Tavazo Corporation

What Tavazo Corporation does

Tavazo Corporation is a family-owned online retailer specializing in Persian and Middle Eastern specialty foods, operating primarily through its Shopify-based e-commerce storefront at tavazo.us and shipping to customers in the United States and Canada. Founded approximately in 1950-1960, the company curates more than 1,067 SKUs across 13 product categories, including dried nuts, mixed nuts, dried fruits, seeds, dried vegetables, confectionery and sweets, snacks, spices and herbs, tea and coffee, jam and honey, other specialty goods, gift packages, and organic products. Products are sourced from Iran, Turkey, and Azerbaijan and are positioned as 100% natural, sun-dried, and free of additives or preservatives. The catalog includes hard-to-source Persian specialty items such as gaz, sohan, Akbari pistachios, barberries, and Persian saffron.

The company's core technology is a standard Shopify e-commerce storefront with no documented public API, SDK, or proprietary platform features. Distribution is direct-to-consumer with both retail and wholesale purchasing options; the company offers free USA shipping on orders over $140 USD and applies a $10 USD U.S. customs duty fee at checkout for all U.S.-bound orders. Customer support is provided by phone (+1 905 763 1855) and email ([email protected]) with operating hours of Monday-Friday, 11:00AM-5:00PM EST, suggesting a single back-office function supporting cross-border operations.

Revenue is generated through direct online unit-based sales with product pricing ranging from approximately $4.99 to $549.99 USD, with saffron and gift baskets anchoring the high end. The company employs 51-100 staff and is described as privately held with no disclosed external investors, funding rounds, M&A activity, partnerships, or management team in the source data. Marketing relies on owned digital channels — SEO, blog content, email newsletter, and organic social media presence on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram — and the target customer is the health-conscious individual consumer seeking authentic Persian, Iranian, Turkish, and Azerbaijani culinary ingredients.

Name

Tavazo Corporation

Legal name

Tavazo Corporation

Website

https://tavazo.us

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Tavazo Corporation is a family-owned Canadian e-commerce retailer specializing in Persian and Middle Eastern specialty foods, offering over 1,067 SKUs of dried nuts, fruits, spices, and traditional pastries sourced from Iran, Turkey, and Azerbaijan to consumers in the USA and Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Online Grocery Retail

NAICS

All Other Specialty Food Retailers (445298), Confectionery and Nut Retailers (445292), Food Manufacturing (311)

SIC

Canned, Frozen & Preservd Fruit, Veg & Food Specialties (2030), Canned, Fruits, Veg, Preserves, Jams & Jellies (2033), Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)

akta.pro primary industry

Nuts, Seeds & Dried Fruit Trading/Wholesale (AFAIAKAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Jams, Jellies, Preserves & Fruit Spreads Manufacturing (AFAKADAI), Ethnic Bakery, Confectionery & Snacks Wholesale (AFAIAIAE), Fruit Snacks & Dried Fruit (CRADABAJ), Nuts, Seeds & Trail Mix Snacks (CRADABAF)

Keywords

• Persian specialty foods
• Dried nuts and fruits
• Online grocery retail
• Middle Eastern confectionery
• Herbs and spices

Headquarters

HQ city

North York

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Others

Revenue model

1. Direct Online Retail Sales: Direct-to-consumer e-commerce sales of Persian nuts, dried fruits, spices, confectionery, and traditional pastries through tavazo.us online store. Products sold in both retail and wholesale quantities to individual consumers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Tavazo Corporation operates an online e-commerce store (tavazo.us) that sells Persian and Middle Eastern specialty foods to consumers in the USA and Canada. The catalog spans more than 1,067 products across 13 categories — dried nuts, mixed nuts, dried fruits, seeds, dried vegetables, traditional Persian confectionery and pastries, snacks, spices and herbs, tea and coffee, jams and honey, gifts, and organic products. Products are marketed as 100% natural, sun-dried, and free from additives and preservatives, with ingredients sourced from Iran, Turkey, and Azerbaijan, available in retail and bulk quantities.

