Sunita Agri Exports

Coriander Seeds & Powder

Coriander is an ayurvedic medicinal herb; it is also used as an important ingredient in making curries and other dishes. The seed is used as it is ground into a powder and used. Coriander seeds also have important medicinal properties. Coriander has many important vitamins and minerals. It provides calcium, phosphorus, iron and some other vitamins such as vitamin B and vitamin C. We can offer Fine Quality in both seeds & powder form.

Coriander is an important spice crop having a prime position in flavoring food. The plant is a thin stemmed, small, bushy herb, 25 to 50 cm in height with many branches and umbels. Leaves are alternate, compound. The whole plant has a pleasant aroma. Inflorescence is a compound umbel comprises 5 smaller umbels. Fruit is globular, 3 to 4 mm diameter, when pressed break into two locales each having one seed. Fruit has delicate fragrance; seeds are pale white to light brown in color.

Product Specification:

Product Name	Coriander Seeds
Type	Seed Whole and Splits
Packing	40/ 50 KG PP Bags/ Jute Bags
Laudability	9.5 Metric Tonnes
Plant source	Coriander, (Coriandrum sativum L.)
Purity	99% Min.
Flavor	Aromatic
Moisture	12-14% Max
Admixture	2% Max
Immature Seed	3% Max
Broken	5% Max
Total Ash	10% Max
Acid Insoluble Ash	1.25% Max

Container Capacity:

Type Of Container	Quantity
20′Fcl	8 Mt
40′Fcl	20 Mt

CORIANDER POWDER

Coriander is probably native to the Middle East and southern Europe, but has also been known in Asia and the Orient for millennia. It is found wild in Egypt and the Sudan, and sometimes in English fields. It is referred to in the Bible in the books of Exodus and Numbers, where the colour of ‘manna’ is compared to coriander

Specification of Coriander Powder:

Coriander Powder	SAE-CP-111
Foreign matter	0.5%
Total Ash	9 %
Acid insoluble ash value	1.5 %
Volatile Oil	0.3 to 1%
Heavy metal as lead	2.5 PPB
Aflatoxin	5 PPB
Aresenic	5 PPB
Copper	20 PPB
Zinc	50 PPB
Lead	10 PPB
Chromate Test	Negative
Protein	15 % Max