Dorot Gardens was built around one idea: garlic tastes best in the minutes right after it's cut, and almost nobody has time to cut it fresh every night. Kibbutz Dorot, farming more than 3,500 acres in southern Israel since 1992, picks its garlic and moves it straight into chopping, portioning, and a fast-freeze tunnel - no waiting, no long transport before processing.
Each tray holds 16 frozen crushed garlic cubes at 2.8 oz total, portioned so one cube stands in for roughly one fresh clove. The cubes come sealed in a foil blister pack under a peel-back paper lid - no plastic tub of minced garlic drying out in your fridge door, no oil going rancid.
There's no thawing step: pop a frozen cube straight into a hot saute pan, simmering sauce, marinade, or dressing. Because the garlic was crushed and frozen at peak freshness rather than jarred in oil for a shelf life measured in months, the flavor reads closer to something you just cut yourself than to jarred minced garlic.
These kosher, non-GMO garlic cubes suit keto, paleo, and vegan kitchens. Keep frozen at 0F until ready to use.
Ingredients: Garlic, Water, Sunflower Oil, and Sea Salt.
Common Questions
How is this different from the jarred minced garlic sold in the produce aisle?
Jarred minced garlic is typically packed in oil or acid and held at refrigerator temperature for weeks or months before it reaches your cart, which is part of why it can taste flat or bitter. Dorot's garlic is picked, chopped, and flash-frozen on Kibbutz Dorot's own fields within hours of harvest, so the flavor compounds haven't had time to break down before freezing locks them in place. Because it stays frozen rather than sitting in liquid at fridge temperature, there's also no ongoing oxidation happening between purchase and use.
Does frozen garlic actually taste like fresh garlic once it's cooked?
Garlic's characteristic bite comes from allicin, a compound formed the moment a clove is cut or crushed, and it starts degrading with prolonged exposure to heat, air, or time. Flash-freezing arrests that degradation almost immediately after crushing, which is why home cooks who switch from jarred garlic commonly describe the flavor as closer to a fresh-cut clove than to jarred garlic. It won't caramelize in a raw pan the exact way a freshly minced clove does, but once it hits heat in a sauté or sauce, the flavor profile reads as fresh-cut rather than preserved.
Does this fit a keto, paleo, or vegan diet?
Yes. The ingredient list is garlic, water, sunflower oil, and sea salt — no added sugar, no grain-based fillers, and no animal products, so it fits keto, paleo, and vegan meal plans without modification. It's also certified gluten-free and kosher, which covers the two most common dietary questions cooks ask about a packaged garlic product.
How do I use the cubes — do they need to thaw first?
No thawing is needed. Peel back the paper lid to reveal the foil blister pack, then push one cube at a time through the foil directly into whatever you're cooking — a sauté pan, a simmering sauce, a marinade, or a salad dressing you're whisking together. One cube is portioned to substitute for roughly one fresh garlic clove, which makes recipe conversion straightforward without eyeballing a mince pile.
Where does the garlic actually come from?
It's grown and processed on Kibbutz Dorot's own farmland in the southern district of Israel, where the kibbutz has cultivated field crops since the company was established in 1992. The chopping, portioning, and freezing all happen at the same operation shortly after harvest rather than being shipped elsewhere for processing, which is part of what allows the fast-freeze timeline that preserves flavor.
How long do the cubes last in the freezer, and does the quality hold up over time?
Kept frozen at 0°F, the sealed tray holds its flavor and texture for the duration of the printed shelf life on the package, since freezing (unlike refrigeration) essentially pauses the enzymatic breakdown that causes fresh garlic to lose potency. Individual cubes can be removed one at a time from the foil blister pack while the rest of the tray stays frozen, so opening it doesn't compromise the unused portions the way cracking open a fresh head or a jar does.