Sourcing & Wholesale
Dried Thyme Wholesale in Canada: Jordanian Green Thyme
Dried thyme wholesale in Canada, from Levant Direct, means AbdulRahim Mills' Green Jordanian Thyme — the loose herb on its own, not mixed with sumac, toasted sesame and salt the way a za'atar blend is. It's milled in Amman and quoted by the case, and it sits on our site under the za'atar category alongside the blended product, which is exactly the point buyers most often get confused about before they order.
This guide separates the two honestly: what plain dried thyme actually is, how it differs from the finished za'atar blend it's most often shelved next to, who buys it loose rather than pre-mixed, and how it works alongside Hamdan's thyme breadsticks — a second, unrelated product that also carries the thyme name.
Thyme and za'atar are not the same order
Loose dried thyme is a single herb — dried leaf, nothing added. Za'atar, in the sense most Levantine kitchens and shelves mean it, is a finished blend: thyme combined with sumac, toasted sesame and salt in a fixed recipe. Our catalogue files Green Jordanian Thyme in the same za'atar category as the finished red thyme, za'atar-style blend, which makes sense for browsing but means it's worth stating plainly on the product itself: one is the raw herb, the other is the seasoned blend.
If your kitchen actually wants the blend — for manakish, roast vegetables or a table condiment — order the red thyme blend or read our wholesale za'atar in Canada guide and what is za'atar primer instead. This page is for buyers who specifically want the herb on its own: bakers building their own seasoning, tea blenders, and kitchens that prefer to build a za'atar-style topping to their own ratio rather than buy it pre-mixed.
Why buy the loose herb instead of the blend
A few buyer types consistently want thyme unmixed. Bakeries and manufacturers building a house seasoning blend need the herb as a raw ingredient, not pre-combined with sumac and sesame in someone else's ratio. Tea blenders use dried thyme in herbal infusions — thyme (za'atar in its herb sense, distinct from the spice-blend sense) has a long history as a tisane in Levantine households, brewed on its own or folded into a mixed herbal tea. Kitchens developing their own marinades or dry rubs want a clean thyme base they can season themselves rather than working around sumac's tartness already baked into a commercial blend.
Loose thyme also keeps longer at full aromatic strength once opened, since there's no sesame oil content to go rancid the way a pre-mixed blend eventually can — a small but real shelf-life advantage for a slower-turnover kitchen.
Where the thyme comes from
AbdulRahim Mills has milled spices and herbs from a family house in Amman since 1951, working from Palestinian heritage recipes and sourcing practices carried into Jordan. Green Jordanian Thyme is the mill's plain-herb line — lighter and more purely herbaceous in character than the red, sumac-forward blend milled from the same source. Buying both from one mill means a kitchen running its own blend program and a kitchen buying the finished product can consolidate onto a single inquiry rather than sourcing thyme from one supplier and finished za'atar from another.
A second thyme product worth knowing about: the breadstick
Hamdan Thyme Breadsticks (Item #61104) is a completely different product that happens to share the thyme name — a dry-baked, ka'ak-style breadstick seasoned with thyme, sold by the carton, from Hamdan for Foods. Hamdan's baking line traces back to a Damascus bakery before the company relocated production to Amman and began exporting from there in 2009; thyme is one of six breadstick flavours in the range, alongside sesame, nigella sativa, anise, bran and a plain classic. If a buyer searching for 'dried thyme wholesale' actually means the breadstick, this is the product — our sesame breadsticks wholesale guide covers the sibling flavour and the carton mechanics that apply across the whole breadstick range.
Grocers and cafés often order both the herb and the breadstick on the same inquiry: loose thyme for a house seasoning or tea program, and the breadstick carton for the snack shelf or bread basket — two different products, one delivery.
Ordering by the case
Dried herbs here are quoted by the case rather than sold against one fixed, published bag weight — AbdulRahim Mills' herb and spice lines are confirmed in your written quotation, typically within a business day of sending your inquiry. If you also need other loose dried herbs for a tea or seasoning program, our herbs & teas range covers mint, sage, rosemary, marjoram and hibiscus from the same mill, and can be combined onto one quotation with the thyme.
Related questions
Is your dried thyme the same as za'atar?
No. Green Jordanian Thyme is the plain herb on its own; za'atar, in the usual sense, is that thyme blended with sumac, toasted sesame and salt. We stock both — the herb alone and a finished red thyme, za'atar-style blend — as separate products.
Why is loose thyme filed under the za'atar category on your site?
Because it's the base ingredient the za'atar blend is built from, and buyers browsing that category often want either product. The listing itself states plainly that it's the unblended herb.
Do you also sell thyme breadsticks?
Yes — Hamdan Thyme Breadsticks are a separate, unrelated product: a dry-baked, thyme-seasoned breadstick sold by the carton, not the loose dried herb. See our sesame breadsticks wholesale guide for how the wider breadstick range and carton ordering works.
What format does the loose thyme ship in?
It's quoted by the case rather than sold against one published bag weight. Send your volume and any packaging preference in your inquiry and it comes back on one written quotation.