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Salted butter caramel was perfected in Brittany in 1977
Chocolatier Henri Le Roux of Quiberon created his caramel au beurre salé in 1977. It was named best sweet in France at the Paris confectionery fair in 1980, and he trademarked “CBS” in 1981. Bretons had long salted their butter: under France's old salt tax, salt cost far less in Brittany than almost anywhere else in the kingdom.
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The Salt Almanac. (2026, November 8). Salted butter caramel was perfected in brittany in 1977. https://saltalmanac.com/did-you-know/salted-caramel-brittany
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Original sources
- Taste France. Salted butter caramel. https://www.tastefrance.com/french-products/sweet-products/salted-butter-caramel
- Wikipedia. Gabelle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabelle