An Ayr based salt company will see its joint Young's Seafood product delivered to over 450 Asda stores across the UK.

Ayr's Blackthorn Salt has teamed up with the UK's largest specialist seafood brand Young's Seafood to supply its new Extra Special Blackthorn Dry-Cured Smoked Salmon product to the supermarket stores

The Extra Special, superior grade salmon is hand cured with Ayr-based Blackthorn sea salt flakes, and then undergoes a 30-hour smoking process.

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Senior Development Manager at Youngs Seafood, Paul Terris, said: “We have enjoyed a longstanding partnership with Asda and are delighted to bring this exclusive Extra Special product to festive feasts across the UK this Christmas.

“We are very proud of our Scottish heritage and at our picturesque smokehouse in the far Northeast of Scotland, our smoked salmon experts have spent many months perfecting the production process.

“Our salmon is hand cured with Blackthorn sea salt flakes made in the world’s only working graduation thorn tower in Ayr, using methods that are patient, gentle and sustainable. We are delighted to bring this truly Scottish salmon product exclusively to Asda stores across the UK.”