Mexican Spices

Our original blend, bursting with the sweet and savoury flavours of cumin, paprika and Mexican chillies, Tex Mex Taco Spice is a fantastic addition to a home-cooked Mexican-style feast. Whether you're using it to season fried beans or minced meat, it's guaranteed to be a hit!

Flavour Notes: Smoky, savoury, earthy, mildly spicy

Cuisine: Mexican

Heat Level: 2/5

Our Mini Mex Taco Spice is big on flavour, but mild on heat - ideal if you're cooking for children, or if chilli is just not your thing.

Developed as the sibling to our top-selling Tex Mex Taco Spice, Mini Mex Taco Spice delivers a bright, zingy and bold flavour owing to distinctive ingredients like lemon myrtle and amchur. We'll guarantee that the whole family will love it.

Free of fillers, anti-caking agents and artificial flavour enhancers, this blend is also super versatile - Beef Tacos, Mini Mex Guacamole and a 5-Minute Tomato Salsa are all ready in 30 minutes and made using just our Mini Mex Taco Spice.

Flavour Notes: Smoky, earthy, savoury

Cuisine: Mexican

Heat Level: 0/5

Zingy black lime, smoky Spanish paprika and four different chillies - this seasoning will freshen up your barbecuing repertoire for good. This earthy blend is best made into a marinade - mix equal parts spice with high-heat oil and apply generously to fatty cuts like salmon or chicken drumsticks. Also delicious on prawns and barramundi. Finish with a squeeze of juicy lemon.

Flavour Notes: Smoky, zingy, bright

Cuisine: Australian

Heat Level: 2/5

Guacamole Spice is a great addition to any Mexican feast. Originating with the Aztecs in Mexico, Guacamole is now eaten worldwide as a condiment, dip, spread and with salads. Our spice mix is a family favourite with versatile uses, and is the key ingredient in a flavourful, easy-to-make guacamole. Enjoy with warm tortilla chips or in a taco.

Flavour Notes: Bright, citrusy, savoury

Cuisine: Mexican

Heat Level: 0/5

Inspired by the age-old Yucatan dish cochinita pibil, this rub helps you cook an authentic Mexican family favourite at home. With smokiness and a mild, earthy heat from chipotle, and vibrancy from the traditional annatto seed, this blend is a sure-fire hit for lovers of Mexican food. Make low-and-slow pulled pork to serve in tacos, burritos, with rice and beans, in sliders or as a pizza topping. This versatile blend also makes a delicious chipotle mayo and combines well with beans for a vegetarian taco filling.

Flavour Notes: Smoky, savoury, earthy, medium heat

Cuisine: Mexican

Heat Level: 3/5

Viva Tex Mex! The official dish of the US state of Texas, chilli con carne literally means 'chilli with meat' and is often referred to as just 'chilli'. Ours is a delicious and fiery blend that's hard to beat. Packed full of Mexican chillies and cumin, this blend is perfect in tacos, spicy casseroles and bean soup.

Flavour Notes: Fiery, savoury, earthy, complex

Cuisine: American

Heat Level: 3/5

Be whisked away to the wide open spaces of Argentina's Pampas region with Chimichurri spice. Its original Basque name tximitxurri (translating to 'a mixture of everything'), refers not only to the array of ingredients, but to the versatility of its use which is influenced by geography, family traditions and the individual cook. This blend of herbs and spices makes the ultimate accompaniment to grilled or roasted meats, whether used as a zingy marinade before cooking or poured over meat or vegetables after grilling.

Flavour Notes: Herbaceous, savoury, slightly smokey

Cuisine: Argentinian

Heat Level: 0/5

Open a jar of our Cinnamon and once you smell the difference, you’ll realise that not all cinnamon is the same.
Ceylon cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum - literally 'true cinnamon') is grown in Sri Lanka and has a sweeter, more floral and delicate character than anything you've likely used before. Our A Grade is the finest tier available, with a high essential oil content and an exceptional fragrance straight from the jar.
Subtly sweet and woody, cinnamon imparts a delicate warmth that melds and harmonises other flavours. It is beautiful used in baking, porridge and warm drinks, or added to savoury Moroccan and Indian dishes such as tagines and curries for a subtle, aromatic sweetness.

While chillies are mostly used for their flavour and heat, paprika is used for its vibrant colour and full-bodied flavour. Also from the capsicum family, paprika is the name given to only slightly hot members. This paprika (also known as 'pimentón ahumado') is strongly smoked and neither sweet nor hot.

At medieval weddings in Germany, the bride and groom carried cumin, amongst other spices, in their pockets to secure themselves against infidelity. Generally, though, cumin is added to dishes all over the world for its warm, earthy aroma and flavour: a touch bitter, even nutty, similar to caraway yet less intense. Also known as: Cummin, jeera.

At medieval weddings in Germany, the bride and groom carried cumin, amongst other spices, in their pockets to secure themselves against infidelity. Generally, though, cumin is added to dishes all over the world for its warm, earthy aroma and flavour: a little bitter, even nutty, similar to caraway yet less intense. Also known as: Cummin, jeera

Cayenne pepper, contrary to its name, has nothing to do with pepper: it's a blend of hot chillies selected to provide a balance of heat. Use instead of chilli powder or even pepper. Great in scrambled eggs, frittatas and quiche. Also known as: Aleva, bird pepper, cow horn, guinea spice, hot chilli powder.

Heat Level: 8/10

Oregano is widely used in Turkish, Greek, Portuguese, Spanish, Latin American and Italian cuisines. The dried leaves are often more flavourful than the fresh ones. With a strong, savoury aroma, oregano is commonly used in tomato sauces, soups, stews, pizza, pasta, grilled meats and is a great complement to olives, capers and spicy food.

Used primarily as a natural red food colouring, annatto seed appears most commonly in South and Central American cookery, such as in achiote paste and adobo. Its soft lemon-peppery taste and mint tones complement seafood, meats, vegetables and rice.

Mild seedless chilli is made by deseeding the fruit of long chilli to remove some of the heat, then chopping to form a crushed flake. Excellent in pasta, risotto and other dishes where you want visual appeal and just a friendly suggestion of heat. Its bright colour lifts barbecue seafood marinades and poultry dishes. Seedless chilli also sticks to food better than its seeded counterpart.

Heat Level: 6/10

The Mayans began mixing cocoa with ground chilli and spices as early as AD 460, when they discovered the fantastic taste and health benefits of Mayan Chilli Chocolate. Rich, earthy and chocolatey with a slow-building heat that lingers rather than shouts. This blend is at home in both sweet and savoury dishes, from grown-up chocolate desserts to rich sauces and traditional Mexican moles.

Flavour Notes: Rich, slow-building heat, earthy, chocolatey

Cuisine: Guatemalan

Heat Level: 3/5