Fleur de Sel ‘Chion’ 175gr

Meet the Producer

In 1935 Spyros Kanellopoulos established a small enterprise on Astiggos Street in the city of Patras, processing sea salt that underwent conventional washing, drying and grinding to be sold in 50-kg sacks. Our salt was packaged in rectangular cardboard boxes, replacing the bulk sale that was the norm at groceries until that time. During that era, it was named ‘CHION’, meaning ‘snow’ and symbolising the purity of the salt. In 1980 CHION moved to its present-day premises in the Patras Industrial Park, covering an area of 10,000 sq.m. and buildings with an area of 2,500 sq.m.; the enterprise began using fully innovative, state-of-the-art equipment to produce natural crystal sea salt products on par with those marketed by the largest European producers.