›Here's why Kenya's award-winning indigenous river reed salt is almost 22 times the price of standard sea salt
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business09:22Here's why Kenya's award-winning indigenous river reed salt is almost 22 times the price of standard sea saltOn day one, harvesters cut out these river reeds. And in 8 days, after drying, burning and filtering, th...e reeds will produce one of the most expensive salts in the world. Just one tablespoon of river reed salt costs about $1 in Kenya. Compare that to the 4 cents it costs locals for the same amount of sea salt. So how do producers make salt from river reeds? And why is it so expensive?