Both the Mexican salt and the Indonesian salt need more PR. Have some tourist guide bring them to the site to see the work that has to be done to create the salt. Have a salt stand near by for selling salt. Extra bonus points if some tourist restaurants/hotels dining area would use the salt as part of some feature dish. Also have it available to sell to guests. Foodie, healthy living people , fair trade supporter, eco-friendly people and others would totally eat this up. The story really writes itself.
Some things just are inferior and should fade away. If they never humanity would never progress. This is for educational purposes, not because this is worthy to preserve for any other reason than educational purposes.
Someone get the first man a solar panel for power, starlink for internet, and get him selling to Americans or the world online. I bet a small pump would help him tremendously too
@@yesican2012 thats not true, go back and listen to the video carefully...theyre not allowed to sell the LAND. They literally discuss 25 groups combining to make a brand and sell it higher prices...are you dense? stop stating false information lmao so dumb
As Indonesian myself I rarely saw Indonesian salt sold at the market. These days I bought local salt from online stores, but as the video said it is 4x-10x the price of imported refined salt. I can understand why even locals consider it as a luxury.
Those pink salt mines being 64F is actually amazing. Whether its just naturally cool down there or not, that must be a pretty ok work environment for the likes of the mining industry!
Nearly all caves and mines or such are around that tempature as long as air flow is present! Usually much colder during the summer and hotter during the winter! I was told just average the tempature of a place all year long. Then if you go into a cave it will usually be around that tempature with some exceptions. Cellars and basements also sit around that tempature. Just depends on how well insulated a place is! I do know the deeper you go the hotter it gets due to geological phenomenon. Like the diamond caves in Africa or the Crystal Caves in South America are just unbearably hot. Then there was one cave that this guy told me about that was exceptionally cold due to some underground rivers bringing in glacier cold water which cooled them down. Most important thing about caves is airflow. Some can be stifling.
There is another salt processing in India, similar to the Korean method we use clay pots and heat salt for a few days, we call it black salt which is used in fruit taste enhancers and is good for digestion.
The first fellow would benefit tremendously from some technical upgrades such as a simple pumping and filtration system. Nothing super involved or expensive.
Those guys in Pakistan are treated like workers in sweat shops, people need to stop buying any salt from there until the workers get more then 7 dollars a day for working. Its absurd they can sit there in those expensive suits and talk about being screwed over by India when they are doing the same thing if not worse to the workers.
Why are you saying "if not worse" as if India wasn't sourcing it from those same miners working in Pakistan but making a far greater profit margin while having none of the liability? I agree with you though that their wages need to be increased.
I don't know if this was a joke or not, but pink salt is not refined. That's why it's pink. Salt is white (colorless), as you know. Other minerals are colorful and the presence of other minerals along with the salt is why those rocks are pink. Those other minerals happen to be edible but if they weren't, you would just die from eating it.
FURTHERMORE, REFINED SALT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO MINERALS BECAUSE THEY REFINED OUT & THE MINERALS SOLD TO FARMERS FOR ANIMAL FEED. THEN MORE CHEMICALS ADDED FOR ANTI-CLUMPING, ETC
@@David-zl3bi define "mineral" Lets say Calcite (CaCO3), thats a mineral Normal table salt (NaCl) is a mineral, halite is what its called Both of these are salt (as in a metal ion, Na+ and Ca2+ with CO32- and Cl-)
Industrial salt producers "Adding preservatives to the salt" mydude... what.... It's salt. What's it gonna do? Rot or get moldy? Salt is THE Preservative of the ages.
He should think about building a canopy over the salt pools (maybe fully inclusive thrm in a greenhouse like building. That way he can still make salt when it rains.
The craziest thing is that about $150 a week is the average salary in Mexico for those in labor jobs. Some earn more as servers or working for the waste companies because of the tips clients give them or work bonuses and benefits like teachers
Funny how they want more people to buy from these small sellers but they almost never say the name so people can actually search for them and buy from them
@@David-zl3bi Well, youtube deleted the link. The website is: sal de pueblo. Prices range from $5 to $12, depending on how many ounces you want. Or from Etsy - when they are not sold out.
