This fleur de sel (flower of salt), as it is known, makes up only a small percentage of the annual harvest, but it is much appreciated in French cuisine.
Niisuguseid soolakristalle kutsutakse fleur de sel’iks (soolalill). Need soolakristallid, mis on prantsuse köögis väga hinnatud, moodustavad aga iga - aastasest soolasaagist üksnes väikese osa.