Fenugreek Seeds

Listing ID #564986

The company is exporting and supplying the superior quality Fenugreek Seed that is the ripe fruit of an annual herb. This robust herb has light green leaves, is 30-60 cm tall and produces slender, beaked pods, 10-15 cm long, each pod contains 10-20 small hard yellowish brown seeds, which are smooth and oblong, about 3mm long, each grooved across one corner, giving them a hooked appearance. Fenugreek Seeds are a native of South Eastern Europe and West Asia, now cultivated in India, Argentina, Egypt and Mediterranean countries (Southern France, Morocco and Lebanon). In India Fenugreek Seed is grown extensively in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Punjab. Fenugreek Seed is a cold season crop and is fairly tolerant to frost and very low temperature. It is best suited to tracts of moderate to low rainfall and is sown in all types of soil but perform better in loam and clayey loam with proper drainage. Fenugreek Seed can also be grown on black cotton soils. Growing sesame is during October and February and is grown in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The major importers of Indian fenugreek are Saudi Arabia, Japan, Malaysia, USA, The UK, Singapore and Sri Lanka. Specifications

• Purity - 97% /98%/ 99%
• Odour - Celery and bitter
• Colour - Caramel to light yellow
• Moisture - 5% to 7% max
• Green Seeds - 2% max
• Total ASH - 10% max
• Acid insuluble ASH - 1.25% max
• Flavour - Aromatic sweet
• Salmonella - Absent/25 gms