Found Ingredients

This is simply a list of ingredients that I’ve found in Toronto that are relatively uncommon, are only available from unexpected places, or seem like they’d be uncommon even if they are not hard to find in practise.

00 Flour

Queen/Portland Loblaws, 4 Life Natural Foods, Harvest Wagon, Dominos Bulk Foods, Bayview Village Loblaws, Tutti Frutti, Maple Leaf Gardens Loblaws, Nations, Cheese Boutique

Activated Charcoal

Nuthouse

Adzuki Beans

Bulk Barn, PAT, Nations, Lucky Moose

Agar Agar

House of Spice, H-Mart, PAT, Lively Leaf

Amaranth Flour

4Life Natural Foods, Tutti Frutti

Amchur Powder

Queen Supermarket

Antep Red Pepper, Hot

Marche Istanbul

Antep Red Pepper, Mild

Marche Istanbul

Bajri Flour

Kohinoor Food

Balingal

Nations

Balut

Fu Yao Supermarket

Banana Flower

Lansdowne/Dundas No Frills, Nations

Banana Leaves

Lansdowne/Dundas No Frills, Nations

Baobab Powder

Bayview Village Loblaws

Barhi Dates

Foodland Pape Market

Barley Flour

Healthy Planet

Bee Pollen

Healthy Planet, Organic Garage

Bitter Almonds

Dominos Bulk Foods

Bitter Apricot Kernels

Nuthouse

Black Cumin (aka nigella)

House of Spice, Dundas/Lansdowne No Frills, Dominos Bulk Foods, Kohinoor Foods

Black Cardomom

House of Spice, Dundas/Lansdowne No Frills, Lucky Moose, Kohinoor Foods

Black Garlic

PAT

Black Trumpet Mushrooms

Cheese Boutique

Blackberry Juice

Whole Foods (Yorkville)

Blue Poppy Seed

Marche Istanbul

Buffalo Milk

Fiesta Farms

Fiesta Farms also has a bunch of dairy products made out of buffalo milk like kefir, yoghurt, chocolate milk, etc.

Buffalo Milk Yoghurt

Fiesta Farms, Dundas/Lansdowne No Frills

Burrata

Cheese Boutique

Breadfruit

Lansdowne/Dundas No Frills

Carob Molasses

Marche Istanbul

Caputo All-purpose Flour

Cheese Boutique

Cassava Flour

Cheese Boutique

Chestnut Flour

Harvest Wagon, Cheese Boutique

Chinese Yeast Balls (aka jiuqu)

Lucky Moose Food Mart

Cricket Flour

Dundas/Lansdowne No Frills, The Big Carrot, Queen/Portland Loblaws, Bayview Village Loblaws

Coconut Milk Powder

Dundas/Lansdowne No Frills

Corn Smut (aka huitlacoche, corn truffle)

Perola’s Supermarket, Cheese Boutique

Deer Chops

Cheese Boutique

Diastatic Malt Powder

PAT

Sold simply as ‘malt flour’ for use in making gochujang and sikhye

Double Cream (45%)

Sheldon Creek Dairy (available in St Lawrence Farmers Market), Harvest Wagon

Duck Eggs

PAT, various farmers markets

Dulse

Moberly Natural Foods

Eucalyptus Honey

Foodland Pape Market

Flagelot Beans

Rubes Rice

Fonio flour

Bayview Village Loblaws

Fonio grain

Bayview Village Loblaws

Frog Legs

Cheese Boutique

Galangal

Nations

Gelatine, Sheet

Lively Leaf

Goat Milk Butter

Maple Leaf Gardens Loblaws, Healthy Planet

Goat Milk Ice Cream

Courage Foods, Tutti Frutti, Healthy Planet, Organic Garage

Goat Milk Sour Cream

Harvest Wagon, Fiesta Farms, Organic Garage

Goat Milk Yoghurt

Tutti Frutti, Maple Leaf Gardens Loblaws, Moberly Natural Foods, Healthy Planet, Organic Garage, Victoria Fine Foods

Guar Gum

Dominos Bulk Foods, Kim’s Natural Foods, Healthy Planet

Gum Arabic

House of Spice

Grains of Paradise

House of Spice

Grape Leaves

Marche Istanbul

Jackfruit

Lansdowne/Dundas No Frills, Nations

Jade Rice

Dominos Bulk Foods

Japanese Curry Roux

PAT, Lansdowne/Dundas No Frills, PAT, Sandown

Japanese Sweet Potato

PAT, Lansdowne/Dundas No Frills

Jute Leaves, Frozen (aka lalo, saluyot, nikikheya, ewedu)

Lansdowne/Dundas No Frills, Queen Supermarket, Nations

Jowar Flour

Kohinoor Food

Kamut Flour (aka khorasan flour)

4 Life Natural Foods

King Arthur Flour

Fiesta Farms

Kishta Cream

Marche Istanbul

Kiwi Berries

Bayview Village Loblaws

Kōji Rice

J-Town, Sandown

Kombucha SCOBYs

Alternative Thinking, Tutti Frutti

Konnyaku

PAT, Sanko Trading Company

Kurutulmus Dolmalik Biber

Marche Istanbul

Kuzu Powder (aka kudzu powder, kudzu starch or kuzu starch)

Sanko Trading Company, PAT, Yorkville Whole Foods, Sandown

At PAT, Sanko, and Sandown it’s confusingly translated as ‘sweet potato starch (kuzu)’.

