Premium Mexican pantry · Texas

The spark of the Mexican kitchen.

OCOTE brings small-batch Mexican pantry staples to Texas. We start with fire-roasted habanero chili oil and organic cold-pressed avocado oil.

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Now meeting retailers, restaurants and distributors for our first shipments.

Two jars of OCOTE habanero chili oil and a bottle of OCOTE organic avocado oil on volcanic stone, with fresh habaneros, a halved avocado and roasted garlic.

Our name

o·co·te

/oh-KOH-teh/noun

Resin-rich heartwood from Mexican pines. One splinter catches a single match and lights the fire for the whole kitchen.
A Mexican pantry brand that begins at that fire.

From Nahuatl ocotl.

In kitchens across Mexico, cooking still starts with ocote. A sliver goes under the firewood, the flame takes, and soon the comal is hot. We named our brand after that first spark. OCOTE brings the flavors of our home in Michoacán to Texas, made by Mexican producers and chosen by our family.

OCOTE™ is a trademark of Pure Origin LLC. U.S. trademark registration in process.

The pantry

Two essentials to start

We're launching with two products Mexican cooks reach for every day. Both are made in Mexico by producers we know and imported to Texas by our own company.

Salsa macha · Hot

Habanero Chili Oil

Fire-roasted habanero in oil

Habanero chiles are charred on the comal until the skins blister, then cooked slowly in oil with garlic until crisp. The crunchy chile settles to the bottom of the jar and the oil turns a deep orange. Expect fruity heat and a roasted depth in every spoonful.

Heat Hot Habaneros measure 100,000 to 350,000 Scoville heat units.

Tasting notes: Fruity, roasted, garlicky, crunchy
Key ingredients: Fire-roasted habanero, garlic, oil
Try it on: Tacos, eggs, pizza, noodles, grilled meat, avocado toast
Format: Glass jar for retail; foodservice sizes on request
Made in: Mexico, in small batches

Organic · Extra virgin

Organic Avocado Oil

Cold-pressed from Hass avocados

Ripe Hass avocados from the volcanic highlands of western Mexico, pressed without heat or chemical solvents. The oil stays unrefined, with a deep green color and the buttery, grassy taste of fresh avocado. Pour it over salads and vegetables or use it for everyday cooking.

Tasting notes: Buttery, grassy, fresh avocado
Ingredients: Organic avocado oil
Process: Cold-pressed, unrefined
Use it for: Salads, finishing, roasting and sautéing
Format: 500 mL (16.9 fl oz) glass bottle; foodservice sizes on request
Quality: Every lot lab-tested for purity and freshness

In the kitchen

From the comal to your table

Simple ingredients, cooked the way they are cooked at home in Mexico.

Habanero chiles and garlic cloves charring on a clay comal over a wood fire. — Habaneros and garlic, charred on a clay comal.

A spoon drizzling OCOTE habanero chili oil over carne asada tacos, with the jar behind. — Spooned over carne asada tacos.

A bottle of OCOTE avocado oil beside an avocado and tomato salad in a green pottery bowl, with a spoonful of oil. — Drizzled over a fresh avocado salad.

How we work

What you can count on

Producers we know

Every OCOTE product comes from a Mexican producer we have visited, working in a facility registered with the U.S. FDA.

Short ingredient lists

Chiles, garlic and oil. Avocados and nothing else. If we wouldn't cook with it at home, it doesn't go in the jar.

Tested, lot by lot

Researchers at UC Davis have found that much of the avocado oil sold in U.S. stores is stale or mixed with cheaper oils. An independent lab tests every lot of ours before it ships.

Imported by us

Pure Origin LLC, our Texas company, is the importer of record. We manage FDA prior notice, FSVP and USMCA origin paperwork for every shipment.

Avocado orchards on the volcanic highlands of Michoacán at sunrise, with mist in the valleys.

From Michoacán to Texas

Rooted in Michoacán, growing in Texas

We're Daniel and Mariana, a family from Morelia, Michoacán, the avocado capital of the world. OCOTE is how we share the flavors we grew up with. We choose and visit every producer, and our Texas company imports every product.

Made in MexicoBy small producers in FDA-registered facilities
Imported by Pure Origin LLCOur Texas company is the importer of record
Sold in TexasTo retailers, restaurants and distributors

Partner with us

Now meeting our first partners

OCOTE is in its launch phase. We're talking with retailers, restaurants and distributors in Texas, and with producers in Mexico, as we prepare our first shipments.

Retailers & specialty grocers

Premium Mexican pantry staples for your shelves. Ask for our line sheet, wholesale pricing and samples.

Request a line sheet

Restaurants & foodservice

Habanero chili oil for the table and avocado oil for the kitchen, with foodservice formats available.

Ask about foodservice

Distributors

A Texas importer building a line of Mexican specialty foods. Let's talk about regions, volumes and terms.

Talk distribution

Producers in Mexico

Do you make an exceptional product in Mexico? We're looking for producers who are FDA-registered or ready to register.

¿Produces en México? Escríbenos.

Introduce your product

An OCOTE shipping case filled with habanero chili oil jars on a pallet, with two bottles of OCOTE avocado oil beside it.

Trade shows

Let's meet in person

We're starting to attend food trade shows in Texas and across the U.S. Tell us which show you'll be at and we'll set up a time to meet.

Plan a meeting

Contact

Let's talk

Wholesale, foodservice, distribution or supply. Write to us and one of the founders will answer.

hello@ocotefoods.com

Company: Pure Origin LLC, a Texas limited liability company
Mailing address: 25700 I-45 North, Suite 4119
The Woodlands, TX 77386
Founders: Daniel and Mariana, from Morelia, Michoacán