Trade supply
Arabic Bakery Supplies — Wholesale, Toronto & the GTA
Levant Direct supplies Toronto and GTA Arabic bakeries with the specialty ingredients a Levantine bench actually reaches for — mahlab, black seed and sesame in several grades — alongside a ready baklava sweets mix for the finished-goods case, quoted by the case through a written inquiry.
We're a specialty-ingredient and finished-line supplier, not a base-commodity one: flour, sugar and yeast sit outside our catalogue, and we'd rather point that out than let a bakery assume otherwise. Where sesame is involved, there's an allergen note every bench needs to know before it touches a production line — covered below.
من الرفوف From the shelves
فلسطين · Jordan · Palestinian heritage — AbdulRahim Mills
Hulled sesameسمسم ابيض مقشور
فلسطين · Jordan · Palestinian heritage — AbdulRahim Mills
Mahlabمحلب حب
فلسطين · Jordan · Palestinian heritage — AbdulRahim Mills
Black seedقزحة حب
الشام · Jordan · Damascus origin — Hamdan for Foods
Baklava Mix Sweetsحلويات عربية مشكلة
700g (Item #61701) · 450g (Item #61702)
Formats & case sizes
| Product | Case format |
|---|---|
| Baklava Mix Sweets | 12 x 450 g / 10 x 700 g |
| Hulled sesame, Mahlab, Black seed | Confirmed per product on quotation |
The bakery bench: mahlab, black seed and sesame
Mahlab is the ground cherry-pit spice behind the perfume in ka'ak and maamoul dough — a small quantity does the work, but it's the ingredient that makes a Levantine cookie taste like one rather than a generic shortbread. Black seed is the traditional bread topping — the tiny black flecks across a loaf or a simit-style ring — and Hulled sesame covers the toasted topping most bakeries go through in the highest volume, on breadsticks, ka'ak and simit alike.
All three are sold as raw baking ingredients rather than finished retail jars, priced and packed by the case to match a bakery's actual production volume rather than a home baker's pantry quantity.
Sesame, and the allergen note every bench needs
Sesame is one of Health Canada's priority food allergens in Canada, alongside peanuts, tree nuts and the other major allergen groups (Food Allergy Canada) — a fact that matters directly to any bakery handling it at volume, not just to the finished-product label. That means cross-contact control on shared equipment, clear labelling on anything that leaves your bench, and a documented allergen policy if you're supplying wholesale accounts of your own downstream.
See our full sesame-allergen guidance for Canadian buyers for what the priority-allergen designation actually requires in practice — it's general guidance, and your specific labelling and handling obligations should be confirmed against Health Canada's current requirements and your own food-safety plan.
A finished line for the case: baklava mix
Baklava Mix Sweets ships 12 x 450 g or 10 x 700 g to the case — a finished, ready-to-sell line for a bakery that wants a reliable baklava-style product on the shelf without running that line in-house every day. It sits alongside Hamdan's sesame breadsticks as another carton-format finished good worth stocking next to your own bench output.
Ordering as one bakery account
A single inquiry covering raw ingredients and finished lines together — mahlab and black seed for production, baklava mix for the case — consolidates into one delivery and one written quotation. See our full manakish and bakery-ingredient guidance and our wider notes on bakery ingredients for portioning and grade selection across the range.
Buying questions, answered
Does sesame carry an allergen risk my bakery needs to manage?
Yes — sesame is a Health Canada priority allergen. Cross-contact control on shared equipment and clear labelling on finished goods are essential; see our sesame allergen guidance for the details and confirm your specific obligations with Health Canada.
What is mahlab used for?
It's the ground cherry-pit spice behind the perfume in maamoul and ka'ak dough — a small quantity flavours a large batch, and it's one of the ingredients that distinguishes Levantine baking from a generic shortbread recipe.
Do you supply flour, sugar or yeast?
No — our range covers specialty Levantine ingredients (mahlab, black seed, sesame) and finished lines like baklava mix, not base baking commodities. Those are best sourced through your existing flour/commodity supplier.
Can I order specialty ingredients and the baklava mix together?
Yes — a mixed case order across raw ingredients and finished lines is normal and consolidates into a single delivery and quotation.