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Tide salt has plenty of nature minerals. That's Yeonggwang Salt! Jeollanam-do, which has a pure area of west coast, has one of the world's top three tidelands. They produce salt by using traditional technique which is obtaining sea water, purifying, and drying them by using natural conditions such as sunlight, wind, and temperature.
The salt, obtained by using the above method, are called bay salt of Yeonggwang. Its degree of sodium chloride purity is just 73~78% but it contains various good minerals. Also the salt, obtained through sea water or rock, is a crystal whose main ingredients are NaCl. It is necessary for humans in order to deliver nerves stimulus, shrink muscle, absorb and convey nutritions, and maintain quantity of blood and blood pressure.
The total production area of Yeonggwang's bay salt is 552ha, which is 12% of the nation's total size, 4,737ha. It takes 17% of total size of Jeollanam-do, 3,330ha. Total production is about 40,000 tons (14% of total production of Korea, 17% of total production of Jeollanam-do). Daesin Salt Farm in Baeksu-eup of Yeonggwang-gun obtained ISO220000 for the second time in the world. Its product is greater than Guerande salt of France.