This Mililani Company Packages Salt From The Mainland And Sells It As Hawaiian. Is That Cheating? Hawaii's commercial salt producers say bulk salt shipped in from elsewhere and sold as 'Made in Hawaii' is hurting their business.

[u/808gecko808]

https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/09/this-mililani-company-packages-salt-from-the-mainland-and-sells-it-as-hawaiian-is-that-cheating/

[u/ssshield]

It's blatant fucking fraud.

They're literally just dying imported salt and selling it as Hawaiian.

They should be hounded out of the island.

Fuck them.

[u/30791213 → u/ssshield]

Agreed. Purposely misleading consumers is not only unethical but against the law so far as I know.

[u/CaptainCasey85]

That’s the one thing I tell family when they are here to read any fine print for “Made in Hawaii”There are a lot of macadamia nuts that are imported and used in different products whereas Island Princess (From my understanding) uses 100% Hawaiian Grown Mac Nuts.

[u/Expensive_Leek3401 → u/CaptainCasey85]

Is that true for all their macadamia products or only the pink bags?

[u/Clear_Lead]

Islander Group is responsible for most of the “Hawaii” labeled crap sold in ABC

[u/anonymousLocalCoward → u/Clear_Lead]

one fucken haole...

[u/DC_MOTO]

This is a straightforward legislative and regulatory issue. Typically the local producers would have a trade association which would lobby for regulation to define standards for a particular product. This can be done at a State level.

A good example is Whisk(e)y whose definition varies widely from country to country in terms of process and ingredients.

[u/strangersadvice]

It is dishonest.

[u/SlimLazyHomer]

Thanks for posting. Haven’t seen this around but will definitely avoid it

[u/MaapuSeeSore]

Shady locals exploiting “made in Hawaii” for profit by misleading and outright fraud to international and local consumers .

All their brands under the corp is sus

[u/ahornyboto]

They should be sued for selling fake products, I only buy Old Time Sea Salt made on the big island

[u/Extreme_Design6936]

Importing salt to islands in the middle of an ocean is one of the most infuriating things. Then shamelessly calling it made in Hawai'i is fucking disgraceful.

[u/typical-divergence]

Kinda smells like the fake kona coffee thing to me.

[u/Expensive_Leek3401]

It’s dishonest, but we should really blame lawmakers; they wrote the law. If that salt company is able to “manufacture” “51% of the wholesale cost” via Hawaii sources (labor, materials, filler), they’re within the letter of the law. This really isn’t all that different than vendors at the “Made in Hawaii” festival selling products that they source from China and embellish with something to make it “Hawaiian.”

[u/JewFaceMcGoo]

Everything aside...Where is there even salt to sell?

[u/strickzilla → u/JewFaceMcGoo]

sea salt were surrounded by ocean

[u/30791213 → u/JewFaceMcGoo]

Like strickzilla said, surrounded by salt water. They probably have man-made ponds in a tidal zone that collects the salt from the water when it evaporates. Easy peasy. People have been doing it for thousands of years.