Lebanese Mezze Story

Story:

Mezze is a family business established in January 1991. The concept was a vision of Siham Khalil, (co-founder), who came up with the business idea while volunteering at a local NGO. In order to help empower women Siham hired women who would craft frozen Lebanese mezze ready to eat for the professionals and young working couples.

In 2011, the family reinvested in the operations acquiring ISO 22,000 certification and implemented modern management and food safety processes.

As we approach our 30th anniversary, Mezze continues to be a 100% Lebanese empowered business, using quality ingredients, stringent food safety control measures, no artificial colorings, no additives and above all, we still hand finish all our products.

A quick tour in Mezze factory:

Up on the first floor is the factory, where each room is separated from the other; the red-knife room where all the meat is prepared, the green-knife room where the vegetables are prepared and the closed, white-knife room where dough and cheese is processed. 

At the end of the corridor is the large preparation area where Lebanese women, mothers from the villages of Lebanon, prepare the bites around the stainless steel table.

Now for the preparation. The golden rule is that meat cannot stay outside of the fridge for more than 30 minutes. It is prepared within 10 minutes, pre-prepared and mixed within 10 minutes, and filled inside the kebbeh in 10 minutes before going in the shock freezer which takes it down to -20 degrees

The factory has a sample of all the batches, left for a year in case of need.

Why Mezze?

Handcrafted

Mezze’s products are 100% handmade.

Certified Halal

Rest assured, products are certified Halal.

Fresh Ingredients

At Mezze, excellent input produces a superior output. That’s why ingredients are sourced fresh.

Locally Grown Vegetables

In an effort to control the quality of ingredients, Mezze has made the decision early on to source most of its vegetables locally or from the ground, managed directly by them.

100% Lebanese

Mezze is a 100% Lebanese staffed company.