The skin of its fruit, the nutmeg, mace which is also called «aril» or «nutmeg flower,» will fill your kitchen with an incomparable aroma. Often added to other spices to create blends, it works wonders when paired with a good pâté. In fact, the fat in the meat will perfectly bring out the flavor of our organic mace.

With its more robust flavor than that of nutmeg, you can use it to prepare sauces, vegetables, stuffings, soups, seafood, gratins, soufflés, or even fish terrines. It’s also used in sweet dishes such as cakes, cookies, jams, or even to flavor beverages. It’s a whole spice valued in cooking for its its slightly warm, aromatic flavor and its subtle color. 

Prized for its flavor, mace also imparts a few benefits :

• It helps relieve nausea
• It helps relieve rheumatic pain
• It alleviates respiratory problems
• It promotes sleep
• It aids digestion
• It helps relieve diarrhea

Did You Know? In U.S. prisons, the use of nutmeg—the fruit of the mace tree—in cooking was banned after it was discovered that The prisoners used it as a narcotic.. In fact, nutmeg has psychotropic effects!

Origin and Quality

Source: Indonesia. Sri Lanka. 

Product from organic farming, certified FR-BIO-01.

Status and Packaging

To meet all your needs, we offer our organic mace ground or whole.

Packaging: Lined Kraft bag, 25 kg per bag.

Whole organic mace is the dried aril, which ranges in color from reddish-yellow to red

brownish. It may contain a few small pieces of mace. Organic ground mace comes in the form of a brownish-orange powder. It is sometimes slightly «sticky.».

This product has a very distinctive and aromatic scent, though it is less pronounced than when it is ground.

Its flavor is bitter, pungent, and warm, and more pronounced than that of nutmeg, which comes from the same plant.