Oregano Cooking Notes:

Cuisine: Turkish, Philippine, Italian, American, Greek, Egyptian, Lebanese, Spanish, Palestinian, Syrian, Latin-American

Food Pairings: Pizza, pasta, mutton, lamb, kebab, barbeque, paprika, greek salad, fish, grilled vegetables and meats.

Serving size: 0.5 grams to 1 gram

Flavour: Bay Leaves, Herbal, Coriander

Usage: Add a pinch of oregano for a sweet herbal flavour and aroma. Pairs great with pizza, pasta, lamb, kebabs, greek salads, fish, grilled vegetables and meats

Recipes: Doner Kebab, Fish Tacos

Oregano Technical Notes

Origin: Turkey

Quality*: Grade AA, 2.5-3.5% Volatile oil

Also known as: Origanum vulgare, 牛至

Industry Knowledge: Oregano is known worldwide as one of the staple herbs of a kitchen spice and herb rack. In modern cooking, it's most popular in Italian-American cuisine. The history behind this change is highly interesting, as it was brought about in World War II. Soldier's returning from Europe brought back Oregano as "the Pizza herb", as it mimicked the essense of traditional Italian pizza flavour. The herb is also popularly used in Middle Eastern cuisine such as Greek, Lebanese and Turkish, which is where the herb originated centuries ago.
In industry, Oregano is sold on the basis of it's volatile oil content, as with most other herbs. Each herb's unique volatile oil content is what gives them their flavour. The greater the volatile oil, the more flavour in each Oregano leaf. Besides examining the uniqueness of each variety of Oregano, we also pay attention to making sure that we get the highest quality of the best tasting variety. Hence at Regency, we've settled on the highest naturally possible grade that Turkish Oregano leaves can attain. These sometimes get unbelievably intense, at 3% oil or more, and average around 2.5-2.7%, as they are naturally grown and processed. On contrary, most supermarket brands tend to supply oregano between 1-2% oil content, usually due to adulteratation with other similar looking leaves, and have been at the centre of scandals from news outlets around the world.

*INDUSTRY SPECIFIC TERMINOLOGY.