When planning this bar, Amano reached out to their good friend Mark Bitterman (of Bitterman Salts). He is a great guy and perhaps the country’s leading expert on exotic salts. Together they chose a beautiful Japanese sea salt that is hand made from ocean water pumped from the ocean’s depths (where the sea water is ultra pure). The cocoa used to make the milk chocolate comes from Ocumare, Venezuela and the nibs are made with cocoa from Ecuador. This is a very lovable milk chocolate bar!