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Trapani, Sicily

Pink BirdItalian sea salt. A place in your everyday.

Italian sea salt. A place in your everyday.

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Trapani, SicilyTwo texturesCook + finishKeep it. Refill it.
From our Italy sourcing trip

Good taste comes
with the territory.

Sale di mare

Made by the sea.
Shaped by the sun.

Our supplier sources salt from Trapani and Marsala, in western Sicily. Water rests in shallow pans, moving through controlled openings as sun and wind concentrate the brine.

Get to know the salt
How the pans connect

Intake and service. Seawater enters a first reservoir, then moves into service pans.

Evaporation. Sun and wind concentrate the brine as it rests in shallow pans.

Crystallizing. Concentrated brine is transferred into the final pans, where salt crystals form.

Channels and controlled openings connect the groups. Some transfers use pumps or lifting screws; the drawing does not show a gravity slope.

A simplified illustration of a seasonal process. The layout and short animation are not a map or real production timings.

Water moving through a channel.Original Italy-trip film · 9 sec · Press play
Explore the process at Museo del Sale
The setting sun reflects across salt pans, with a windmill and a rope-lined path at the edge of the view.
Evening light over the salt pans.From our travels through Italy.
A LITTLE RITUAL. EVERY DAY.

MADE FOR
EVERY MEAL.

Two simple moves, from pot to plate.

Edited editorial concept: a hand seasons simmering tomato sauce from the open perforated Shake bottle. Packaging and salt texture remain illustrative.SHAKE / IN THE MAKING
COARSE COOKING SALT

SHAKE.
STIR. TASTE.

Start with the water, the sauce, the pot. Shake goes in while you cook, giving the salt time to dissolve. Stir, then taste.

THE MOVE
Season. Stir. Taste. Repeat.

Trapani, Sicily
Coarse cooking salt · 500 gFior di sale · 250 g
Italian sea salt / Coming soon

Two salts.
Two jobs.

Shake while you cook. Flake before you eat.

Bottle design in development. Coming soon.

Coarse cooking salt · 500 g

For pasta water, simmering sauces and seasoning as you go, with time for the crystals to dissolve.

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One ingredient

We’re developing a range of sea salts for cooking and finishing. The final ingredient lists and product specifications will be shared before launch.

Where it comes from

Our sourcing journey took us to western Sicily, including the salt pans near Marsala and Trapani. Final product provenance will be confirmed before launch.

Keep the bottle

A refillable format is part of the design brief: a cooking bottle and a finishing bottle you can keep using. Packaging is still in development.

GOOD THINGS COME AROUND.

THE BOTTLE STAYS.
THE SALT GOES ON.

Our refill cartons are part of the plan from the start.

Concept render of Shake and Flake bottles with their matching refill cartons on smooth cream stone plinths.
SHAKE. FLAKE. REFILL. REPEAT.
Packaging concept showing fine cooking-salt granules pouring from a Shake refill carton into the open Shake bottle.
OPEN. POUR. BACK TO COOKING.
Packaging concept of a Flake refill carton pouring salt through its open paper spout into an open burgundy Flake bottle, with its plain lid beside it.
OPEN. POUR. BACK TO FINISHING.

Refill packaging in development. A first look at what’s coming.

GET FIRST ACCESS
The making of Pink Bird

IT STARTED
IN THE
SALT AISLE.

After ten years in landscape architecture, we began looking more closely at something we used every day: salt. We cared about the ingredient, but the bottle rarely felt as considered as the rest of the kitchen.

That question took us to western Sicily. After researching producers, we visited a salt factory, a mill and the pans near Trapani and Marsala. Understanding the place and the process became as important as designing the bottle.

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A conversation around a table during a visit in Italy
Around the table in Italy
  1. 01 / The idea

    Begin with the everyday.

    Give an everyday ingredient the same consideration as the objects around it.

  2. 02 / The commitment

    Follow the questions.

    Research and producer outreach came first. In June 2026, Pink Bird became the full-time focus.

  3. 03 / July 2026

    Go to the source.

    In western Sicily, we visited a salt factory, mill and pans near Marsala and Trapani.

FROM OUR ITALY TRIP

A few steps closer
to the source.

Two moments from our travels through Italy, from the windmill to the water’s edge.

From the windmill to the pans.Original Italy-trip excerpts · 8.5-sec loop · No audio
THE PINK BIRD DIFFERENCE

LOOK PAST
THE LABEL.

Where the salt begins. How it meets the food. What happens when the bottle is empty.

THE WHOLE PICTURE.
DELIBERATE CHOICES.
A little closer.
Tap a cap to close.
Controls
Select a part to lift or reseat it. The dispenser is available when Shake is open.

Design preview · Flake’s taller lip is a visual proposal.

THEN, MAKE IT A PLEASURE TO USE.

GOOD CHOICES.
EVERY DAY.

A bottle with a job.
A shake for the pot. A wide opening for the final pinch.
Designed to stay.
Refillable aluminum bottles and matching cartons are the plan.
A source you can name.
Our sourcing began in Trapani and Marsala, western Sicily.
EXPLORE THE REFILL IDEA
Sources & details

A closer look at the choices

Pink Bird is in development; the selected grades, final provenance, bottle materials and refill specifications remain subject to confirmation.

