How to Start a Spice Business

- Hey guys,

So I've had a lot of questions about 

where to buy spices in bulk, how to actually get them in wholesale and give a variety of websites to choose from. So I'm actually gonna dive into my laptop here on my desk and walk you through 14 different sites that I have found that will be great for you to source your spices from.

Now, we're gonna go over several different variations 

as far as the price points, some that offer free shipping and some that don't, and a little bit of the pros and the cons of dealing with the different websites from my opinion. So we're gonna dive into those 14 sources for your spices right now.

All right. 

I'm gonna give you some of the pros and the cons, and then talk about some of these websites that offer free shipping with some of the minimums that they have, and even get into Alibaba, which is actually a great place to get spices from. But there's a couple of things with Alibaba that I'm gonna go over to make sure that you get the right source and you make sure you get the right pricing and the quality. So let's dive right into it, I've got 14 of them open here on my laptop.

And the first one right off the bat is Spice Jungle.

All right, spicejungle.com actually has not only a bunch of spices as I'll show you here briefly on the side, but they do offer baking ingredients. They have a lot of salt and peppercorns that are whole kernel peppercorns. They have loose-leaf teas and a whole bunch of other products. But the mainly we're gonna look at the spices. So now let's go through here and I'm gonna just randomly grab some of these and look at the price points. When you look at most of these, they're gonna say as low as a certain dollar amount, okay. And what that means basically is that's one of the largest, let's look into the black garlic powder. That's gonna be their lowest price point for the largest purchase that you can do as far as the per pounds. So some of these will go lower. So for instance, you can get, here's what I mean.

So if you go over here and you've got a one ounce bag, 

it's gonna be $16.14 for one ounce. Normally these websites, and as I've mention I'll go through them, okay. Most of these are gonna be best when you purchase at about a five, 10 or 25 pound price point, obviously. Many of them may offer pretty good pricing for one pound. This particular product is a little bit pricey because it's a black garlic powder, and that has a tendency to be a little more pricier because it's a really unique spice blend. But what you wanna look for is the spices that are gonna give you that five and 10 pound price point.

Next one is Spiceology. (Spiceology.com)

Now they have a variety of spices that are set 

in either 12 ounce or 64 ounce. They offer a wholesale pricing, this is actually for the food service side. The great thing about this is $40. You get free shipping in the continental US for only 40 bucks. That's really, really low. Okay. And again, you wanna look at, if you're going to do this as a wholesale, as a business, you wanna go buy them bulk, always try to go to the largest within your budget. Try to go with the largest packaging they offer because that'll cost a lot less than, of course smaller packages, but you're not gonna resell their package in 12 ounce.

All right, let's move on to the next one. This one, I love.

This is Webstaurant.

They have some amazing spices that they offer. A ton of them, actually. These are 15 pounds of cinnamon sticks. You can get 25 pounds of black peppercorn. They have a variety of the medley peppercorns. This goes on and on and on.

So next up.

So now, Alibaba.com.

Can you get spices on Alibaba? 

Yes. And to be honest with you, the reason why I have a smile on my face is that this is one of the better sites for bulk spices in my opinion, that you can get brought in from outside the US. And actually some of these, some suppliers are within the US as well. But you can literally pick out any particular type of spice that you're looking for. You can also, as a matter of fact, one of the thing I wanted to show you, in a second, is you can get spice bottles from Alibaba, very cheap. Now, you do have to buy quite a bit of them though. But if you're looking to start a spice business, obviously you would need a large quantity of spice bottles and containers.

All right, next up,

Americanspicecompany.com.

American Spice Company also has an enormous 

amount of blends and seasonings here. 

And again, you can designate what you want 

to look out on this side. So let's say BBQ rubs. It's gonna give you a variety of them here. And we'll take a look at those. So you can get anything you can imagine. Again, let's take a look. Just, this is their basic BBQ rub called Knucklehead Rub. And from here, let me show you, you can get a five pound bag, which is actually, that's not bad at all. That's around eight, nine, about nine bucks, $9 and change a pound. That's pretty decent. And of course, it gets even cheaper as you go up. Eight bucks a pound and so on. So definitely check out americanspice.com. They have a huge variety of products as well. And even just more than just spices, they even have flavoring powders and sugars and baking stuff as well.

Next up, Nuts.com.

Now you probably have had, some of my videos 

you've heard me talk about nuts.com. I actually used them as well. There's a handful of ingredients I get from them from our candy business. They have a lot of great products. The quality of their products is outstanding. As far as the shipping is concerned, they do have a minimum. Here it is, $59. So you get actually free shipping for 60 bucks. This is fantastic.

Next up, foodservicedirect.com.

This is a little different. 

If you wanna get in the reselling business, if you're wanting to actually buy these types of products that have brand names. Purchasing them, resell them on, you know, even E-bay or Amazon, bonanza.com or walmart.com, or even your website on Shopify or Weebly, you can purchase these in bulk because they come in like case packs. 

Now next up, myspicer.com.

This is kind of a really cool website. 

They have a variety of also whole types of spices that are whole. You also get powders if you looking for something ground up. What's really great is they have a huge amount of products over here aside from spices. So if you're looking to get into the spice business and add other types of products to your line, just to make more money.

Next one, Monterey Bay Spice Company.

They have some really high quality spices on this website. 

And then again, they've variety from curry powder, chili blends. And this is great because it's super easy to do. You can either get a quarter pound or a pound, one pound, like for instance, chili blend, $6 a pound. That's insanely cheap. Now, if you want to, again, you can get some of the full course spices that are whole and then blend them yourself.

Next up.

Mount Hope Wholesale.

Sorry about that. There it is. 

Mount Hope Wholesale is spices in our blends as well. This was great too. They over $60, you get free shipping. Again, very minimum amount. They have a huge variety as well. Check out this huge lineup. It goes on and on and on and fantastic selection of products there.

Next one, myspicesage.com.

Okay.

I did about spice business. Now the one thing that Spice Sage I like and I don't like is I do like the huge selection of products that they have on My Spice Sage. The only thing is, is that their pricing is a little bit on the higher side, in my opinion, for the product. You do get free shipping, but you do have, the price point for the five pound, 10 pound is a bit pricey. Okay? And when you begin to break it down, you could make a good margin, but definitely check it out for yourself.

Next up, this is something that I'm excited to show you guys. This is a actual directory.

This is a spice export directory list.

They have a view, 

they have different types of spice manufacturers in the US, by suppliers, wholesalers, and so on. This is a huge resource. This specifically is not a spice website itself. They don't sell what, you can find a bunch of suppliers through this, a directory.

Okay guys. 

So lastly, last but not least,                                                                                  Olam Spices

This one I like too as well because of the variety. 

It has a huge variety. And the price point is not that bad at all. Let me show you this. This is, for instance, is a 50 pound box. Cayenne red pepper, 50 pound box for $2.67 a pound. That is insanely cheap. You can put this in a half a pound box and charge, half a pound bag or even, and charge about 10 bucks a pound or 10 bucks for eight ounces. This is a great website because of the price point, but also the selection is huge. So Olam Spices is gonna round up our 14 websites for your spice supplies.