also: てんねんじお
natural salt
Salt produced by natural evaporation (e.g., sun-dried sea salt) without artificial refinement or additives.
この天然塩はミネラルが豊富です。
This natural salt is rich in minerals.
海塩 specifically means sea salt, while 天然塩 can include other natural sources like rock salt.
Standard kanji spelling; the reading てんねんえん is the most common.
Alternate reading using kun'yomi for 塩; less common but recognized.
Compound of 天然 (natural) and 塩 (salt).