Dry fruit · Ingredients & raw materials
Makhana (fox nut)
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Popped seeds of Euryale ferox from the ponds of north Bihar, graded by diameter in suta (1 suta is about 3.17 mm). Larger, whiter pops sell for roasted snack packs and gifting; smaller grades and broken pieces go into flavoured snacks, kheer, curries and makhana flour.
Grade (suta) 6
- 3 suta (about 9.5 to 12.7 mm)
- 4 suta (about 12.7 to 15.8 mm)
- 5 suta (about 15.9 to 19 mm)
- 6 suta (about 19 to 20.7 mm)
- 6+ suta jumbo (above 20.7 mm)
- Mixed grade (e.g. 4 to 5 suta)
Form 3
- Whole popped
- Broken (thurri)
- Makhana powder / flour
Pack size 3
- 1 kg pouch
- 5 kg bag
- 10 kg bag
Spec
- Size
- Graded in suta; 4 suta about 12.7 mm, 5 suta about 15.9 mm, 6 suta about 19 mm
- Moisture
- 5 to 8% max (lower for export)
- Breakage
- 3 to 5% max
- Colour
- White to off white
- Origins
- Darbhanga, Madhubani, Purnea, Katihar, Saharsa (Bihar); also West Bengal, Assam
- Standard
- FSSAI
- Shelf life
- 6 to 12 months in airtight pack
- GST note
- 5% pre-packaged and labelled; the chapter 08 entry for dried makhana is nil when loose (Notification 10/2025). Customs tariff puts popped makhana at 20081921
- Usual minimum
- 10 kg
- HSN code
- 20081921
- GST
- 5%
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