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2009 Gear Awards

Kona Sea Salt takes Shape You Top Gear Award

Shape You’s 2009 Gear Awards are out

Shape You’s 2009 Natural Product, Health and Fitness Gear Awards feature 73 categories with over 1370 items.

Kona Sea Salt receives Top Gear Award, the highest of Shape You’s 2009 Awards

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AstaFactor Sports Formula takes Shape You Great Gear Award

Shape You’s 2009 Gear Awards are out

Shape You’s 2009 Natural Product, Health and Fitness Gear Awards feature 84 entries in the supplements category.

AstaFactor Sports Formula receives Great Gear Award, the second highest of Shape You’s 2009 Awards. See more of Shape You’s 2009 Gear Awards at www.shapeyou.com More

Film Crews Visit Kona Sea Salt™ for PBS Series

Chef Craig Priebe chooses the best of the best

The Big Island was chosen for the pilot program because some of the tastiest salt in the world is produced here.

Chef Craig Priebe hosts the youthful, fast-paced style show of great food and lively music. George Elder, president of Luminair, chose Kona Sea Salt and facility to feature in first episode/pilot.

Honolulu Star Bulletin, Jan 29, 2010, Dave Segal

Warns it expects to continue to incur smaller operating losses for the 2010 fiscal year

Mera lost $100,410 in three-month period ending Oct. 31, 2009, versus $1.8 million loss in year-ago period

Mera reached an agreement for bulk purchase of Kona Deep Sea Salt from unsold inventory

Honolulu Star Bulletin, Jun 28, 2009, Allison Schaefers

The economy might be down, but the Friday night crowd at Tropics Bar & Grill obviously didn’t get that memo. Vigilla, who grew up on a farm in Hilo, is making it his mission to use local ingredients in his menus and to endorse the products.

The diversity of Hawaii’s agriculture is incredible,” Vigilla said. “From Kahua Ranch beef to Hamakua mushrooms, from Hawaiian vanilla (the only vanilla farmed in the United States) to Kona Sea Salt — the selection is so vast. More

Salt on Ice Cream?

We are thankful to have been invited to participate in the 2009 Taste of the Hawaiian Range and thankful for the overwhelming compliments from all of you who visited our booth to take part in our tasting. What a spectacular event for showcasing the best in Big Island agriculture, farming and ranching.

For those of you who missed the Kona Sea Salt experience, it was incredible. Kona Sea Salt featured two items to showcase the distinct difference Kona Sea Salt makes on food flavors.

The first tasting included freshly made tortilla chips dusted with Kona Sea Salt and a signature guacamole dish from Hole Guacamole using all fresh Hawaii Island ingredients including Kona Sea Salt. Local chefs and self-proclaimed “guac experts” were all impressed!

Next was a mouth watering dessert combination of Tropical Dreams’ Kona Coffee ice cream with a fresh grind of Kona Sea Salt on top, then draped with a warm chocolate ganache from the Original Hawaiian Chocolate Company and topped with a fresh macadamia nut from Kona Coast Macadamia Nut and Candy Factory . Wow! The “salt on ice cream” skeptics instantly became fans. Read more…