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Spice up your life

Look for a new label on your favorite spices

by CHRISTINA GUERRERO

The Kirkland Signature™ line of spices recently received updated packaging, but one thing that hasn’t changed is Costco’s commitment to sourcing quality spices. Here are just a few reasons to visit the spice aisle in Costco warehouses:

• A supplier of Kirkland Signature pepper has partnered with PeaceTrees on a joint venture to clear old land mines and explosives from the area located near the Laotian border, allowing local growers to farm safely.
• Once the bark is harvested from a cinnamon tree in Vietnam to make Kirkland Signature Organic Saigon Cinnamon, the remaining parts of the tree are sold by the farmers for furniture building, paper production, essential oil extraction, and medicinal and herbal remedies.
• Two California garlic growers who produce Kirkland Signature Granulated Garlic also help manage the secondlargest wetland west of the Mississippi River, providing habitats for waterfowl and other migratory birds.

Organic Chopped Onion Item 1607515; Organic Saigon Cinnamon Item 1124845; Sea Salt Item 384732; Granulated Garlic Item 251813; Black Pepper with Grinder Item 3133113; Pink Salt Item 1120945

• Through natural seed breeding, growers for Kirkland Signature Organic Chopped Onion have reduced the amount of land, water and inputs needed for growing and processing, saving the equivalent of 63 Olympic-size swimming pools of water over the past five years.
• The garlic and onions used to produce Kirkland Signature Granulated Garlic and Kirkland Signature Organic Chopped Onion are grown and processed in the United States.
• Kirkland Signature Pink Salt comes from naturally occurring salt deposits more than 200 million years old.
• Harvested from pristine waters, Kirkland Signature Sea Salt is an unrefined and all-natural cold-water ocean salt. Rigorous quality inspections and processing restrictions guarantee the purity of the salt, ensure its snowy white colour, and that it contains no additives, anti-caking agents or allergens. Unlike traditional table salt, which is processed to remove natural elements, Kirkland Signature Sea Salt contains a multitude of trace minerals that are essential to the human body.

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Costco Connection: Kirkland Signature Spices can be found in Costco warehouses. Groceries are available for delivery through Costco Grocery at Costco.ca

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