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The hottest food trend this summer? Natural smoky flavour

This summer, producers are tapping into the continuing trend for smoky, wood-fired flavours. Consumers’ exposure to fire cooking and global barbecue flavours has grown, driven by the trend for restaurants cooking over open flames, the rise of BBQ social media...

Jen Goss + charity venture Cegin y Bobl

Cegin Y Bobl (The People’s Kitchen) is nothing short of a Welsh food revolution. The right to cook, eat and know food, is something that is at the very heart of Jen Goss's work with Cegin y Bobl and she believes it should be universal. Especially children at primary...

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...

HALEN MÔN BLOG

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.

An office with a view

An office with a view

Building a brand-new Saltcote in the run up to the busiest time of the business year has its moments. When problems with costings and measurements coincide with Christmas orders there are times when you wonder why on earth you are doing it. But then it also has rather...

21 delicious things to try in Wales

21 delicious things to try in Wales

We're not quite sure you can narrow down the Welsh foods that you must try into just 21, but we were rather excited when we read that we were included in this Buzzfeed list. Particular favourites also on the list include Gower Cottage Brownies, who makes the...

A match made in Wales

A match made in Wales

I've failed to find a succinct and clever quote to explain how potatoes and salt need each other, but the fact remains that without seasoning potatoes can be underwhelming. How wonderful is it, then, that both Blas y Tir Pembrokeshire Earlies and Halen Môn are...

Rather good goodie bags

Rather good goodie bags

The Prince of Wales hosted a reception at the beginning of the month for world leaders during the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's (NATO's) Summit. As well as Barrack Obama and David Cameron, none other than Alison Lea-Wilson from Halen Môn was on the guest list....

A roof over our heads

A roof over our heads

This week at HM HQ the sun has been shining. Although the evenings betray the first signs of Autumn, Summer is still here, and the weather of late has been brilliant for building work. You can watch how much progress we have made here in this super quick time-lapse...

Cowsheds and chocolate

Cowsheds and chocolate

'Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple.' - Willy Wonka. - We always like visiting our customers on their home turf, and were very excited to go and see NomNom Chocolate in their new premises earlier...

Live from the Island

Live from the Island

We now have a webcam live from our new building site. It's strangely addictive, and, despite living just five minutes from the site and being there five days a week, we sometimes still like to watch it (!) Watch it here to see what the weather is like in Brynsiencyn...

A well-seasoned trio

A well-seasoned trio

The Halen Môn team is delighted to welcome its three newest members. Production Manager Ronan Burns has had extensive experience in the meat industry and also turned his hand to sorting out a failing call centre before joining us to plan and oversee the smooth...

Salted caramel pavlova

Salted caramel pavlova

INGREDIENTS 5 egg whites 200g light brown sugar 500ml double cream handful fresh fruit to top (we used strawberries) one jar of Halen Mon Salted Caramel Sauce optional edible flowers This decadent summer pudding is saved from being sickly sweet by the clean flavour of...

Halen Môn needs you!

Halen Môn needs you!

Quite simply, Halen Môn needs you. We want to fulfil our lifelong dream of writing a book, but we need you to buy your copy in advance to make it happen. From a saucepan of seawater on the Aga to seasoning the best restaurants in 22 countries – even topping President...