British Salt Limited is a United Kingdom-based chemical company that produces pure white salt. The company is owned by Tata Chemicals Europe after a buy out from private equity company LDC[1] in April 2010. It is based in Middlewich, Cheshire, employs 125 people, and produces approximately 800,000 tonne of pure white salt every year.[1]
LDC bought British Salt from its previous owners, US Salt Holdings LLC in 2007, investing £35m in the company. A management team has taken a minority stake.[1] US Salt had bought British Salt from its previous owners, Staveley Industries plc in 2000 for £80m.[2] In 2005, British Salt acquired New Cheshire Salt Works Limited, known as NCSW Limited. This acquisition was referred to the Competition Commission[3] who approved the purchase.