Spices

India produces about 75 of the 109 varieties of spices listed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and accounts for half of the global trading in spices1. The pleasing aroma, fine texture, and high medicinal value make spices a top export product from India. 

Different spices find different usage in our day to day lives. Some spices are used as appetizers, some as preservatives and some are used in Ayurveda or herbal beauty and skincare products.

Over the years, Indian spice industry has developed huge capacity for processing / value addition. The type of value added products includes masala powders, curry powders, curry paste, spices blends, spices mixtures, spices based seasonings, sauces, spice extracts, oils, oleoresins, spice based nutraceuticals, cosmoceuticals, medicinal products, etc. The Indian Spices industry has been constantly strengthening it's processing and value addition capacity by adapting modern equipment and technologies, for sorting/ grading colour sorting, dehydration, freeze drying, cool / cryogenic grinding technology for retaining aromas, super critical fluid extraction for extraction of solvent free spice oils and oleoresins, steam sterilization, advanced packaging technologies including vaccum packaging, etc, for enhancing the quality, shelf life and assuring food safety.