Media mogul Oprah Winfrey likes to carry special salt wherever she goes.

She says she is a "truffle freak" and can't resist the funghi flavour so not only does she request truffle salt to season her food in hotels, she also carries some around with her, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

"I'm a truffle freak. I walk around with truffle salt, that's on my rider for the hotels. Truffle salt, truffle oil," she said.

"I want to go to Alba (Italy) and do the truffle hunt with the pigs in October," she added.