan ® salts include Fleur de Sel, Alaea Red Hawaiian Salt and more.
Winter 2007
425 Magazine
425 Magazine introduces a variety of Artisan Salt Company's gourmet sea salts, detailing the history and uses of many of these salts as well as offering a short history of SaltWorks, Inc.
November 2006
The Puget Sound Business Journal highlights SaltWorks, Inc. and founder Mark Zoske, covering their rapid expansion and recent move, and revealing the online marketing strategy that has brought them this far even as they refuse to sell.
October 2006
Minerals are categorized by how much the human body requires â 100 mg per day or more of an element and it's considered a major mineral. Less than that, the element is referred to as a trace mineral.
January 2005
If you're getting sick of the same old business ideas, then it's time to go online. The robust e-commerce market is hotter than ever, and it just may be the cure for what ails you.
December 2004
More cooks are discovering the joys of salt from exotic locales.
September 2004Food Processing Magazine
Savory flavors and exotic salts can add the variety lacking in food for dieters.