I REALLY wish documentaries like this could leave a donation site for these people or websites to buy the product. i am watching this and wanting to buy the product and...crickets
The funny thing about artisanal and craft salt, is that at the end of the day all of it is just salt. It all tastes the same because it is all the same compound, no matter how you make or harvest it.
how about you taste the salts and then you can check if the "It all tastes the same because it is all the same compound, no matter how you make or harvest it." is still true or not
It's still salt tho. I've had pink salt and black salt they all havea diff taste but reg salt is the best for food. All the fancy salts just don't help the food that well, at least in my opinion
Because its salt, and salt does not spoil. Salt is salt is salt. Its a chemical compound, and table salt specifically is sodium chloride. There may be mineral differences between salt mined in one part of the world and another, but those are in fact contaminants. Pure sodium chloride is the same no matter where on planet Earth you go. Stop falling for this gag.
There are more places around mesoamerica where mayan ppl got salt using differents processes My family are from one of them, it's called black salt and has an unique flavor and process too. Amazing too see the same problematic juan has with the salt from here, no ppl interested to continue making it and no good value of it 😢
As someone who works in food production and manufacturing, I sympatize with Juan. He is a hard working man. The salt is well produced however his production methods does not meet hygienic standards. Seeing him barefoot on salt does not make his salt narrative marketable. Wearing rubber or silicone boots would be better at least. Also if he had a pump system, he could pump the water and let it rest to get clear water. Salt tastes much better in clean water than in dirt water trust me. I understand we cannot change some traditions however if he wants his salt to sell,he will have to make some changes.
The yuppies in the states would kill for the salt in the first one. They love that organic sh*t and feet. Personally, I'd be happy to help him too. 50 cents for a liter of salt. Wild!!
3:23 I guess its tradition but when I saw a video of a chinese guy steping on flour for bread with bare feet it was part of a "food practices are not great in china" and if this was done anywhere in USA citizens would clap down and demand it stop. Some consistency would be appreciated in standards if we are expected to have some.
If people use their feet to stomp on food I'll be fine with it if they wore boots or some form of cleaned shoe. I don't trust people that use their bare feet, cleaned or uncleaned people can have fungus on their feet and sores and sweat..
Bamboo salt is a scam. Once the carbon based bamboo burns, it becomes carbon in the form of ash or charcoal. In the case of "their" bamboo, it turns to ash instead of the far more beneficial carbon. We know this because charcoal can only form in the absence of oxygen. And since the bamboo was shown being burned directly by flames, there must have been oxygen present for flame combustion. So you are eating ash (garbage) mixed with salt. Except it is even worse because ash turns to lye when exposed to water. (becomes super alkaline, similar to bleach) And salt just so happens to be hydroscopic, meaning it absorbs available moisture from the air to reach an ion neutral state. Sat also has a ph of 7 (neutral), meaning that you are now eating a super alkaline ash contaminated salt crystal. I can think of only one time you would want that... Really bad acid reflux.
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You _really_ don't need to put "([Person] speaks in a foreign language)" in the subtitles, especially when that caption is positioned over the burned-in captions that actually tell us what they're saying.
Because those governments want to keep their people poor. It is easier to be corrupt when the people have no other options. Too many Countries are like that, run by greedy men.
If anyone ever tells you it doesn't matter which salt you use don't listen to them!! They don't know what they're talking about. Good quality salt has many benefits. Table salt contains questionable ingredients and lacks minerals.
We Indonesia do import salt due to the demand of industry production, traditional making salt cannot use to industry production, only for domestic uses, that's why we import salt cause industry proccess need a pure high quality salt. And we dont have a salt dome or haven't discover yet salt dome...
