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Unusual things to do in Wales

Visitors to Halen Môn often ask us for other recommendations of interesting things to do on the salty isle.  There are lots of lists out there but here we've pulled together some of the more unusual places to visit and things to do when you're on Ynys Môn.Explore...

James Chant + Matsudai’s cult ramen

Matsudai started in 2019 as a creative outlet for founder James Chant and since then has delivered tens of thousands of ramen kits to every corner of the UK, been celebrated by culinary heroes as Jay Rayner, Tim Anderson and Melissa Thompson and James has gone on to...

Celebrating the sea: how we can all protect the waters we love

As an organisation that relies on the incredible natural resources around our beautiful island, this World Ocean Day, we want to celebrate the seas all over the world, and share some ways we can all help protect the waters we rely on. The magic of seaweed  A truly...

Our charity of the year 2025

Every year our team votes for a charity to raise funds for, and this year the organisation we have chosen is Shelter Cymru.  For Shelter Cymru, home is everything. Their team helps thousands of people each year across Wales who are affected by the housing emergency,...

Letitia Ann Clark and For the Love of Lemons

Letitia Ann Clark's latest book For the Love of Lemons, celebrates a single sunny ingredient, the lemon. Joyful and bright recipes that transport us to sunnier days. Letitia kindly sat down to answer a few of our questions about the book and how she uses this...

A simple way to change children’s eating habits

The problemIn the UK, 33% of children aged 5-10 years eat less than one portion of vegetables a day. In recent years, fruit and vegetable consumption has declined in adults too, with only 31% eating the recommended five portions a day, despite the decades long ‘5-a...

The scent of rain: What is petrichor?

Have you ever stepped outside after a long dry spell, just as the first raindrops begin to fall, and recognised a scent in the air? Earthy. Fresh. Comforting. Not many people realise that scent has a name: petrichor. Coined in the 1960s by two Australian scientists,...

Halen Môn and Oxfam

You can now find Halen Môn on the shelves of your local Oxfam shop as a part of their 'Sourced By Oxfam' range, which brings together the best of ethical, sustainable and brand-new items from around the world. We're very proud to have been included. From the team at...

Three North Wales walks with perfect swim + café stops

Emma Marshall, local insider and author of guidebook, 'Wild Swimming Walks Eryri/Snowdonia’ shares with us her three favourite walks from the book which have great places to eat en route. Wild Swimming Walks Eryri/Snowdonia leads you on 28 walk-swimming adventures in...

Celebrating ethical business: B Corp Month

The ‘B’ in B Corp stands for ‘Benefit for All’ and certified B Corporations, in the simplest of terms, are businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and...

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Expect interesting and delicious articles on everything from how to use our pure sea salt to eco-friendly gift ideas, how to season like a chef to flavoured salt recipes.

A Panad with… Nom Nom Chocolate Founder  Liam Burgess

A Panad with… Nom Nom Chocolate Founder Liam Burgess

Nom Nom literally cannot make chocolate fast enough. It seems that glossy squares of the sweet stuff, deliciously local ingredients, old-fashioned brown paper and a young and dynamic team make for an absolutely irresistible combination. Liam started the company in...

Four Reasons We Love Positive News

Four Reasons We Love Positive News

Whatever your political stance, it seems fair to say that the UK, and indeed the wider world, has had a tumultuous year. Perhaps now, more than ever, we are in need of some reading material with an optimistic, progressive outlook on the world. An Anglesey-born writer...

A Panad with…Halen Môn Co-Founder Alison Lea-Wilson

A Panad with…Halen Môn Co-Founder Alison Lea-Wilson

Alison, co-founder of Halen Môn, is a food-lover through and through. She travels the world from Shanghai to St Petersburg to sell the sea salt that we take such care in making, always carrying a notebook to record all the recipes that inspire her along the way, and...

Water, Wine, Cider + Apple Juice: Pant Du

Water, Wine, Cider + Apple Juice: Pant Du

Pant Du isn't somewhere you are ever likely to be thirsty. Tucked away in the Nantlle Valley, in the heart of the outstandingly beautiful Snowdonia mountain range, Richard, Iola and their team quietly get on with brewing exceptional cider, collecting crisp spring...

A Panad with…Dylan’s Restaurants Co-Founder Robin Hodgson

A Panad with…Dylan’s Restaurants Co-Founder Robin Hodgson

Dylan's Restaurants - in Menai Bridge, Anglesey and Criccieth, Gwynedd - have fast become favourites for their local seafood, great pizza and wonderful breads. Set up by four men with a love of good food and service, we are always impressed by their attention to...

A Global Wales

A Global Wales

In light of recent events in the UK and Wales, we wanted to make clear how very highly we value our European staff, friends, colleagues and customers, and how much we abhor racism and xenophobia. Our relationships with people throughout Europe and indeed the world are...

We’ve won a Responsible Business award!

We’ve won a Responsible Business award!

Last night, we were very proud to have been awarded a Responsible Business award from Business in the Community Cymru. It means a lot to us because it goes straight to the very core of our business values. Our team is committed to producing our products in a...

A Panad with… Butter Maker Grant Harrington

A Panad with… Butter Maker Grant Harrington

It's safe to say that Grant Harrington is fairly obsessed with food. More specifically, with butter.  A chef by trade, with numerous Michelin starred kitchens under his belt, he now churns butter five days a week, sells it on day six, and spends day seven cleaning all...

A Very Welsh Circus in New York

A Very Welsh Circus in New York

Innovation, commitment and community - the famous NoFit State circus represents so many great things about Wales, which, we like to think, Halen Môn stands for too. Though perhaps not the most expected collaboration, we have a lot in common with the successful,...

A Panad with…Salted Caramel Queen Chloe Timms

A Panad with…Salted Caramel Queen Chloe Timms

Chloe Timms of Fattie's Bakery is the queen of salted caramel. Her stand on Druid St market in South London is always gloriously laden with an endless variety of sweets - caramel peanut butter, glistening pretzel crackers for dipping, freeze-dried fruit sherbets, and...