Sal Verde - White Thyme 60g, organic

Amanprana Sal Verde - White thyme: herbal seasoning instead of salt

Sal Verde is Portuguese white thyme and typical of Portuguese cuisine. It is also referred to as 'pure salt' and is used to season and flavour dishes. This means you only need to use a little bit of salt or even none at all.

Sal Verde is unparalleled in the world of thyme and of unrivalled superior quality. It is ours, it is Portuguese, it is worth knowing. - Professor of herbal medicine, Prof. José Ribeiro Ljm.

The white thyme from Amanprana comes from central Spain and Portugal. Sal Verde Thymus Mastichina has small oval leaves with a strong aroma and an intense flavour. It is a variety of thyme with a fresh and herbal fragrance. Besides being a herbal seasoning which is why it is also wonderful to use in aromatherapy.

Sal Verde Amanprana is dried and finely ground white thyme in a beautiful earthenware jar that looks great on a kitchen countertop or table. The green colour and delicious fragrance of Sal Verde will make everyone instinctively reach for this jar of herbs. Enjoy!

The Sal Verde production process: after picking, the white thyme is dried and then finely ground.

Use white thyme as a salt substitute

Sal Verde white thyme from Amanprana is used in the kitchen as a substitute for cooking salt. It adds a fresh, herbal fragrance to dishes and intensifies the taste of your food, so you don't have to use so much salt or even none at all. Forget about salt and pepper; sprinkle Sal Verde on all your dishes instead.

Sal Verde, with its 12.4 mg of iron per 100g, is rich in iron and a valuable addition to your dishes. 

White thyme in aromatherapy

As soon as you smell the Sal Verde from Amanprana, you will immediately realise that you can also use it in aromatherapy. The fresh, intense fragrance refreshes and relieves your respiratory tract.

Add some Sal Verde to hot water to steam with it or use it with a little bit of oil in a fragrance or potpourri burner.

The power of thyme

Steaming with white thyme oil so as to be able to breathe more freely is one of the oldest established folk medicinal uses for thyme. The Egyptians and Etruscans used thyme in combination with other herbs to embalm their dead. The ancient Greeks and Romans valued thyme as a kitchen herb and for its medicinal properties. Thyme is a versatile and powerful herb.

In Portuguese cuisine, the added value of white thyme or Sal Verde has been recognised for a very long time already. They use it in numerous dishes, such as tomatoes with rice and white wine (arroz de tomate), broad bean salad with white thyme (favas frescas em salad), almond cake with white thyme (peixhinos da horta), Portuguese rice with broccoli and white thyme (Arroz de Brocolis).