Wholesale tapenades for professionals

Since 1984, Palimex has supplied wholesale Mediterranean tapenades and spreads to the food trades: restaurateurs, caterers, central kitchens, fine grocers and large retailers. The Meyva-brand range covers the classic recipes of the Provençal coast — black olive, green olive, capers, anchovies — available as a fine paste for extrusion or a rustic texture for spreading, sized for the turnover of a CHR establishment as well as for the volumes of a central kitchen.

Tapenade, a Mediterranean recipe for professionals

Tapenade is that pounded olive paste, born in Provence, whose recipe combines olives, capers, anchovies and olive oil. Its versatility makes it a working condiment: it spreads on apéritif bread, but it also binds a tart base, lifts a stuffing or dresses a fish in crust. From a wholesaler, you choose it by two families. The black tapenade, from ripe olive, is round and powerful; the green tapenade, from olive picked young, is more herbaceous and fruity. The milling degree — fine for extrusion, more textured for spreading — then guides the choice by intended use, from plating to cooking.

Our range of wholesale tapenades and spreads

The table below summarises the Meyva references available wholesale and their typical professional use. The pack formats — 3.6 kg polypropylene tub, 3.5 kg tub, glass jar — are sized by the turnover of each trade, from just-in-time CHR to pallet packing for fine grocery.

Which tapenade for which trade?

Each establishment expects something different from a wholesale tapenade. Here is how our professional customers most often structure their purchases by activity:

• Central kitchens and high-volume CHR: black tapenade in a 3.6 kg tub for portion yield and versatility (sauces, stuffings, apéritif), smooth olive paste for even incorporations.
• Event caterers and brasseries: green tapenade for bruschetta and savoury pastries, houmous spread under the Meyva brand for buffets and fast vegetal offers.
• Fine grocers and small supermarkets: glass jar in pallet packing for direct resale and the composition of premium gourmet hampers.

Culinary uses: spread, bind, elevate

Beyond the cold apéritif, tapenade works in hot cooking. The black version elevates a fish fillet in crust, binds a poultry stuffing or lifts a savoury cake; it offers a flavoursome alternative to classic emulsified sauces. The green, more herbaceous, blends into savoury-cake batter, vacuum marinades or the filling of a savoury pastry. To diversify the offer and meet the flexitarian market, these Mediterranean bases are willingly paired with our Olives & spreads range or with a flavour signature via our spices. Garlic in brine usefully rounds out the palette to lift a preparation economically.

Packing, rotation and B2B logistics

Controlling the portion cost relies on the right pack: the 3.6 kg polypropylene tub optimises yield in central kitchens and CHR, while the glass jar in pallet packing serves fine-grocery resale. Each batch carries its best-before date and traceability tracking, which slot into your HACCP procedures; temperature-controlled storage preserves the organoleptic stability until dispatch. The Mediterranean olive sector and the origin signs that structure this market — including appellated olives — are documented by the Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité (INAO).

Our buyers' view: for a regular apéritif service and a controlled food cost, we systematically start from the 3.6 kg black tub — versatile from spreading to cooking. The green we keep for menus where presentation and fruitiness prevail: bruschetta, savoury pastry, savoury cake.

Related categories

• Olives & spreads
• Spices
• Wholesale food