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Canned Goods & Preserves Wholesale — Toronto & the GTA
Levant Direct quotes Levantine specialty canned and preserved goods wholesale to Toronto grocers, delis and kitchens — desert truffles, artichoke hearts, tomato paste and crushed red hot pepper from Lio Food in Latakia, Syria, by the jar or can rather than the pallet-scale case most Toronto foodservice broadliners already carry.
This isn't a general canned-goods program competing with a broadliner's beans-and-corn aisle. It's the specific Levantine specialty shelf — desert truffles, artichoke hearts, a hot pepper paste rather than a dried flake, tomato paste in glass rather than tin — that a mainstream distributor typically doesn't stock at all.
من الرفوف From the shelves
سوريا · Syria · Latakia — Lio Food
Tomato Pasteمعجون الطماطم
360 g glass (x12) · 635 g glass (x12) · 1375 g glass (x6) · 3070 g glass (x4)
سوريا · Syria · Latakia — Lio Food
Crushed Red Hot Pepperفليفلة حارة مطحونة
360 g glass (x12) · 635 g glass (x12)
Formats & case sizes
| Line | Formats |
|---|---|
| Whole Truffles | 635 g glass (x12), 800 g can (x12) |
| Artichoke | 1300 g glass (x6) |
| Tomato Paste | 360 g, 635 g, 1375 g or 3070 g glass |
| Crushed Red Hot Pepper | 360 g or 635 g glass (x12) |
Who orders from this shelf
Grocers stocking a Levantine specialty aisle and kitchens building sauces or mezze from scratch make up most of this order. Desert truffles and artichoke hearts in particular are the kind of line a grocer adds specifically because a broadline distributor's canned-goods program doesn't carry them — they're a genuine point of difference on a shelf, not a substitute for a Sysco-style pantry order.
Where these lines come from
All four anchor products here come from Lio Food, based in Latakia on Syria's coast, and ship in glass jars rather than tin across most of the range — a packaging choice more common in Levantine kitchens than in North American canned-goods aisles. Our desert truffle sourcing and canned artichoke hearts posts go deeper on both lines if you're building a menu or shelf around them for the first time.
For a buyer asking specifically about artichoke jar sizing, our answer on artichoke hearts in glass jars covers formats and portioning directly.
Jar and can formats
Tomato paste is the widest-format line here, running from a 360 g glass jar up to a 3.07 kg catering size — see our note on tomato paste in glass jars for how kitchens typically choose between them. Truffles ship in both glass and can; artichoke and crushed red pepper stay in glass across the sizes we carry.
Pairing with a sauce and preserve base
Lio's tomato paste sits in this category in glass; Zer's tomato paste sits in our sauces & pastes hub in tin, up to a 4.5 kg catering size — our glass-versus-tin comparison explains why we carry both rather than picking one. Most kitchens ordering from this page end up quoting both hubs in the same inquiry.
Buying questions, answered
What makes this different from a standard canned-goods wholesale order?
The lines themselves — desert truffles, artichoke hearts, a hot pepper paste — are Levantine specialty items a broadline distributor typically doesn't stock, not a general beans-and-vegetables program.
Do you carry desert truffles and artichoke hearts?
Yes — whole desert truffles in 635 g glass or 800 g can, and artichoke in 1300 g glass, both from Lio Food in Latakia, Syria.
What sizes does your tomato paste come in?
Lio's glass-jar tomato paste in this category runs 360 g, 635 g, 1375 g and 3070 g. A tinned alternative from Zer, up to 4.5 kg, is quoted through our sauces & pastes hub.
Is this the same tomato paste as your sauces & pastes hub?
No — this page carries Lio's glass-jar tomato paste; the sauces & pastes hub carries Zer's tinned tomato paste in larger catering formats. Many kitchens order both.