Blog - spices

Since 2019 not a year has gone by without a food safety agency ruling on turmeric supplements. Italy made a warning on the label compulsory, the French agency set a maximum dose, the UK toxicity committee published a dedicated assessment, Canada imposed mandatory warning text and, in April 2026, th..

Every few years a spice becomes fashionable and reaches the shelves before anyone quite knows what to do with it. Right now it is the turn of za'atar and sumac, the two cornerstones of Middle Eastern cooking. Most people buy the jar, use it once on a bowl of hummus and leave it at the back of the cu..