Meat & Seafood Seasonings

Meat and seafood seasonings are ready-made spice blends that take the guesswork out of flavouring proteins. They typically combine herbs like sage, thyme, and rosemary with garlic, onion, and pepper in proportions suited to complementing the natural flavour of chicken, beef, lamb, or fish.

These blends are a pantry staple for home cooks who want consistent results without measuring out individual spices. They work well as dry rubs, in marinades, or simply sprinkled on before roasting or grilling. While recipes vary between brands and styles, the goal is always the same: a balanced seasoning that enhances rather than masks the meat.

Poultry seasoning in particular has roots in traditional European herb combinations and remains one of the most widely used blends in everyday Australian cooking.

Produced
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How it's made

Individual dried herbs and spices — typically sage, thyme, marjoram, rosemary, black pepper, and sometimes nutmeg — are sourced, dried, and ground separately, then blended together in set proportions. The mixture is combined in bulk, checked for consistency, and packaged.

Nutrition (per 100g)

Energy 306kcal
Protein 9.6g
Carbs 54.3g
Fat 7.5g
Fibre 11.3g Sugar 1.8g
Mass Distribution

1 tsp is about 1.5 g.

What it costs the planet (per kilo)

Carbon ≈0.53kg
Freshwater ≈130.03L
Land ≈0.43

≈ Estimated — worked out from a category-typical value further up its supply chain. Where this comes from →

Where it comes from

In the kitchen

Used as

poultry and meat seasoning

Goes well with
Classic dishes
  • Roast turkey
  • Chicken stuffing
  • Herb roast chicken
  • Sage sausage

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Where this data comes from

Nutrition data from

USDA

How it was calculated

SR Legacy

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