Product overview

Tavazo Corporation operates a comprehensive online e-commerce platform offering over 1,067 specialty food products, primarily focused on Persian and Middle Eastern culinary traditions. The product portfolio is organized into 13 core categories: Dried Nuts (99 products), Mixed Nuts (21 products), Dried Fruits (119 products), Seeds (28 products), Dried Vegetables (29 products), Confectionary & Sweets (208 products), Snacks (126 products), Spices & Herbs (158 products), Tea & Coffee (54 products), Jam & Honey (29 products), Other Goods (126 products), Gifts (68 products), and Organic Products (43 products). The company positions itself as a premium retailer of 100% natural, sun-dried products free from additives and preservatives, with a 60+ year heritage in the dried nuts and fruits industry. Products are sourced from Iran, Turkey, and Azerbaijan, and offered to customers in both retail and wholesale quantities through their Shopify-based e-commerce platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dried Nuts collection Premium dried nuts including pistachios, almonds, cashews, walnuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, Brazil nuts, and chick peas in raw, salted, unsalted, honey coated, saffron roasted, and spicy varieties; the collection lists 99 products and is filtered by nut type and flavor.
• Mixed Nuts collection Pre-mixed nut blends in shelled and unshelled varieties with raw, salted, unsalted, saffron roasted, sweet, spicy, and sour flavor profiles, featuring 21 products such as Classic Mixed Nuts and Premium Mix.
• Dried Fruits collection Sun-dried and naturally preserved fruits — apricots, dates, figs, prunes, raisins, mulberries, barberries, tropical fruits, and mixed fruits — in sweet and sour flavor profiles and natural/no-sugar-added options, with 119 products.
• Seeds collection Sunflower, pumpkin, watermelon, chia, flax, and sesame seeds in raw, roasted, salted, unsalted, and heavy-salted preparations, with 28 products.
• Dried Vegetables collection Traditional Persian dried herbs and vegetables — spinach, basil, dill, parsley, mint, coriander, fenugreek (shambalileh), leek, tarragon, and pre-mixed vegetable blends for classic Iranian dishes — with 29 products.
• Confectionery & Sweets collection Iranian and regional sweets including baklava, gaz (pistachio nougat), sohan, Turkish delight, cookies, candy, halva, and traditional pastries from Iran, Turkey, and Azerbaijan; the collection lists 208 products.
• Snacks collection Ready-to-eat snacks including fruit bars (lavashak), chocolate-covered items, crispy chips, and savory treats; 126 products.
• Spices & Herbs collection Premium spices and culinary herbs — saffron, turmeric, cardamom, black pepper, cinnamon, and traditional Persian spice blends — with 158 products.
• Tea & Coffee collection Persian and regional teas — black tea, green tea, herbal infusions — and branded teas from Ahmad Tea and Saharkhiz; 54 products.
• Jam & Honey collection Artisan jams and honey products including sour cherry jam, carrot jam, honeycomb, and various fruit preserves; 29 products.
• Other Goods collection Specialty food items including pickles, grape syrup (Tavazo grape syrup), date syrup, canned goods, cooking ingredients, and herbal waters; 126 products.
• Gifts collection Gift packages and baskets featuring premium nuts, dried fruits, saffron, and traditional sweets, including wooden gift boxes, gift trays, and specialty gift sets; 68 products.
• Organic Products collection Certified organic food products including organic nuts, dried fruits (e.g., organic goji berries), and spices; 43 products.
• Best Sellers collection Curated collection of the most popular products based on customer purchases, featuring pistachios, saffron, dried fruits, and premium nuts; 50 products.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Wonderful Pistachios: Mass-market California pistachio and nut brand with deep US retail distribution. Overlaps with Tavazo's hero pistachio SKU but operates at vastly larger scale and mainstream retail rather than e-commerce specialty.
• Thrive Market: Large online membership-based retailer of natural/organic groceries including nuts, dried fruits, snacks and pantry staples. Overlaps with Tavazo's healthy-specialty value proposition but at much larger scale and a wider grocery assortment.

Direct peers

• Sadaf Foods: Established US brand specializing in Persian/Middle Eastern specialty foods (saffron, nuts, dried fruit, herbs, rosewater). Direct peer on Persian/Iranian product mix and US distribution; differentiates from Tavazo on broader grocery SKUs and longer-established US retail footprint.
• Persian Basket: Online Persian/Middle Eastern grocery retailer shipping specialty ingredients, herbs, nuts, dates, sweets and beverages. Direct peer on Persian diaspora target market, product mix and online-only distribution to North America.
• Made in Nature: Organic dried fruits and nuts snack brand with strong DTC/retail presence. Comparable on certified-organic dried fruit and nut SKUs and on the natural/clean-label positioning that Tavazo promotes across its Organic collection.
• Nuts.com: Online specialty retailer selling nuts, dried fruits, snacks, chocolate and gifts direct to consumers across the US. Closest one-to-one peer to Tavazo on channel model, catalog mix (nuts/dried fruit dominant) and gifting use cases — main differentiator is broader mainstream positioning vs Tavazo's Persian/Iranian specialization.
• Holy Land Market: Online retailer of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean groceries including nuts, dried fruits, spices, sweets and pantry staples. Direct peer on target customer (diaspora cooks), product mix and e-commerce DTC model.
• Sahale Snacks: Premium packaged nut-and-dried-fruit snack brand sold via retail and DTC. Comparable on premium, natural nut-based snacking SKUs that overlap with Tavazo's Snacks, Dried Nuts and Gift lines; smaller scale and very US-retail-anchored.
• Sunfood Superfoods: Online DTC retailer of organic/superfood nuts, seeds, dried fruits, cacao and supplements. Overlaps with Tavazo's Organic and Dried Fruits collections on SKU and channel; broader in 'superfood' positioning, less on ethnic/confectionery depth.
• iGourmet / The Spice Trader: Online specialty retailer of gourmet cheese, chocolate, coffee, tea, spices and pantry ingredients. Comparable on DTC specialty/gourmet e-commerce model and gifting-based merchandising that mirrors Tavazo's Gifts and Spices & Herbs categories.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TavazoDriedNuts
• Facebookfacebook.com/Tavazo1950
• Instagraminstagram.com/tavazo

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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