Epicure Alternatives: Find Your New Favourite Spice Blends at From Lex’s Pantry
Alexandra ClarkEpicure is Gone—Now What?
Like many of you, I was saddened to hear about Epicure closing its doors. As someone who grew up in the Canadian food scene and has spent decades crafting spice blends, I understand how much we rely on those familiar flavours in our kitchens. I've put together some suggestions to cover your bases and hope you find some new favorites here!
At From Lex's Pantry, we pour our heart, soul, and a boatload of spices into every small-batch blend. You might find something you love just as much (or even more)! While we don’t promise identical replacements for Epicure’s blends, we have fantastic options to replace many of your favorites. All of our blends are gluten-free, vegan, dairy-free, and preservative-free.
Epicure vs. From Lex’s Pantry: Your New Go-To Blends
Here’s a handy guide to help you find an alternative to your Epicure staples:
| Epicure Blend | From Lex’s Pantry Alternative |
|---|---|
| Asian Stir Fry Seasoning | Bulgogi Marinade or Korean BBQ |
| Barbecue Rub | Memphis Zero Heat Chicken Rub, Montreal Red Chicken Rub, Pulled Pork Rub, Rib Rub, Texas Brisket Rub or Wing Rub |
| Beef & Broccoli Stir Fry Seasoning | Bulgogi Marinade or Korean BBQ |
| BBQ Chicken Rub | Montreal Red Chicken Rub or Wing Rub |
| Butter Chicken Seasoning | Butter Masala |
| Cinnamon Sugar Blend | Apple Pie Spice+Sugar, Hot Cross Bun Spice+Sugar (seasonal) or Speculaas Spice+Sugar (seasonal) |
| Chili Flakes & Garlic Topper | Spicy Guac or Shakshuka or Chili Salt |
| Enchilada Seasoning | Taco Spice or Wing Rub |
| Everything Bagel Seasoning / Everything Bagel Whole Food Topper | Everything Everywhere |
| Fajita Spice Mix | Fajita or Fajita Xtra Garlic |
| Garlicky Dill Topper | Dirty Dill |
|
Greek Seasoning |
Danforth Greek |
| Guacamole Dip Mix | Spicy Guacamole Spice Blend (available in mild) |
| Italian Herb Blend | Preston Italian |
| Meatloaf Seasoning | Bay Burger Blend |
| Montreal Chicken Rub | Montreal Red Chicken Rub |
| Montreal Steak Spice | Montreal Steak Spice |
| Poke Bowl Topper Blend | Korean BBQ or Everything Everywhere |
| Poultry Seasoning | Memphis Zero, Montreal Red, or Wing Rub |
| Pumpkin Pie Spice | Pumpkin Spice+Sugar |
| Seafood Seasoning Blend | Dirty Dill or Montreal Red or Memphis Zero |
| Sesame Ginger | Bulgogi Marinade or Korean BBQ |
| Shepherd’s Pie Seasoning | Memphis Zero |
| SPG Seasoning | Memphis Zero |
| Steak Rub | Montreal Steak Spice, Texas Brisket or Bricklayer Steak Spice (Argentinian-inspired) |
| Souvlaki | Danforth Greek |
| Taco Seasoning | Taco Spice |
| Vegetable Dip Mix | Danforth Greek, Dirty Dill, or Montreal Red |
Try a Variety? Go for a Sample Pack!
Not sure where to start? Our Sample Packs offer a collection of our best selling spices. Try our Best Sellers Sample Pack, Chicken Best Sellers Sample Pack, Barbecue Sample Pack, or our Spice+Sugar Sample Pack to help you explore new flavours.
What’s Different About Our Blends?
Our spice blends are:
- Handcrafted in small batches
- Gluten-free, vegan, dairy-free, and nut-free
- Free from additives and preservatives
- Developed and perfected by a professional food critic and judge, Lex.
We don’t try to copy Epicure, or anyone—we’ve been doing our own thing for decades. Our blends were created for real flavour, real food, and real cooks who want high-quality, small-batch seasonings without preservatives, additives, or fillers.
If you’re making the switch, try our blends as they are first—you might just find your new favourite.
We know the closure of Epicure is disappointing, especially if you relied on specific blends for your everyday cooking. If you don't see your go-to Epicure seasoning on the list above, please don't hesitate to reach out. If we don't make it, perhaps we know someone who does. We're passionate about helping our customers find their perfect flavour match and can offer personalized recommendations based on your taste preferences and cooking style.
25 comments
Hi Brenda,
In terms of “What do you sell that is comparable to Epicure Nourish Broth, please?”
I’m taking a look at an online image of the back of their package, from their site here: https://epicure.com/products/nourish-broth – since I’ve never tried any Epicure products myself.
The ingredients listed are: inactive nutritional yeast, onion, sea salt, paprika, turmeric, ginger, rosemary, parsley, celery seed, celery, black pepper and marjoram.
We don’t have anything with that specific blend, nor do we include yeast in any of our products.
That said, we do have a couple of blends with similar combinations.
Our blends that would seem to come closest (based entirely on ingredient list) would be:
- Montreal Red (no onion, no turmeric, no rosemary)
- Lakeview Garlic (no onion but lots of garlic, no turmeric or ginger or celery)
- our Butter Masala (but that has a very definitive flavour profile of butter chicken)
- Bay Burger (no ginger or turmeric and spicier than I suspect the broth is)
I’m sorry I couldn’t be more help with a closer match.
Lex
What do you sell that is comparable to Epicure Nourish Broth, please?
Hi Jeff,
what we have is both a Pizza Sauce Spice and our Preston Italian Seasoning. I know a number of our customers use the Pizza Sauce Spice the way you are describing – to sprinkle on the pizza/crust before baking. I can’t tell you how close or far they are from the Kraft Pizza or the Epicure’s Marinara Sauce Mix since I haven’t tried either of those items.
If you do try our Pizza Sauce Spice, I’d love it if you popped back in and let us know if it was a viable alternative!
Hello. Do you have an equivalent to Epicure’s Marinara Sauce Mix? It is the only “Italian type seasoning” that is nearly identical to those little spice packs in the Kraft pizza kits. I always put a little bit on frozen pizzas.
Hi L,
we have some blends that could be comparable to the Epicure Brushchetta. Based on my research, their product has garlic, basil, tomato and parsley. We don’t have tomato in any of our blends but you could check out our Pizza spice which is great with tomatoes fresh or cooked, and our Preston Italian (which is salt & sugar free) to see if they would suite your needs.
Thanks for asking
Lex – From Lex’s Pantry