Philippine's dinosaur egg - What is asin tibuok? And why is it trending online?

Asin tibuok is an artisanal salt made in Alburquerque municipality in the Philippines’ Bohol province. PHOTO: X PY_BUN/TIKTOK

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): Asin tibuok is one of the latest Filipino ingredients to go viral online.

Israeli vlogger Nas Daily featured the ingredient in one of his recent videos, which garnered more than 70,000 likes on TikTok alone. In his clickbaity title, he presented the ingredient as a “dinosaur egg”, but that’s not what it is.