Essence Botanicals - Salted Seville Marmalade

Citrus | Bittersweet | Salted

A bold Norfolk marmalade with a modern, zesty twist.

Produced in Norfolk by Essence →

Essence Botanicals Salted Seville Marmalade takes everything we love about a traditional Seville orange marmalade and introduces one small but rather clever addition – a touch of salt.

Handmade in small batches in Norfolk, it has all the bright citrus, characteristic bitterness and sweetness you'd expect from Seville oranges. The salt doesn't make the marmalade taste salty; instead, it heightens the fruit, tempers the sweetness and brings another dimension to those wonderfully bitter citrus flavours.

The result is a bold, beautifully balanced marmalade that feels both reassuringly traditional and distinctly contemporary.

What does Salted Seville Marmalade taste like?

Expect the unmistakable sharp citrus and bittersweet character of Seville oranges, with a subtle savoury edge from the salt.

It's all about balance. The salt enhances rather than dominates, making the orange taste brighter while providing a counterpoint to the sweetness.

That little savoury note also makes this an unusually versatile marmalade – equally convincing on hot buttered toast or sitting alongside a good piece of cheese.

How to enjoy it

Breakfast might be the obvious place to start, but the combination of citrus, bitterness, sweetness and salt opens up plenty of other possibilities. Try it:

• Generously spread over hot buttered toast
• With croissants or freshly baked bread
• Alongside mature Cheddar
• With blue cheese
• As part of a cheeseboard
• Glazed over ham or pork
• With roast duck
• Stirred into sauces and marinades
• Added to cakes and baking
• As a glaze for citrus cakes
• Spoon over natural yoghurt

Its combination of sweet, bitter and savoury flavours makes it particularly good with richer foods, where the citrus provides a welcome contrast.

Product Details

Product: Salted Seville Marmalade
Producer: Essence Botanicals
Made in: Norfolk, England
Style: Small-batch artisan marmalade
Key Flavours: Seville orange and salt
Character: Citrusy, bittersweet and subtly savoury

Why we like it

Salt has a remarkable ability to make other flavours taste more like themselves, and that's exactly what makes this marmalade interesting.

It doesn't suddenly turn Seville marmalade into something unrecognisable. Instead, that little touch of salt seems to amplify everything that's already good about it – the orange becomes brighter, the bitterness more defined and the sweetness better balanced.

It's a small twist, but a clever one.

Handmade in Norfolk and proof that sometimes changing a classic doesn't require reinventing it – just knowing exactly what to add.