Organic Basil
Organic Basil
- Organic
- Gluten Free
- Kosher
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Smith & Truslow Organic Basil is USDA certified organic and third-party tested for heavy metals — delivering the sweet, slightly peppery, clove-like floral fragrance and flavor that makes basil the most beloved culinary herb in Italian, Mediterranean, and Southeast Asian cooking.
Our organic basil is sourced from the finest basil-growing regions and carefully dried at low temperatures to preserve its essential oils, vibrant green color, and signature sweet aroma. Whether you're finishing a Caprese salad, stirring into a classic tomato sauce, seasoning a Margherita pizza, blending a fresh pesto, garnishing a Thai curry, or making a summer pasta, Smith & Truslow organic basil delivers a sweetness, freshness, and aromatic complexity that grocery store dried basil simply can't match.
Dried Basil vs Fresh Basil — When to Use Each
Fresh basil and dried basil each have a distinct role in the kitchen — and understanding the difference makes you a more confident, more flavorful cook. Fresh basil is delicate and bright, best added at the very end of cooking or used raw — its volatile oils dissipate quickly with heat, making it ideal for Caprese salads, finishing pasta, topping pizza straight from the oven, and blending into fresh pesto. Dried basil has a more concentrated, slightly deeper flavor that holds up beautifully through cooking — making it the preferred choice for long-simmered tomato sauces, braises, soups, stews, and spice blends where fresh basil would simply dissolve and disappear. For the best results use dried basil during cooking to build deep background flavor, then finish with a few fresh leaves if you have them — a technique used in every great Italian kitchen.
Why Our Organic Basil Is Different
Most conventional dried basil is grown with synthetic pesticides, irradiated to extend shelf life, and stored in conditions that rapidly degrade its color, aroma, and essential oil content. Some cheaper brands blend dried basil with stems, seeds, and fillers to increase volume at the expense of flavor. Not ours. Every lot of Smith & Truslow organic basil is made from 100% certified organic basil leaves with nothing added — no fillers, no stems, no anticaking agents, no irradiation — and tested by an accredited third-party lab against heavy metal specifications more stringent than industry standards. Pure basil. Maximum flavor. Nothing hidden.
How to Use Organic Dried Basil
- Stir into marinara, arrabbiata, and slow-cooked tomato sauces
- Season homemade pizza sauce and flatbread toppings
- Add to minestrone, ribollita, and Italian vegetable soups
- Blend into Italian seasoning, herbes de Provence, and pesto-inspired dry rubs
- Season roasted tomatoes, zucchini, and summer vegetables
- Add to Greek salad dressings and Mediterranean vinaigrettes
- Use in Italian-style braised chicken, veal, and lamb dishes
- Stir into scrambled eggs, frittatas, and savory egg dishes
- Season white bean dips, cannellini soups, and lentil stews
- Combine with oregano, thyme, and rosemary for a classic Italian herb blend
Certifications & Testing
- Certified organic by the Colorado Department of Agriculture (USDA NOP)
- Certified gluten-free by the Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG) — less than 10ppm
- Certified kosher by Earth Kosher
- Third-party tested for heavy metals: lead, mercury, arsenic, and cadmium
- No fillers, no anticaking agents, no irradiation
- Non-irradiated — steam sterilized only
Available in a 1.7 oz jar, 4 oz jar (by volume) and refill bag. Free shipping on orders over $85.
Also try our Organic Oregano and Organic Thyme — or browse our full line of USDA certified organic herbs
Ingredient Details
Ingredient Details
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How to Use
How to Use
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Food Complements: lamb, cheese, chicken, eggplant, eggs, fish, potatoes, soups, strawberries, tomatoes, zucchini, pork, pasta
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Storage and Shelf Life
Storage and Shelf Life
Storage: To maximize freshness, store in a dark airtight container in a cool dry place. Once the spice is ground, flavor deteriorates with exposure to light, heat, air, humidity and time. Here are rules of thumb about the shelf life of spices and herbs >
NOTE: The plastic refill bags are not intended for long-term storage of your spices. Due to the porous nature of plastic, the essential oils that are released when a spice is ground, may react with the plastic and/or labelling inks over time.
Refill bags contain the same amount of spice as in our small glass jars. When they arrive, simply snip the corner of your bag, refill your original Smith & Truslow spice jar, apply the new label, and recycle the bag.
Product Testing
Product Testing
Certificates of analysis (COAs) accompany our products through the supply chain. COAs identify country of origin, certifications, best by dates, and information on product testing including microbial analysis and heavy metal testing.
If you would like to review the COA for the lot we are currently selling, please send an email to: customerservice@smithandtruslow.com.
As we only test ingredients, but not blends, we can only provide COA's on individual spices.
Shipping and Returns
Shipping and Returns
Smith & Truslow ships within the US to all 50 states. We will only attempt shipments to valid street addresses.
Order Processing: To estimate your delivery date, please be sure to consider processing time and shipping time. It typically takes 1-2 days to process an order.
During high traffic seasons – the Nov and Dec holidays – processing time may increase to 3 days. If you place your order with an express
shipment option, we will move your order to the top of the queue so that it ships as quickly as possible.
Shipping: Orders ship from our distribution center located in Denver, CO. Upon completion of an order, you will will receive an email confirming shipment and tracking information.
Please note: We do not offer in-person pickup at our Denver kitchen and distribution center.
Return Policy: We do not (actually, cannot) accept returns on food-related items.
If your order is damaged during shipment, contact us within 7 calendar days from the date you received your order.
To Submit A Claim: Take a picture of the damage and email it to customerservice@smithandtruslow.com along with your order number and your preferred method of communication.
Approved Claims: Smith & Truslow will either refund the cost of the damaged product, or send a replacement. Refunds will be made to the credit card that was used to place the initial order.
