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Toum, whipped until it's fluffy.

Toum is the Lebanese garlic sauce behind every great shawarma. Ours is made with olive oil, never seed oils, and no stabilizers: just raw garlic, lemon and salt whipped into a bright, fluffy sauce. Big, punchy garlic flavor, light as a cloud. Pick Garlic for the original, Gochujang for savory-sweet heat, or Awaze for smoky, serious spice. Spread it, dip in it, marinate with it, or put it on everything. New to toum? Start here →

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Garlic

Gochujang

Awaze

3 flavors

Garlic is just the start.

Garlic toum is the classic. Then we take it where toum doesn't usually go: Korean gochujang and Ethiopian chiles, whipped into the same olive oil base.

The classic

Garlic

The Lebanese original: raw garlic whipped with olive oil, lemon and salt. Made for shawarma, grilled meats and sandwiches.

MildGarlic toum →

With Korean gochujang

Gochujang

Toum meets Korean fermented chile: savory, sweet and spicy. Customers call it one of the best sauces they've ever had.

MediumGochujang toum →

With Ethiopian chiles

Awaze NEW

Garlic toum with Ethiopian senafich and Mareko chiles. Smoky, bold and our spiciest sauce.

HotAwaze toum →

A jar of Obour Garlic toum on a dark red knit cloth, its label reading made with organic garlic, olive oil and lemon juice — Organic garlic, olive oil and lemon juice.

What's in the jar

Olive oil. No seed oils. No stabilizers.

Olive oil is hard to whip into toum, so almost every brand on the shelf uses canola oil instead, and many add citric acid or xanthan gum to hold it together. We don't. Our toum is made with olive oil, and the garlic does the holding.

Most store-bought toum

Canola or another seed oil
Often citric acid or xanthan gum to keep it stable

Obour toum

Olive oil only. Never seed oils
No stabilizers, gums or preservatives
Organic garlic and organic lemon juice
Whipped in our San Francisco kitchen

Garlic toum, every ingredient: olive oil, water, organic garlic, organic lemon juice, salt.

A jar of Garlic toum with a bowl of pita chips on a dark red cloth — Garlic toum, the Lebanese original.

A jar of Gochujang toum next to a bowl of pita chips and fresh dill — Gochujang toum: garlic, red chile, dates and tamari.

Gochujang toum, hummus and pita chips on a wooden board — The full spread: toum, hummus and chips.

How we make it

Whipped, never rushed.

Toum is an emulsion: raw garlic holds olive oil in tiny droplets, with no eggs. Every jar starts with organic garlic, organic lemon and olive oil, whipped in our San Francisco kitchen. What is toum? →

4 · Whip.Countless tiny drops of oil, packed tight. That's what makes toum thick and bright white.

Organic garlic and salt

Blended into a smooth paste. Raw garlic is what holds the whole sauce together.

Olive oil, slowly

Olive oil, never seed oils. It's harder to whip, so it goes in a thin stream.

Organic lemon juice

Added a little at a time, for brightness and to keep the sauce stable.

Whipped until fluffy

Until it's thick, bright white and holds its shape on a spoon. No eggs, no dairy.

How to use it

Put it on everything.

On shawarma and grilled meats

The classic use: chicken shawarma, kebabs and anything off the grill.

In sandwiches and wraps

Swap it in for mayo or aioli and you won't go back.

As a dip

With our pita chips, fries or roasted vegetables.

As a marinade

Rub it on chicken or vegetables before roasting.

An open jar of Garlic toum next to a closed jar and a bowl of pita chips — Garlic toum, lid off.

A spreader in an open jar of Gochujang toum, seen from above — Thick enough to spread.

An open jar of Gochujang toum with its lid leaning against it — Gochujang toum, fresh from our kitchen.

The flavors

3 ways to eat toum.

6 oz (170 g) glass jar · keep refrigerated · vegan & gluten-free · $12 suggested retail price

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Garlic

Mild

The Lebanese original: raw garlic whipped with olive oil, lemon and salt. Light and fluffy like mayo, but with no eggs, just a big, bright garlic punch. Made for shawarma, grilled meats and sandwiches, and just as good with fries.

Ingredients: Olive oil, water, garlic*, lemon juice*, salt (* organic)

Allergens: None of the top 9 major allergens.

Storage: Fresh. Keep refrigerated.

Nutrition facts

Nutrition Facts

6 servings per container
Serving size 2 tbsp (28g)

Calories180

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 20g26%

Saturated Fat 3g15%

Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg0%

Sodium 120mg5%

Total Carbohydrate <1g0%

Dietary Fiber 0g0%

Total Sugars 0g

Includes 0g Added Sugars0%

Protein 0g

Vitamin D0%

Calcium0%

Iron0%

Potassium0%

* The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

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Gochujang

Medium

Toum meets Korean fermented chile: savory, sweet and spicy. Our garlic toum is blended with a fermented chile paste of red chiles, soybeans, koji and dates, which gives it deep umami and a heat that builds gently. Customers call it one of the best sauces they've ever had. Try it on fried chicken, rice bowls, burgers or dumplings.

Ingredients: Olive oil, water, garlic*, lemon juice*, dates*, red chili peppers, salt, soybeans*, koji* (* organic)

Allergens: Contains soy.

Storage: Fresh. Keep refrigerated.

Nutrition facts

Nutrition Facts

6 servings per container
Serving size 2 tbsp (28g)

Calories170

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 19g24%

Saturated Fat 2.5g13%

Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg0%

Sodium 120mg5%

Total Carbohydrate <1g0%

Dietary Fiber 0g0%

Total Sugars 0g

Includes 0g Added Sugars0%

Protein 0g

Vitamin D0%

Calcium0%

Iron0%

Potassium0%

* The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

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Awaze

NEW Hot

Garlic toum with Ethiopian senafich and Mareko chiles. Smoky, bold and our spiciest sauce. Senafich, Ethiopian mustard, adds a sharp, nose-tingling kick on top of the chiles' smoky heat, with warmth from nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon. A little goes a long way on steak, eggs or roast chicken.

Ingredients: Olive oil, water, garlic*, lemon juice*, Mareko chiles, salt, senafich, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon (* organic)

Allergens: None of the top 9 major allergens.

Storage: Fresh. Keep refrigerated.

Nutrition facts

Nutrition Facts

6 servings per container
Serving size 2 tbsp (28g)

Calories180

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 20g26%

Saturated Fat 3g15%

Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg0%

Sodium 120mg5%

Total Carbohydrate <1g0%

Dietary Fiber 0g0%

Total Sugars 0g

Includes 0g Added Sugars0%

Protein 0g

Vitamin D0%

Calcium0%

Iron0%

Potassium0%

* The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Full Awaze page →

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