EP 10 - The African Salt Story That Became a Global Phenomenon - with Samantha Skyring
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What kind of person sells their house to buy 34 tons of salt?
In this episode of South African Food Stories, Nicci Robertson chats with with Samantha Skyring, founder of Oryx Desert Salt, to unpack one of the most unusual food entrepreneurship stories in Africa.
What started as a life-changing moment in the Namib Desert became a global gourmet brand distributed in more than 20 countries. Samantha shares the science, mythology and controversy surrounding salt, why processed table salt changed the way we think about nutrition, and how a hidden aquifer beneath the Kalahari became the foundation of a premium African ingredient brand.
From single motherhood and financial risk to resilience, sustainability and intuition, this is a story about far more than seasoning. It’s about belief, survival and building something extraordinary from one of the simplest ingredients on earth.
In this episode of South African Food Stories, Nicci Robertson chats with with Samantha Skyring, founder of Oryx Desert Salt, to unpack one of the most unusual food entrepreneurship stories in Africa.
What started as a life-changing moment in the Namib Desert became a global gourmet brand distributed in more than 20 countries. Samantha shares the science, mythology and controversy surrounding salt, why processed table salt changed the way we think about nutrition, and how a hidden aquifer beneath the Kalahari became the foundation of a premium African ingredient brand.
From single motherhood and financial risk to resilience, sustainability and intuition, this is a story about far more than seasoning. It’s about belief, survival and building something extraordinary from one of the simplest ingredients on earth.