0:28 --- Zapotitlán, Mexico
8:09 --- Punjab, Pakistan
16:32 --- Bali, Indonesia
24:34 --- Gochang, South Korea
Yeah they're repeat videos. This is just a compilation.
these salt makers are definately in need of modernizing of the way they sell their High quality salt
Both the Mexican salt and the Indonesian salt need more PR. Have some tourist guide bring them to the site to see the work that has to be done to create the salt. Have a salt stand near by for selling salt. Extra bonus points if some tourist restaurants/hotels dining area would use the salt as part of some feature dish. Also have it available to sell to guests. Foodie, healthy living people , fair trade supporter, eco-friendly people and others would totally eat this up. The story really writes itself.
Yea pls show the people that he uses his dirty bare feet that he walked up the mountain on to crush the salt
Some things just are inferior and should fade away. If they never humanity would never progress. This is for educational purposes, not because this is worthy to preserve for any other reason than educational purposes.
I'd have rather have his dirty feet salt than the toxic substances they sell in American grocery stores.
@@theurbanthirdhomestead Thank you, I don't why dirt = bad in America. I'll take some dirt over rat droppings in my peanut butter, but that just me.
@@fukkitful 🙋♂️
Someone get the first man a solar panel for power, starlink for internet, and get him selling to Americans or the world online. I bet a small pump would help him tremendously too
Pass on the foot salt
@@yesican2012 thats not true, go back and listen to the video carefully...theyre not allowed to sell the LAND.
They literally discuss 25 groups combining to make a brand and sell it higher prices...are you dense? stop stating false information lmao so dumb
@@ButterNut33.81k
You are correct. I misunderstood.
My comment removed.
@@Kurry34 That salt is cleaner than your hands!
The website is : sal de pueblo. TH-cam deleted the link.
Prices range from $5 to $12.
All respects to Juan. What a achievement… total respect.
But working in that white shirt… must be hard.
i think he use white shirt to feel cooler because he is working under the intense heat of sun..
@@jonathan1640 I thought it was because he is the Salt Jesus
As Indonesian myself I rarely saw Indonesian salt sold at the market. These days I bought local salt from online stores, but as the video said it is 4x-10x the price of imported refined salt. I can understand why even locals consider it as a luxury.
I'm curious: is Nengah speaking a completely different dialect or language? As a Malaysian, I can understand what the husband is saying, but not her 😅
Gracias a Juan por continuar con la sal artesanal Mexicana.
De México para el mundo.
As a Balinese, thank you for this video, my grandparents used to make salt, now they're too old to do that again
Fascinating.... didn't think I'd be watching, and enjoying, a video about salt on a sunny Friday afternoon. Thanks!
Again, I wish links were provided so that we may support these producers.
Those pink salt mines being 64F is actually amazing. Whether its just naturally cool down there or not, that must be a pretty ok work environment for the likes of the mining industry!
Nearly all caves and mines or such are around that tempature as long as air flow is present! Usually much colder during the summer and hotter during the winter!
I was told just average the tempature of a place all year long. Then if you go into a cave it will usually be around that tempature with some exceptions.
Cellars and basements also sit around that tempature. Just depends on how well insulated a place is!
I do know the deeper you go the hotter it gets due to geological phenomenon. Like the diamond caves in Africa or the Crystal Caves in South America are just unbearably hot.
Then there was one cave that this guy told me about that was exceptionally cold due to some underground rivers bringing in glacier cold water which cooled them down.
Most important thing about caves is airflow. Some can be stifling.
There is another salt processing in India, similar to the Korean method we use clay pots and heat salt for a few days, we call it black salt which is used in fruit taste enhancers and is good for digestion.
Juan wears the pride of his ancestors well. I wish I could somehow send him some money for his efforts and as a token of respect
10:33 that tractor loves its job.
Try searching Truck Art Pakistan
The first fellow would benefit tremendously from some technical upgrades such as a simple pumping and filtration system. Nothing super involved or expensive.
I would LOVE to buy this. I don’t care if it’s at an increased rate compared to other salts.
Those guys in Pakistan are treated like workers in sweat shops, people need to stop buying any salt from there until the workers get more then 7 dollars a day for working. Its absurd they can sit there in those expensive suits and talk about being screwed over by India when they are doing the same thing if not worse to the workers.
