Black pepper comes from a climbing vine, the fruits of which - small round berries - ripen from green to red and finally to brown. Black peppercorns are actually berries that are picked when they're just turning red. They're then dried whole before being...

Crystals of sodium chloride (NaCl) used as a seasoning and preservative. Salt is available as sea salt or rock salt. Sea salt is more highly prized than rock salt

Specialising in fine foods from traditional producers, producers whose philosophy is quality through and through, using artisan skills, age-old recipes and the finest fresh ingredients.

Suppliers of quality dried fruits, nuts, snack products & other fine foods.

Fresh chillies are normally available from early July to the end of November. Hotter varieties such as Habaneros and Scotch Bonnets are normally available from mid August.

Calor Alfresco is the home of the UK's most visited, award winning, Barbecue Online web site. It contains a wealth of information about living the Alfresco lifestyle including information on Herbs and Spices.

Extensive range of products which stretches from store cupboard essentials, such as Black Peppercorns and Mixed Spice, to the more unusual products such as Smoked Paprika and Curry Leaves.

Passionate about the wonderful tastes, heady smells and glorious colours of organic peppers and organic spices.

Halen Môn is 100% natural Welsh Sea Salt, harvested from the fresh Atlantic Waters that surround the Isle of Anglesey - or Ynys Môn (pronounced unn-iss mon) as it is known in Welsh.

The Maldon Crystal Salt Company has roots firmly entrenched in the past with a tradition the envy of many, yet today it is still a small but flourishing family concern. The key to its continued success lies in the production of a unique product, using...