Organic Parsley

Smith & Truslow Organic Parsley is USDA certified organic, carefully dried in small batches, and third-party tested for heavy metals — delivering the fresh, clean, slightly peppery and grassy green herb flavor that makes dried parsley one of the most versatile, widely used, and genuinely essential herbs in American, European, and Mediterranean cooking.

Our organic parsley is sourced from the finest parsley-growing regions and carefully dried at low temperatures to preserve its vibrant green color, essential oils, and the clean, bright herb character that makes great dried parsley so much more flavorful and useful than the faded, flavorless parsley most home cooks have experienced from a grocery store jar. Whether you're finishing a pasta dish with a generous sprinkle of bright green, adding body to a classic chimichurri, building a bouquet garni, seasoning a chicken broth, adding freshness to a potato salad, flavoring a classic French persillade, building a tabbouleh-inspired grain dish, or simply using it as the everyday green herb that elevates the visual and flavor profile of almost everything it touches, Smith & Truslow organic parsley delivers a freshness, color, and herb intensity that dried grocery store parsley simply can't match.

Flat Leaf Parsley vs Curly Parsley — What's the Difference and Which Is Better?

Parsley comes in two main varieties — flat leaf (also called Italian parsley) and curly parsley — and while both are widely available and broadly useful, they have meaningfully different flavor profiles and best applications that serious cooks appreciate. Flat leaf parsley has a more assertive, slightly peppery, robust flavor with better essential oil content — making it the preferred choice of professional chefs for cooking applications where parsley flavor needs to hold up through heat and compete with other bold ingredients. Curly parsley has a milder, more delicate, slightly bitter flavor and a distinctive ruffled texture — making it the classic garnish parsley and a good choice for preparations where a gentler herb note is preferred. Smith & Truslow Organic Parsley is flat leaf parsley — the chef's choice for cooking, the variety with the most pronounced flavor, and the parsley that serious home cooks and culinary professionals consistently prefer for everything from finishing pastas to building compound butters.

Parsley — The World's Most Underrated Herb

Parsley is almost certainly the most underrated herb in the modern kitchen — relegated to garnish duty and afterthought sprinklings by cooks who don't fully appreciate what parsley at its best can do. At its finest, dried parsley is not a neutral backdrop or a visual afterthought — it is a genuine flavor contributor with a clean, bright, slightly peppery herb character that adds freshness, color, and a green herbal note that no other dried herb can replicate. It is the backbone of persillade — the French sauce of parsley and garlic that is one of the most versatile and delicious flavor combinations in classical cuisine. It is the defining green element of chimichurri, gremolata, and salsa verde — herb sauces that would be unrecognizable without it. It is the herb that makes a finished pasta dish look and taste alive rather than merely seasoned. Understanding parsley as a genuine flavor contributor rather than a garnish is one of the simplest and most rewarding upgrades any home cook can make.

Why Our Organic Parsley Is Different

Most conventional dried parsley is grown with synthetic pesticides, irradiated to extend shelf life, and processed in ways that strip its essential oils and leave it a faded, yellowish-green powder with little flavor and even less visual appeal. Some cheaper brands blend dried parsley with stems, seeds, and fillers to increase volume at the expense of the clean, leaf-only flavor that makes great dried parsley so vibrant and effective. Not ours. Every lot of Smith & Truslow organic parsley is made from 100% certified organic flat leaf parsley 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 parsley leaves. Vibrant color. Nothing hidden.

How to Use Organic Dried Parsley

• Finish pasta dishes, risotto, and grain bowls with a generous sprinkle of bright green
• Build classic chimichurri, gremolata, and Italian salsa verde
• Make French persillade — parsley and garlic — for finishing grilled meats and fish
• Add to chicken broth, vegetable stock, and soup bases for fresh herb depth
• Season potato salad, pasta salad, and grain salads
• Build into bouquet garni with bay leaf, thyme, and rosemary
• Season roasted chicken, grilled fish, and baked seafood dishes
• Add to homemade ranch dressing, green goddess dressing, and herb aioli
• Blend into compound butters for finishing grilled steaks and fish
• Season tabbouleh-inspired dishes, Middle Eastern grain preparations, and fattoush
• Add to egg dishes, frittatas, scrambled eggs, and savory omelets
• Season white bean soups, minestrone, and Italian vegetable dishes
• Use in garlic bread, herb butter, and savory biscuits
• Finish soups, stews, and braised dishes with a fresh green note before serving
• Blend into pesto-inspired sauces and herb-based vinaigrettes

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 (by volume) and refill bag. Free shipping on orders over $85.

Also try our Organic Oregano and Organic Basil — or browse our full line of USDA certified organic herbs

Below are the test results for the organic parsley lots that we currently have in stock.

View Heavy Metal Test Results for Organic Parsley Lot 762P

View Heavy Metal Test Results for Organic Parsley Lot  805P

Organic Parsley Spec Sheet