Le Puy Lentils

Rubes Rice

Licorice Root

Dominos Bulk Foods, Lively Leaf

Mahleb

Marche Istanbul

Maras Red Pepper

Marche Istanbul

Moringa Powder

Bayview Village Loblaws

Morels

Cheese Boutique

Mulberry Molasses

Marche Istanbul

Naga Jolokia Chili Powder (aka ghost pepper chili powder)

House of Spice

Natto, Black Bean

4Life Natural Foods

Nuka bed base

Sandown

Nut Milk Bags

Tap Phong, The Big Carrot, Organic Garage

The Big Carrot has several different options, Tap Phong’s are cheaper. I’ve only used the Tap Phong ones and I was using them for straining skyr, so I can’t really speak to their efficacy for nut milks.

Olive Paste

Marche Istanbul

Pandan leaves, frozen

Nations

Pig Blood, Fresh

Hua Sheng Supermarket

Purple Artichokes

Cheese Boutique

Purple Basil

Marche Istanbul

Purple Yam (ube)

PAT, Nations

Red Fife Flour

4 Life Natural Foods, Tutti Frutti, Nuthouse, Fiesta Farms

Rose Petal Preserves

Marche Istanbul

Russet Apples

Courage Foods

Quail Eggs

PAT, Kim’s Natural Foods, various farmers markets

Quark

Farm Boy, Organic Garage

Ragi Flour

Kohinoor Food

Red Yeast Rice

Lucky Moose, Nations

Rennet, Microbial

O Nosso Talho

Sake Kasu (aka Sake Lees)

Sanko Trading Company, Izumi/Ontario Spring Water Sake Company

Sanko is about half the price of Izumi, although I haven’t tasted Izumi’s kasu, it may be better.

Sausage Casing, Natural

Hua Sheng Supermarket

Sheep Milk Yoghurt

Farm Boy, Healthy Planet

Shio Koji

PAT, Sanko Trading Company, Izumi/Ontario Spring Water Sake Company

Shiso Leaves (aka perilla, beefsteak plant)

PAT, Sanko Trading Company

Smoked Honey

Foodland Pape Market

Soba Noodles, 100% buckwheat

Sanko Trading Company

Soursop

Lansdowne/Dundas No Frills, Nations

Soybeans, dried

Bulk Barn, PAT

PAT has nice small soybeans that are better for making natto as well as the more typical large ones.

Soybeans, black, dried

Sandown

Spelt Flour

Bulk Barn, Moberly Natural Foods, Nuthouse, Maple Leaf Gardens Loblaws, Lansdowne/Dndas No Frills, Fiesta Farms, 4Life Natural Foods, Kim’s Natural Foods, Bayview Village Loblaws, Farm Boy, Tutti Frutti, Healthy Planet, Organic Garage

Starter, Kefir, Dairy

QI Natural Foods, Kim’s Natural Foods, Organic Garage, Victoria Fine Foods

Starter, Sourdough, Dried

The Local Market, Healthy Plane, Victoria Fine Foods

Starter, Sourdough, Rice-based, Dried

Tutti Frutti

Starter, Water Kefir

The Big Carrot, Kim’s Natural Foods, The Local Market, Tutti Frutti

The Cultures for Health starter is available at The Big Carrot and at Kim’s, although for about the same price as Amazon.

Starter, Yoghurt, Dairy

QI Natural Foods, Dnister Ukrainian Store, Kim’s Natural Foods, Victoria Fine Foods

Starter, Yoghurt, Villi

The Local Market, Tutti Frutti

Starter, Yoghurt, Non-dairy

QI Natural Foods

Sturgeon Caviar

Cheese Boutique

Taro Stem

Nations

Tempeh Starter

4 Life Natural Foods

Tiger Nuts

Tutti Frutti

Tigernut Flour

Lively Leaf, Tutti Frutti

Tofu, Fermented

Lucky Moose

Tofu, Fresh

PAT, Fong On Foods (tofu manufacturer), Essence of Life Organics, Sandown, Sanko Trading Company

Ume Vinegar

4Life Natural Foods, Kim’s Natural Foods, Tutti Frutti, Nuthouse, Moberly Natural Foods

Veal Sweetbreads

Cheese Boutique

Water Buffalo Butter

Maple Leaf Gardens Loblaws

Water Buffalo Kefir

Maple Leaf Gardens Loblaws, Healthy Planet

Water Buffalo Milk

Maple Leaf Gardens Loblaws, Healthy Planet

Water Buffalo Mozzarella

Cheese Boutique

Water Buffalo Yoghurt

Harvest Wagon, Healthy Planet, Organic Garage

Waygu Cheeks

Cheese Boutique

Whipped Cream Chargers

Tap Phong, Nikolau’s Restaurant Supply

For some reason, these seem to be less common than the whipped cream makers themselves. Readily available online though (including Amazon). NB: At Tap Phong, you have to ask at the counter for them, so they may be more common than I think, just not on-the-shelf.

White Asparagus

Cheese Boutique

Wiri Wiri Peppers

Queen/Gladstone FreshCo

Xanthan Gum

Dominos Bulk Foods, Kim’s Natural Foods

Yuzu, Fresh

Sanko Trading Company

Yuzu Juice

H-Mart, PAT, Sanko Trading Company

Zapote, Frozen

Nations