Whole spice · Ingredients & raw materials
Green cardamom
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Devkee Masala & Food Pvt. Ltd.
Kiln-dried green capsules of Elettaria cardamomum from the Idukki and Bodinayakanur belts, graded by pod diameter and litre weight. Used in sweets, chai, bakery, biryani and garam masala; larger bold pods go to whole-pod retail, smaller grades to grinding.
Size 4
- 6 to 7 mm (AGB)
- 7 to 8 mm (AGEB)
- 8 mm and above (super bold)
- Mixed or bulk (ungraded)
Form 3
- Whole pods
- Seeds (decorticated)
- Powder
Pack size 4
- 1 kg pouch
- 5 kg bag
- 10 kg bag
- 25 kg bag
Spec
- Moisture
- 13% max (FSSAI); 10 to 11.5% typical
- Volatile oil (dry basis)
- 3.5% min (FSSAI); about 4 to 8% typical
- Empty and malformed capsules
- 3% max by count
- Immature and shrivelled
- 3% max
- Extraneous matter
- 1% max
- Total ash (dry basis)
- 9.5% max
- Litre weight
- 385 g/L (AGS), 415 g/L (AGB), 435 g/L (AGEB) min
- Colour
- Natural green; no added colour
- Origin
- Idukki (Kerala), Bodinayakanur and Theni (Tamil Nadu)
- Standard
- FSSAI 2.9.2; Alleppey Green GI; AGMARK grading available
- Shelf life
- 12 months
- Usual minimum
- 5 kg
- HSN code
- 09083120
- GST
- 5%
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