FAQ
HOW LONG ARE YOUR SEASONING BLENDS GOOD FOR?
About 3 years after the mix date. Dried herbs and spices have a delightfully long shelf life. That said, our blends taste the freshest if consumed within the first year from the date of purchase.
Luckily, most people tend to go through our blends faster than typical grocery store brands. Why? Because our seasonings always contain no salt, so you don't have to be as worried about adding too much. The more you sprinkle, the more flavor you get without any extra unwanted saltiness. So don't be afraid to season with these more generously than you normally would!
Are your seasoning blends organic and non-gmo?
Close - but not quite. While we wish we could say 100% yes, this is unfortunately not the case - yet! Due to the fact that we are a very small, brand-new business operating under cottage law, it has been challenging to source all of our ingredients from the same companies all the time. Things go out of stock, certain ingredients are harder to source than others, and there are a handful of things that we have been unable to source organically so far.
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That said, we select the highest quality products that we can find at any given time, and the vast majority of them are organic, which also means those organic ingredients are non-GMO. Approximately 80-100% of each blend is organic, depending on where we have sourced our ingredients from for that batch.
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We currently source the majority of our ingredients from Essential Organics and Starwest Botanicals.
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It is our goal to become 100% organic and non-GMO, once we have grown and become more established and can find more consistent sources for our products. Your continued support helps us to reach that goal sooner!
ARE YOUR SEASONING BLENDS GLUTEN FREE? WHAT ABOUT OTHER ALLERGENS?
It's complicated. A couple of our blends contain nuts (like cashew powder in Filipino Flavor) and dairy (such as cheese or buttermilk powder) - so be sure to check the ingredients list if you are sensitive to either of these. These never go through our grinder; each individual batch is hand-mixed in a bowl and is thoroughly washed in between each batch to ensure no cross-contamination.
We do not add any fillers to our spice blends, therefore they are all naturally gluten free. All our blends are ground and mixed on equipment that is not shared with gluten or soy.
Unfortunately, at the moment, we cannot guarantee that the original ingredients (spices, powders, and herbs, prior to our blending them) have not been processed on shared equipment. That is why we have the warning on our labels.
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We take tremendous care and pride in making our blends as accessible as we can. We have celiac friends and family members who use our blends regularly. However, if you are extremely allergic or sensitive to products made on shared equipment, we recommend that you do not consume our blends, just to be safe.
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Looking to the future, it is our goal to be able to source our ingredients from places that we can guarantee have not been processed on shared equipment, so keep an eye out as we continue to grow!
How can I fix a jar that has clumped?
Yes, clumping can be annoying at times, and it can happen to any spice blend.
Sometimes certain ingredients can make some of our blends tend to clump a little more than others. And if any moisture gets in your spices (for example, steam from a simmering pot that you are adding spices to) it can sometimes cause the blend to clump. Luckily, this is easily remedied.
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Simply pop the clear plastic fitment (interior lid) off the top of the jar. Then take a butter knife or other small utensil and press it down to the bottom of the jar, gently mashing against the sides of the jar, to push the clumps apart. Voila! It's like new.
ARE YOU PLANNING ON OFFERING REFILLS FOR YOUR JARS?
Yes! This is still a work in progress, but we are planning on offering jar refills in the near future, in two sizes: 2 oz (single jar refill) and 4 oz (two jar refill, for those of you that go through your blends as fast as we do in our home kitchen!)
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The labels on our jars are waterproof, so that you can clean your emptied jars and refill as often as you'd like.
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This has the benefit of being more environmentally friendly (the refill bags and labels are compostable, just like our sample size bags). In addition, we are able to offer the refills for slightly discounted prices, since the bags do not cost as much as the glass jars and waterproof labels, and we are able to pass those savings on to you.