The original UMAMI Crave the Fifth Dressing, Dip and Finishing Sauce is a gluten free and vegan, nutritional yeast based bottle of possibilities. It has a taste that pairs with pretty much anything and turns the most ordinary food into an extraordinary meal.

About Umami

UMAMI Original Dressing, Dip and Finishing Sauce, known previously as the “cider vin”, was actually created by Chef Justin Best, Stephanie’s brother and Joanna’s husband. Joanna & Justin both attended culinary school in Atlantic Canada and proceeded to cook their way across the country. In 2009, they arrived in Kelowna, where Justin first encountered a cider emulsion created with nutritional yeast. He proceeded to create his own version of this style of dressing and has been offering it on his menus to rave reviews ever since. Every so often, Justin and Joanna would casually discuss making and selling the cider vin themselves, but with a growing family and busy working lives it didn’t happen. Until…

Stephanie and her family moved from New Brunswick to Kelowna in 2014 and the three born and raised Maritimers were reunited. With children of similar ages and spouses who worked long and irregular hours, Joanna and Stephanie spent a lot of time together and shared a lot of meals. With the “cider vin” now a staple on the menu of a very popular local eatery, it didn’t take long for talks about bottling and selling it to resume. In April 2018, the cider vin was offered for purchase for the first time as UMAMI Dressing Dip and Finishing Sauce.

UMAMI Crave the Fifth products are widely available throughout the Okanagan and the Lower Mainland with new retail partners being adding every week. We are also slowly expanding availability in Alberta with retailers in Calgary and Canmore. Plans to expand availability throughout BC and beyond are well underway and we are planning to launch our popular gluten free grain blends for wholesale purchase in June 2022.