Organic Poultry Seasoning

Smith & Truslow Organic Poultry Seasoning is USDA certified organic, freshly blended in small batches, and third-party tested for heavy metals — delivering the warm, herbaceous, deeply savory combination of sage, thyme, savory, marjoram, and black pepper that makes poultry seasoning the most essential, most versatile, and most emotionally resonant herb blend in the American kitchen.

Our organic poultry seasoning is a carefully crafted blend of five certified organic ingredients — each one individually sourced, carefully dried to preserve its essential oils and aromatic intensity, and blended in precisely calibrated proportions to deliver the harmonious, full-spectrum savory herb flavor that transforms a simple roasted chicken into the most satisfying meal imaginable and makes Thanksgiving turkey taste exactly the way Thanksgiving turkey is supposed to taste. Whether you're seasoning a whole roasted Thanksgiving turkey, building a classic stuffing or dressing, rubbing a spatchcocked chicken for Sunday dinner, flavoring a pot of chicken soup, seasoning a turkey meatloaf, building a chicken sausage blend, flavoring a chicken pot pie filling, seasoning a cornbread dressing, building a compound butter for basting poultry, or simply reaching for the one blend that makes every chicken dish taste like it was made with genuine care and culinary knowledge, Smith & Truslow Organic Poultry Seasoning delivers a freshness, depth, and aromatic complexity that grocery store poultry seasoning simply cannot match.

What Is Poultry Seasoning — and Why the Blend Matters So Much

Poultry seasoning is one of the most deeply embedded and most emotionally loaded spice blends in American food culture — a combination of herbs so intimately associated with the flavors of Thanksgiving, Sunday roast chicken, and holiday cooking that its aroma alone can trigger powerful sensory memories in anyone who grew up in an American kitchen. Despite its ubiquity, most home cooks have never questioned what is actually in their poultry seasoning — or how dramatically the quality of those ingredients affects the flavor of their most important meals. Authentic poultry seasoning is a carefully balanced blend of herbs that complement the rich, savory character of poultry — with sage providing the bold, assertive, camphoraceous foundation, thyme adding the warm, slightly lemony versatility, savory contributing a peppery, robust depth, marjoram adding sweet, floral delicacy, and black pepper providing the aromatic heat that ties every element together. The quality of each individual herb in that blend determines the quality of the seasoning and the dishes made with it — which is precisely why Smith & Truslow's approach of sourcing certified organic herbs individually and blending them fresh produces such a dramatically superior result to the commodity blends that most American cooks have accepted as the standard.

The Five Herbs of Smith & Truslow Organic Poultry Seasoning — Why Each One Is Essential

Every herb in Smith & Truslow Organic Poultry Seasoning plays a specific and irreplaceable role in the overall flavor — and understanding what each contributes reveals why this particular combination has been refined over generations of American and European cooking to become the definitive poultry herb blend. Sage is the dominant, defining herb — its bold, slightly medicinal, camphoraceous intensity is the most immediately recognizable element of poultry seasoning and the aroma most strongly associated with Thanksgiving cooking in American culinary memory. Thyme adds the warm, earthy, slightly lemony versatility that makes poultry seasoning work equally well on roasted turkey, grilled chicken, and braised poultry — its universal herb character providing the foundation that connects sage's assertiveness to the more delicate elements. Savory contributes a peppery, robust, slightly resinous depth that adds a savory intensity and slight complexity that prevents the blend from becoming merely herbaceous and lifts the overall flavor into something more satisfying and complete. Marjoram adds the sweet, floral, slightly pine-like delicacy that softens sage's assertiveness and adds an elegant, slightly citrusy counterpoint that prevents the blend from becoming harsh or one-dimensional. Black pepper adds the clean, sharp, aromatic heat that brings every other ingredient forward and contributes the slight pungency that distinguishes a genuinely complex poultry seasoning from a merely herbal one.

Poultry Seasoning vs Herbes de Provence vs Italian Seasoning — Choosing the Right Herb Blend

Poultry seasoning, herbes de Provence, and Italian seasoning are three of the most popular herb blends in the American kitchen — and while all three contain some overlapping herbs, they serve meaningfully different culinary purposes and deliver distinctly different flavor profiles. Poultry seasoning is specifically calibrated to complement the rich, savory character of chicken and turkey — with sage and savory as the dominant, assertive herbs and thyme and marjoram providing balance. Its flavor is bold, slightly medicinal, deeply savory, and immediately evocative of American holiday cooking. Herbes de Provence is a French blend that adds lavender, fennel, and savory to a similar herb base — delivering a more floral, aromatic, elegant character suited to the grilled and roasted preparations of Provençal French cooking. Italian seasoning combines basil, oregano, thyme, rosemary, marjoram, and sage in proportions designed for the tomato-based sauces, pizzas, and pasta dishes of Italian cuisine. For turkey, chicken, stuffing, and American holiday cooking, poultry seasoning is the right choice. For French roasted meats and vegetables, herbes de Provence is correct. For Italian pasta sauces and pizza, Italian seasoning is the authentic choice. We carry all three so you can cook with exactly the right herb blend for every occasion.

Why Our Organic Poultry Seasoning Is Different

Most grocery store poultry seasoning is made from the lowest-quality commodity herbs available — grown with synthetic pesticides, irradiated to extend shelf life, and blended in imprecise proportions that allow the cheapest herbs to dominate while under-measuring the more expensive and more impactful ones. Not ours. Every lot of Smith & Truslow Organic Poultry Seasoning starts with certified organic versions of all five ingredients — organic sage, organic thyme, organic savory, organic marjoram, and organic black pepper — with nothing added. No fillers. No anticaking agents. No irradiation. Third-party tested for heavy metals. Pure five-herb blend. Maximum flavor. Nothing hidden.

How to Use Organic Poultry Seasoning

• Season whole roasted Thanksgiving turkey inside and out with butter and poultry seasoning
• Build classic Thanksgiving stuffing, dressing, and holiday bread preparations
• Rub onto whole roasted chicken, spatchcocked chicken, and chicken pieces before roasting
• Season cornbread dressing, oyster stuffing, and classic American holiday dressings
• Build compound butter with poultry seasoning for basting and finishing turkey and chicken
• Season chicken pot pie filling, turkey pot pie, and classic American comfort food
• Add to chicken soup, turkey soup, and poultry-based broth preparations
• Season turkey meatloaf, turkey burgers, and ground poultry preparations
• Build into chicken sausage blends, turkey sausage, and homemade poultry sausage
• Season roasted chicken thighs, chicken breasts, and bone-in chicken pieces
• Add to chicken and dumplings, chicken and biscuits, and Southern comfort preparations
• Season duck, game hen, and whole roasted poultry beyond chicken and turkey
• Add to gravy, pan sauces, and poultry-based sauce preparations
• Season stuffed peppers, stuffed mushrooms, and preparations using ground turkey or chicken
• Build into poultry-based casseroles, chicken tetrazzini, and American classic preparations

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 jar and refill bag. Free shipping on orders over $85.

Also try our Organic Ground Sage and Organic Thyme — or browse our full line of USDA certified organic spice blends

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Organic Poultry Seasoning Spec Sheet