Why are you saying "if not worse" as if India wasn't sourcing it from those same miners working in Pakistan but making a far greater profit margin while having none of the liability? I agree with you though that their wages need to be increased.
Maybe you missed the part where the dude said they get paid well and on time.
@@jjww30 🤡
It's unbelievable how many people worked this hard to get a product into our hands
It is always so interesting to see so many variations of the same compound.
The whole process is fascinating to watch. Keep up the good work.
It's not
Bro Juan is 41...that salt making him young
rocks for feet
I said the same, was shocked to hear his age
🤔...ergo, salt is indeed a great preservative 🤣🎶🎵
Now we know the "fountain of youth"
16:48 I’m sorry, did she say 45?
juan a gangster. he gonna be balling in the future.
I absolutely LOVE pink salt. Its so...refined, delicious. Its such a treat.
I don't know if this was a joke or not, but pink salt is not refined. That's why it's pink. Salt is white (colorless), as you know. Other minerals are colorful and the presence of other minerals along with the salt is why those rocks are pink. Those other minerals happen to be edible but if they weren't, you would just die from eating it.
@@sebaschan-uwu Refined as in tasty.
@@ArthropodJay I'd suggest not misusing words
@@sebaschan-uwuBruhh who are you the adjective police this is a 7 month old comment that i was probably high while making
Why would you need to add preservers to salt? THE natural preserver! Way to go big salt.. lol
EXACTLY
FURTHERMORE, REFINED SALT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO MINERALS BECAUSE THEY REFINED OUT & THE MINERALS SOLD TO FARMERS FOR ANIMAL FEED.
THEN MORE CHEMICALS ADDED FOR ANTI-CLUMPING, ETC
@@David-zl3bi define "mineral"
Lets say Calcite (CaCO3), thats a mineral
Normal table salt (NaCl) is a mineral, halite is what its called
Both of these are salt (as in a metal ion, Na+ and Ca2+ with CO32- and Cl-)
@@floofypoofybread OUR BODIES NEED TRACE MINERALS SMALL AMOUNTS DAILY...ZINC, COPPER, MAGNESIUM, ETC.,. BUT MOST WESTERNERS ARE DEFICIENT !!
@@David-zl3bi ugh, may I have your data of reference?
The first guy is juan hard worker👍
that tractor in the pink salt mine was so gloriously beautiful!
Its awesome, thier work trucks are always decorated to the hilt, practically everything is
I know they can’t afford this but a $200 pump would radically improve their working conditions
Juan should invest in a generator and some pumps . He can get them second hand cheaply and he would be able to do more work with less effort.
really goes to show the will and commitment of dedicated individuals that arnt in it for the money a dieing trait
always wil be someone to exploit that though
The flavor of Juan's feet is what makes it special
Lol! That’s why I won’t be eating that salt! 🤢
@@rainesonne1320 dude, this guy has the cleanest feet in the world, tf you people talking about.
That's what I said lol
Juan flavored Salt 🤣
@@rainesonne1320 Salt kills bacteria, you're eating daily more bacteria than ever lived on this man's feet.
Hawaiians have traditional methods of making salt too :)
Industrial salt producers "Adding preservatives to the salt" mydude... what.... It's salt. What's it gonna do? Rot or get moldy? Salt is THE Preservative of the ages.
These are artisanal workers are heroes
We humans get really creative at producing salt!
we have salt mines here in the US, in the state of Utah - which millions of years ago was part of an ocean
8:24 i understand his reasoning it’s his culture, but there’s so many improvements he could make to increase his profit.
Incredible source of our daily life
Please @Insider Business share some links for us to support these businesses!
Please use metric measurements. Most of the world doesn’t know Fahrenheit
He should think about building a canopy over the salt pools (maybe fully inclusive thrm in a greenhouse like building. That way he can still make salt when it rains.
