Natco Mixed Herbs in a clear shaker jar with a black flip cap, for pizza, pasta sauce, roast vegetables, omelettes and dressings.
Natco jars are easy to spot: a lime-green label with the gold-and-black Natco crest, photos of fresh leaves at the top and bottom, and the name in several languages, from Melange d'Herbs and Gemischte Krauter to the Arabic for mixed herbs. Below the label, the clear plastic shows fine green flakes, and a black flip cap lets you shake or spoon. As general background, herbs are generally the leafy green or flowering parts of a plant, used fresh or dried, while spices typically come from seeds, bark or roots. Dried mixes like this one are typically added early in cooking so the leaves have time to soften and release their aroma. Commonly, pizza makers scatter them over the sauce before baking, home cooks stir them into tomato pasta sauce and shakshuka, and roast vegetables get a shake with olive oil and salt. Breakfast cooks add a pinch to omelettes and labneh, and salad makers whisk them into lemon dressings. The flip cap has a sprinkle side and a spoon side, so it works at the stove and on a pizza bench alike. Close the flip cap after each use and keep the jar away from the steam of the stove.