What are Organic Heirloom Foods?

Heirloom Crop Varieties

According to Seed Savers Exchange (a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving rare plant varieties), an heirloom plant is “any garden plant that has a history of being passed down within a family.” iv While some argue that an heirloom variety must be at least 50 to 100 years old, all agree that heirloom fruits and vegetables are unique plant varieties which are genetically distinct from the commercial varieties popularized by industrial agriculture.

Sustainable farmers who grow heirloom fruits and vegetables help to preserve genetic diversity by ensuring that these unique plant varieties are not completely replaced by the few commercial varieties that are mass-produced by industrial agriculture. They also preserve delicious, unique and interesting kinds of fruits, vegetables and grains that add color and flavor to meals that everyone can enjoy.

Shade-Grown, Hand-Harvested Heirloom Pepper from the 1500s Spice Trade

HimalaSalt's Organic Heirloom Long Pepper is shade grown in Bali and hand-harvested in the monsoon forest. This uniquely shaped and flavored peppercorn has delicious notes of cardamom, nutmeg, and a hint of chocolate aroma. This highly prized heirloom is exquisite ground heavily in melted garlic butter as a dip for steamed artichokes, works beautifully to bring out flavors in fish, game, and vegetable grills, and is heavenly in the most delicate sauces, soups, stews, and for flavoring clear broth. See our mouth watering Organic Long Pepper Ice Cream recipe created by Chef Creighton Peet.

An heirloom from the 1500s spice trade, our Long pepper is sustainably grown and harvested. Our heirloom crops help to preserve the threatened regional biodiversity and traditional cultures of Indonesia, and are certified organic, kosher, and green-e.Packaged in a refillable, recyclable grinder, while 5% of profits go to the environment and source community.

Check out our HimalaSalt organic Cubeb Pepper, also a sustainably grown heirloom from the 1500s spice trade. Cubeb is traditionally used in SE Asian cuisine, however our create local chefs have used it in Ginger Cubeb Madelines, topped with ice cream, fresh fruit, or a HimalaSalted caramel drizzle (made with agave instead of sugar).

For those of you who are pepper afficianados, you'll find you can't cook the same without our complete set of 7 100% organic peppercorn grinders, pink from Brazil, freeze-dried green from India, long from Bali, cubeb from Java, Tellichery from Malibar, and white from Muntok.

The Truth About Salt - Do You Know What You are Eating?

Know What You are Eating


Are you aware that common Table Salt is an industrial by-product, stripped by chemical processing of all elements except sodium and chloride - detrimental to health in isolated form? Anti-caking and flow agents are added, yet the FDA Code 21CFR101.100(a)(3), does not require their disclosure to consumers. Table salt comes from the same lots as vacuum-refined industrial salt and is treated with caustic soda or lime to remove all traces of magnesium salts, which are important for health.


Important minerals are removed because they provide large corporations with staggering profits for use in agricultural and industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals, ammunitions, and other unsustainable industries.


After extreme chemical processing and heated at up to 1200 degrees, table salt cannot support health and no longer combines with our body fluids. Table salt can also cause a deficiency of important essential trace minerals, which are abundantly present in HimalaSalt.

The fear of salt has arisen from consumer alerts that advise reduced consumption of salt and foods that have a high sodium content. It has more to do with quality vs. quantity. Consumers deserve to know that this is not the whole truth, and the FDA doesn't require salt companies to disclose to the consumer what's inside, like anti-caking and flow agents, mostly derived from aluminum.


Pure salt is essential to life. The body is made from water and minerals, and all critical functions of the body require these essential minerals and trace elements, which are no longer present in table salt or heat treated sea salt. Table salt is in most all processed, packaged foods, including drinks, candy, snacks, ice cream, cheese, processed meats, etc. Eliminating processed foods and table salt from your diet is important for health. By using HimalaSalt, rich with over 80 essential trace elements and high in magnesium, calcium, and iron, you can obtain easily assimilated essential minerals and alkalize your body, which is baseline for wellness.



Sea Salt comes from oceans that in our lifetime, have become heavily polluted. Growing dead zones and the mix of mercury, heavy metals, and toxins from agricultural chemicals, industrial runoff, nuclear waste, raw sewage and more, have compromised all ocean life. HimalaSalt™ has been protected for millions of year in the remote, pristine Himalayas, and is Pre-People, Pre-Pollution. HimalaSalt contains a full spectrum of whole essential minerals and delicious flavor that supports wellbeing and adds delicious flavor to sumptuous meals.

It's important to have essential minerals for health.

When a salt like HimalaSalt, that contains over 80 essential trace elements, is ingested, it immediately works with the saliva (amalese in particular) and begins digestion. The more present in the mouth, the better the digestion, which then continues in the stomach. HimalaSalt has been known to lower blood pressure, decrease water retention, and supports the liver, kidneys and adrenals to work more efficiently. It also can boost the immune system.

Do your body well and use HimalaSalt for optimal mineral absorption, it also opens up the flavor of food, and has signicant health benefits over table salt and sea salt from polluted oceans.