Cervia sweet salt is unique in the world and is still harvested using the traditional method. Its organoleptic characteristics make it ‘sweet’ because it lacks bitter chlorides. This salt is “integral” sea salt: its origin is sea water which is evaporated and concentrated until the actual salt is produced. Integral because it is only washed with mother water (water with a much higher salinity concentration than that of the sea and lower than that of salt) which is rich in trace elements and substances that are naturally beneficial to the body. Its typical colour is not very white, on the contrary it has all the shades of pink and grey that derive from the production process.

The almond tree has been present in Mediterranean countries since ancient times. It arrived in Italy thanks to the Phoenicians and almonds were mainly used for the preparation of sweets and for the oil which, from the Middle Ages onwards, was sometimes used instead of the more expensive olive oil. In traditional medieval and Renaissance iconography, the almond often surrounds Christ or the Virgin Mary to signify that the divine nature is contained within the human one. The Toritto almond, cultivar ‘Filippo Cea’, is closely linked to the territory and contributes to its biodiversity. It is cultivated using organic farming methods in the Alta Murgia National Park. In 2004 the Toritto Almond became part of the Ark of Taste, obtaining recognition as a Slow Food Presidium; in the same year the Puglia region identified it as a ‘typical and traditional product’.