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Sweet basil (Italian/Genovese type)

Ordinary Italian sweet basil culinary identity, including Genovese type, explicitly distinct from Thai basil/horapha and holy basil/kraphao. Species alone does not establish cultivar or culinary interchangeability.

Highly perishable

What it is

How we read a bare request for this
No form is selected by default. Explicit supported fresh Genovese wording or deliberate form confirmation is required; pesto purpose alone does not establish identity or form. Dried form is unsupported.

Also called

fresh Genovese basil, fresh Italian sweet basil, Genovese basil, Italian sweet basil, ordinary sweet basil

Forms that matter

Where to look — by form

Each of these is recorded against one particular form or product, named on the card. None of them is a claim about Sweet basil (Italian/Genovese type) in general, and none is a claim about any other form. Search a form by name to source it as your actual request.

Local places to look

Kroger — Cool Springs

Local

  • Gotham Greens® Fresh Basil

Store-specific listing · · Currently listed on that date — not a live check. Older source for a perishable item; recheck before visiting.

2020 Mallory Ln, Franklin, TN

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Why we show this source
Why this source
Known source
What we know about stock
Currently listed (as recorded — Observed Sep 9, 2026; not a live check)
Where this evidence applies
Store-specific
Typical availability
Unknown
Evidence date
2026-09-09 (observation date)

Known source within the stated scope; this is not a guarantee of current stock. Currently listed on a first-party surface; a listing is not confirmed shelf presence. Evidence applies to this named location. Evidence observation date 2026-09-09 (Kroger).

Also: the ingredient is highly perishable; the evidence may be out of date for this kind of information; the exact product or form is not confirmed at this location

Evidence used for this claim

  • On 2026-09-09, the first-party Kroger surface recorded 'Gotham Greens® Fresh Basil' as currently listed at Store-specific scope. Selected-store digital listing does not confirm physical shelf stock or quantity.

    Kroger · Sep 9, 2026 (observation date) · supports the relationship claim · source

About the product itself

This describes what the product is. It does not indicate that this store carries it.

  • Manufacturer basil section identifies Genovese and 1.25 oz. Bridging the exact retained Gotham Greens Fresh Basil 1.25 oz merchant SKU is cross-source producer/product/package inference pending independent evidence review; no stock or merchant-date refresh. Gotham Greens · Oct 3, 2026
  • University reference groups Genovese among sweet basil varieties. Supports the narrow Genovese/sweet identity boundary, not interchangeability of holy/Thai basil or all Ocimum basilicum varieties. Source reviewed in 2022; exact publication date unknown. University of Minnesota Extension · Oct 3, 2026

Record last re-checked 2026-09-09. That is when we revisited the record, not when the evidence above was observed.

Evidence & details
Why this source
Known source
What we know about stock
Currently listed (as recorded — Observed Sep 9, 2026; not a live check)
Where this evidence applies
Store-specific
Typical availability
Unknown
Evidence date
2026-09-09 (observation date)

Known source within the stated scope; this is not a guarantee of current stock. Currently listed on a first-party surface; a listing is not confirmed shelf presence. Evidence applies to this named location. Evidence observation date 2026-09-09 (Kroger).

Also: the ingredient is highly perishable; the evidence may be out of date for this kind of information; the exact product or form is not confirmed at this location

Evidence used for this claim

  • On 2026-09-09, the first-party Kroger surface recorded 'Gotham Greens® Fresh Basil' as currently listed at Store-specific scope. Selected-store digital listing does not confirm physical shelf stock or quantity.

    Kroger · Sep 9, 2026 (observation date) · supports the relationship claim · source

About the product itself

This describes what the product is. It does not indicate that this store carries it.

  • Manufacturer basil section identifies Genovese and 1.25 oz. Bridging the exact retained Gotham Greens Fresh Basil 1.25 oz merchant SKU is cross-source producer/product/package inference pending independent evidence review; no stock or merchant-date refresh. Gotham Greens · Oct 3, 2026
  • University reference groups Genovese among sweet basil varieties. Supports the narrow Genovese/sweet identity boundary, not interchangeability of holy/Thai basil or all Ocimum basilicum varieties. Source reviewed in 2022; exact publication date unknown. University of Minnesota Extension · Oct 3, 2026

Record last re-checked 2026-09-09. That is when we revisited the record, not when the evidence above was observed.