Independent grinding research

The studies below are general background, not findings about every grinder or other formats. Grinding mechanisms differ by product.

Yang, Li, Gowen and Xu (2026), published online February 24, studied nine plastic grinder heads from three retailers and identified released particles matching PET or polycarbonate in the heads. This is the newest directly relevant experiment we found as of October 20, 2026. Zbucki and Plażuk (2024) examined 21 salt and pepper grinders across seven test groups; wear varied by mechanism and spice. Schymanski et al. (2020) also investigated abrasion from salt mills. These findings concern the tested products, not every grinder, and do not establish lower overall microplastic levels in Pink Bird salt.

Microplastics have been found in sea, lake and rock salts. Pink Bird has no product-specific microplastic results.

Yang et al., 2026 Zbucki & Plażuk, 2024 Schymanski et al., 2020 Kim et al., 2018

Ingredients

Our supplier confirms no added anti-caking agents for the proposed Pink Bird grades. Other salts may include flow agents or be additive-free; check the individual ingredient list. This is an ingredient preference, not a health claim. Without flow agents, salt can naturally clump.

Process & packaging

Our supplier describes the cooking grade as seawater-washed, mechanically dried and screened. Fior di sale is hand-harvested from the surface, then manually screened. These are proposed-grade descriptions, not finished-product tests.

The bottle and refill designs remain in development. An aluminum body does not mean its linings, seals or closures are plastic-free. Final materials and product specifications are still being confirmed.

Salt production Fior di sale

A name with a sense of place

Named for the birds.Made for the table.

Flamingos visit the salt pans of Trapani. They gave us our name, and a connection to the landscape where the salt begins.

Pink Bird · Trapani, Sicily

WHAT'S COOKING?

Pick a dish. Find your salt.

Shake. Flake. Serve.
SWIPE OR EXPLORE
SHAKE

PASTA NIGHT

Editorial visualization: A cook shakes salt through the open perforated Shake bottle into lemon pasta in a shallow pan; the cap rests nearby. Packaging and salt texture are illustrative.

Lemon pasta with crispy capers

HOW TO SALT IT
Salt the water.

Add Shake to the cooking water and let the crystals dissolve before adding the pasta.

VIEW RECIPE
FLAKE

TOMATO SEASON

Editorial visualization: A hand pinches finishing salt onto tomatoes and soft cheese beside an open Flake jar and its cap. Packaging and salt texture are illustrative.

Tomatoes with whipped ricotta

HOW TO SALT IT
The final pinch.

Finish ripe tomatoes and whipped ricotta with Flake just before serving, while the crystals still hold their crunch.

VIEW RECIPE
FLAKE

YES, DESSERT.

Editorial visualization: A hand sprinkles a light pinch of finishing salt onto cookies beside an open Flake jar and its cap. Packaging and salt texture are illustrative.

Salted brown-butter cookies

HOW TO SALT IT
Sweet meets salty.

Finish warm cookies with a light pinch of Flake for a crisp, salty contrast to the brown butter and chocolate.

VIEW RECIPE
SHAKE

THE EVERYDAY POT

Editorial visualization: A cook shakes salt through the open perforated Shake bottle into simmering white beans, with the cap set aside. Packaging and salt texture are illustrative.

White beans with lemon and herbs

HOW TO SALT IT
Season as you go.

Stir Shake into simmering beans and give it time to dissolve. Taste before adding more.

VIEW RECIPE
SHAKE + FLAKE

CRISP EDGES.

Editorial visualization: A hand sprinkles finishing salt over roasted potatoes on a tray, with the open Flake jar and cap nearby. Packaging and salt texture are illustrative.

Crispy rosemary potatoes

HOW TO SALT IT
From pot to plate.

Season the parboiling water with Shake, then finish the crisp roasted potatoes with a light pinch of Flake.

VIEW RECIPE
FLAKE

FINISH STRONG.

Editorial visualization: A hand finishes roasted carrots and yogurt with a pinch of salt beside an open Flake jar and its cap. Packaging and salt texture are illustrative.

Roasted carrots with yogurt

HOW TO SALT IT
One last touch.

Scatter Flake over warm carrots and cool yogurt just before serving.

VIEW RECIPE
THE PINK BIRD FIELD JOURNAL

OUT THERE.
ALL IN.

Photographs from our wider travels through Italy’s salt landscapes, the people we met and the details that stayed with us.

Warm sunlight across a windmill and its wooden sails during a visit in Italy
Under the windmill’s sails.
A close view of Alex examining a small sample beside a salt mound during the Italy trip
A closer look at the crystals.
A conversation around a table during a visit in Italy
Around the table in Italy.
A raised path between pink and pale salt basins during our wider Italy trip
Between the ponds.
Two people walking beside a salt pan
A walk between the pans.
A people-free pink salt pond bordered by pale mineral banks during a visit in Italy
The pink ponds.
Four people beside the salt pans during a visit in Italy
One for the journal.
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