The craziest thing is that about $150 a week is the average salary in Mexico for those in labor jobs. Some earn more as servers or working for the waste companies because of the tips clients give them or work bonuses and benefits like teachers
the zapotitlan mexico salt place looks like a movie set. Love it.
Funny how they want more people to buy from these small sellers but they almost never say the name so people can actually search for them and buy from them
I know that stomping and squishing wet salt with my bare feet would sting so bad but I really really want to 🥲
If this guy used gravity to aid in transporting the water from 1 section to another he would of saved himself allot of hard work
Juan makes me Proud of being MEXICAN... 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Much respect from 🇺🇸
Bravo for the salt miners, thank you for your hard work 🙏🏽
Nangga you are a gift for the Balinese!
SO HOW CAN WE BUY HIS SALT ???!!
Per indigenous laws, they can not sell outside the community.
I misunderstood and was corrected by Vandit Marfut.
It is the land they are not allowed to sell outside the community. Not the salt.
@@yesican2012 OK, SO HOW CAN WE ORDER THIS SALT ??
@@David-zl3bi
Well, youtube deleted the link.
The website is: sal de pueblo.
Prices range from $5 to $12, depending on how many ounces you want.
Or from Etsy - when they are not sold out.
I think we would have to go there and buy some. Hopefully, the co-op will improve the situation.
Asin Tibuok from Bohol, Philippines should also be included in this list of rare salts.
Juan needs help in getting his local laws changed so that he can sell to a wider audience.
He can. The sale of the land is what is prohibited
He can't sell the native land to outsiders, but he can sell the product but since it's just salt most Mexicans aren't hyped about it.
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Um. I find myself wanting to make a large investment in Juan’s salt.
Their feet undoubtedly make the salt one of the rarest in the world.
WOW , this is so interesting .
Expedient episode 👌
I REALLY wish documentaries like this could leave a donation site for these people or websites to buy the product. i am watching this and wanting to buy the product and...crickets
Hi, could you look into the Kalahari rock salt of Botswana - thanks!
TL;DR this salt is expensive because they refuse to modernize their manufacturing process
The workers from Mexico and Indonesia have beautiful feet
Your saying nobody wants to pay extra for foot salt? Interesting
I thought the title was "How Four Of The Rarest Salts Survived For Curries" I didn't know curry was so important 😂😂
0:10 someone has been walking over your fish and chip salt with nasty feet. 😂
What’s the brand name for Juan’s salt? I know it’s in that city in Mexico. But numerous brands pop up?
It would be nice to see some of the shelf price for artisanal salt going back to the actual workers rather than being siphoned off by mddlemen.
Not only do u get mountain salt. You get feet sweat
have a look in Portugal they have a hull town on sea salt
in figuera da foz and see fields of salt
The funny thing about artisanal and craft salt, is that at the end of the day all of it is just salt. It all tastes the same because it is all the same compound, no matter how you make or harvest it.
how about you taste the salts and then you can check if the "It all tastes the same because it is all the same compound, no matter how you make or harvest it." is still true or not
dude left to take a shit
It's still salt tho. I've had pink salt and black salt they all havea diff taste but reg salt is the best for food. All the fancy salts just don't help the food that well, at least in my opinion
Where can we buy Juan's salt?
Damn that tractor outside himaliyan salt mine was over decorated.... these folks luvs their ride
Did anyone else notice that the miner said they get paid well and on time only for insider to then say how little they actually make 😭
Because its salt, and salt does not spoil.
Salt is salt is salt. Its a chemical compound, and table salt specifically is sodium chloride. There may be mineral differences between salt mined in one part of the world and another, but those are in fact contaminants. Pure sodium chloride is the same no matter where on planet Earth you go. Stop falling for this gag.
There are more places around mesoamerica where mayan ppl got salt using differents processes
My family are from one of them, it's called black salt and has an unique flavor and process too.
