Onion flakes

Allium cepa is also known as the "garden onion" or "bulb" onion. It is grown underground by the plant as a vertical shoot that is used for food storage. Onions, one of the oldest vegetables, are found in a large number of recipes and preparations spanning almost the totality of the world's cultures. They are now available in fresh, frozen, canned, caramelized, pickled, powdered, chopped, and dehydrated forms.Dehydrated onion is produced by removing the water from raw onions. This is followed by milling or separating to specific particle size. Before drying, the roots and tops of the onion are removed, the onion is cleaned and peeled and the materials are washed and sliced. Onion powder is made from finely ground dehydrated onions, mainly the pungent varieties of bulb onions, which causes the powder to have a very strong smell.3-mercapto-2-methylpentan-1-ol in onion was found to have an antioxidant potent that inhibits peroxynitrite induced diseases and it is responsible for the typical aroma of onion.

• Onion is the most important commercial spice crop grown in India and exported.
• Onion leaves and immature bulbs are consumed as vegetable.
• It is mixed in other vegetables and soups as spice and flavouring agent.
• It contains vit. B and vit. C and minerals Ca and Fe.
• It has medicinal properties and used against ear-ache, colicpain etc.
• It is used for raw consumption.
• It is used in making sauce, ketch-up and chutnee.
• Dried onion chips and powder have great demand for export.
• The bubs obtained during seed production are feed to cattle or poultry.