McCormick Grill Mates Garden Vegetable Seasoning

McCormick® Grill Mates® Garden Vegetable Seasoning is a familiar sight in the spice aisle, shelved with other McCormick rubs, marinades and barbecue blends and often displayed near grilling sauces and meat rubs. Packaged in a 3.12 oz shaker bottle with the bold Grill Mates branding, it reads as a backyard barbecue essential — a branded, ready-to-use crusting and seasoning blend aimed at home grillers and weeknight cooks alike. The label emphasizes bold garlic, onion and pepper flavors and lists “natural flavor,” but it carries no organic certification or child-focused graphics; the nutrition panel shows zero calories per serving while sodium is notable. This bottle is positioned for convenience: a mainstream, widely recognized brand that markets to families, casual grill enthusiasts, and busy cooks who want reliable, smoky-savory results without crafting a blend from scratch. In use, the seasoning is coarse enough to lend texture and a seared crust on vegetables, steaks and burgers; ritual is tactile — a few hearty shakes over asparagus or potato wedges or rubbed into meat just before it hits the grill. Sensory cues are savory, peppery and garlicky with a slightly yeasty umami background from yeast extract and added “natural flavor.” From a processing perspective, it’s a blended, packaged spice mix produced industrially rather than single-origin herbs; that manufacturing step and inclusion of flavor enhancers distinguish it from whole spices. In American grocery culture, this product occupies the gap between pantry basics and convenience-enhancing branded solutions — a quick shortcut to familiar grilled flavors at cookouts, weeknight dinners and seasonal outdoor meals.