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Zatarain's is a food and spice company based in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States.
The company was started in the New Orleans suburb of Gretna by Émile A. Zatarain, who took out a trademark and began to market root beer in 1889. He expanded his product range to include mustard, pickled vegetables, and extracts. Then he moved into the spice business and became known for New Orleans and Cajun-style products. In 1963 the family sold the business. The company was acquired in 2003 by McCormick & Company, the world's largest spice company.
Zatarain is a surname of Spanish Basque origin, but is commonly mistaken as Cajun French. It is translated as "fishing pit" or "fishing hole" in the Gipuzkoan dialect of Basque, Translated from Euskara Batua, Standardized Basque. The surname takes its name from a house in Pasaia of Gipuzkoa region, Basque country, Spain.