Everything bagel seasoning is just the bagel topping in a jar — sesame, poppy, garlic, onion and flaky salt — and the good versions come down to the salt and how freshly the seed and garlic were handled. Same goes for an all-purpose house blend: it's the jar you reach for without thinking. These independents make the ones worth reaching for.
Published July 2026 · Updated 7 Jul 2026
Oaktown's Better Than Everything Bagel pushes past the standard mix with black pepper, sea salt, garlic, brown mustard seed, onion, rosemary, smoked sea salt, dill and fennel. Hand-mixed from fresh-ground spices. The name is a dare, and it mostly earns it.
Why it isn't on AmazonA hand-mixed everything blend with fresh-ground seed and smoked salt has a depth the flat, pre-jarred grocery version simply doesn't.
See it at Oaktown Spice Shop →Spicewalla's everything bagel blend is blue poppy seed, black and white sesame, minced garlic and onion, salt and caraway — keto and paleo friendly, non-GMO. From chef Meherwan Irani's Asheville line. A clean, classic version done with good ingredients.
Why it isn't on AmazonFresh seed and real minced garlic and onion make a crunchier, more fragrant blend than the fine, salt-heavy grocery shakers.
See it at Spicewalla →Oregon's Jacobsen Salt Co. harvests sea salt on the Netarts Bay and builds its Loveski everything bagel seasoning (a collaboration with a Portland deli) on that flaky salt. Good on popcorn, avocado toast, or straight from the jar. When the salt is the point, start with a salt maker.
Why it isn't on AmazonEverything seasoning is mostly salt, so a blend built on a real hand-harvested flaky sea salt beats one leaning on fine table salt.
See it at Jacobsen Salt Co. →For the all-purpose end of the shelf, Burlap & Barrel's salt-and-pepper blend (developed with Chef Marc Murphy) is a versatile everyday seasoning built on their single-origin, farmer-direct spices. The jar you grab for almost anything savory. Traceable to specific farms.
Why it isn't on AmazonA single-origin salt-and-pepper all-purpose blend is a real upgrade over a commodity 'seasoned salt' of unnamed spices and mostly filler.
See it at Burlap & Barrel →This seat's open on purpose — we won't pad the list to hit a number. If you ship real everything & all-purpose seasoning direct, it's earned, not sold.
Add your brand →The classic mix is white and black sesame seeds, poppy seeds, dried garlic, dried onion and flaky salt — the topping from an everything bagel, jarred. Better makers tweak it: more toasted seed, less salt, or extras like caraway, dill or smoked salt. It's savory, crunchy and garlicky.
Avocado toast, eggs, popcorn, roasted vegetables, salmon, sliced tomatoes, hummus, even buttered rice. It's basically instant savory crunch. The salt and garlic do a lot of work, so taste before adding more salt to the dish.
A balanced, salt-pepper-garlic-forward blend meant to season almost anything without pointing at one cuisine — think a good salt-and-pepper blend or a house shake. It's the jar you reach for when you don't want to think about it. Quality comes down to the salt and how freshly the pepper and aromatics were ground.
Largely, yes — the type and grind of salt sets how the blend seasons and how it feels in the mouth, which is why a maker like Jacobsen builds theirs on their own flaky sea salt. Freshly ground garlic and toasted seed matter too. Cheap versions lean on fine table salt and taste one-note.
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