McCormick Culinary Sweet and Smoky Black Currant Seasoning

Sweet black currant meets savory, balanced flavor in McCormick® Culinary Sweet & Smoky Naturally Flavored Black Currant Seasoning. Inspired by the 2026 Flavor of the Year, this versatile seasoning showcases the black currant’s rich, dark berry notes, perfectly complemented by the bold flavors of toasted onion, red jalapeño, garlic, and oak smoke. Black currants are rooted in tradition, gaining attention in contemporary kitchens, infusing everything from savory reductions to sweet pastries to modern mixology. This seasoning embraces those trends, working across menus to deliver consistent flavor to everything from sliders and steak to salad and speed-scratch sauces – leaning into what’s new and next in culinary exploration around the world.

SWEET MEETS SAVORY: Inspired by the 2026 Flavor of the Year, Black Currant, Sweet & Smoky Naturally Flavored Black Currant Seasoning delivers a sweet, savory, balanced flavor profile to endless recipes and dishes across all menu parts.

CRAFTED WITH QUALITY INGREDIENTS: Black currant is a rich, dark berry with notes of raspberry and grape, perfectly complemented here by toasted onion, red jalapeño (the sweeter, often spicier cousin to the green jalapeño), garlic, and oak smoke.

ON TREND FLAVOR: Black currant is trending in professional kitchens around the world, infusing everything from savory reductions and sweet pastries to modern mixology with bold, sophisticated flavor.

VERSATILE SEASONSING: Works across menus to deliver consistently craveable, flavor to sliders, steak, salads, bbq chicken flatbread, couscous salad, and speed-scratch sauces. The exciting ways to enjoy this on-trend flavor are never-ending.

FLAVOR OF THE YEAR: Since 2000, the McCormick Flavor Forecast® has explored what is shaping the future of flavor globally. For 2026, we continue to champion bold flavor with the Flavor of the Year: Black Currant. Available for a limited time.