Amazing too see the same problematic juan has with the salt from here, no ppl interested to continue making it and no good value of it 😢
As someone who works in food production and manufacturing, I sympatize with Juan. He is a hard working man. The salt is well produced however his production methods does not meet hygienic standards. Seeing him barefoot on salt does not make his salt narrative marketable. Wearing rubber or silicone boots would be better at least. Also if he had a pump system, he could pump the water and let it rest to get clear water. Salt tastes much better in clean water than in dirt water trust me. I understand we cannot change some traditions however if he wants his salt to sell,he will have to make some changes.
The yuppies in the states would kill for the salt in the first one. They love that organic sh*t and feet.
Personally, I'd be happy to help him too. 50 cents for a liter of salt. Wild!!
3:23 I guess its tradition but when I saw a video of a chinese guy steping on flour for bread with bare feet it was part of a "food practices are not great in china" and if this was done anywhere in USA citizens would clap down and demand it stop.
Some consistency would be appreciated in standards if we are expected to have some.
If people use their feet to stomp on food I'll be fine with it if they wore boots or some form of cleaned shoe. I don't trust people that use their bare feet, cleaned or uncleaned people can have fungus on their feet and sores and sweat..
Bamboo salt is a scam.
Once the carbon based bamboo burns, it becomes carbon in the form of ash or charcoal.
In the case of "their" bamboo, it turns to ash instead of the far more beneficial carbon.
We know this because charcoal can only form in the absence of oxygen.
And since the bamboo was shown being burned directly by flames, there must have been oxygen present for flame combustion.
So you are eating ash (garbage) mixed with salt.
Except it is even worse because ash turns to lye when exposed to water. (becomes super alkaline, similar to bleach)
And salt just so happens to be hydroscopic, meaning it absorbs available moisture from the air to reach an ion neutral state.
Sat also has a ph of 7 (neutral), meaning that you are now eating a super alkaline ash contaminated salt crystal.
I can think of only one time you would want that...
Really bad acid reflux.
wow
i read this as "How Four Of The Rarest insults Survived For Centuries." i am forever disappointed.
Zapititlan salt is it sold in San Diego?
Salt that’s not overly salty………..🤔😕🤔🤔
What did she say at 19:29 ?
No links to buy any of juans salt...video makers are exploitating these people
Himayan salt just tastes better I'm my opinion
4:00 Noone adds preservatives to salt... salt IS the preservative...
Make a video on sambalpuri text tile industry
Man, three tonnes of salt every 6 weeks for just over $100 a week to take home. That really does keep me humble. Shit could be worse.
I sometimes wonder if these people would do well in the Olympics. I'm sure their particular skillset would fit with at least one sport out there.
This is a reupload, right?
Yup - they love bundling a few Still Standings together and call it a new video 🙄
Where can I get some of that first salt?
Khabar dar aap sab side pe ho jaye!
For how long, if they keep mining it
I like it
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You _really_ don't need to put "([Person] speaks in a foreign language)" in the subtitles, especially when that caption is positioned over the burned-in captions that actually tell us what they're saying.
Why won't laws let Juan and the other produsers sell online? I would personally buy. Damn politicians and their stupid laws
Because those governments want to keep their people poor. It is easier to be corrupt when the people have no other options. Too many Countries are like that, run by greedy men.
@@jaklg7905 Couldn't agree more
I feel like its cartels that don’t let him sell it
If anyone ever tells you it doesn't matter which salt you use don't listen to them!! They don't know what they're talking about. Good quality salt has many benefits. Table salt contains questionable ingredients and lacks minerals.
we should pay them more.
Then the cartels will take over.😒
We Indonesia do import salt due to the demand of industry production, traditional making salt cannot use to industry production, only for domestic uses, that's why we import salt cause industry proccess need a pure high quality salt. And we dont have a salt dome or haven't discover yet salt dome...
All salt ends up in the ocean, increasing Salinity.
Pre industril of this resource would be close to natural?
It all taste the same to me. I’ll stick with my .50 cent grocery label salt lol
why didnt he use pump or filtration system?it will saves him alot of time.
I developed a crush in Shin Min-Kyu tkx
Korean lava bamboo salt sells for $77 per 10 oz
what's the brand?
No chemicals just Juana toe James