Fenugreek Seeds
Fenugreek Seeds
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Fenugreek seed 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.
USES
Fenugreek is used both as a food and food additive as well as in medicines. Fresh tender pods, leaves and shoots are eaten as curried vegetable. As a spice, it flavours food. Powder of dried leaves is also used for garnishing and flavouring variety of food. Fenugreek extract is used as a flavouring agent of imitation maple syrup. It is one of the principle constituent of curry powder. The seeds are used in colic flatulence, dysentery, diarrhoea, dyspepsia, chronic cough and enlargement of liver and spleen, rickets, gout and diabetes. It is also used as a carminative, tonic, and aphrodisiac. Fenugreek oil is used in the manufacture of hair tonics.
FOREIGN NAME OF SPICES
Spanish : Alholva French : Fenugrec German : Bockshorklee Swedish : Bockshornklee Arabic : Hulba Dutch : Fenegriek Italian : Fieno Greco Portuguese : Alforva Russian : Pazhitnik Japanese : Koroha Chinese : K’u – Tou
SPECIFICATIONS OF FENUGREEK SEEDS (MACHINE CLEANED):
| Parameter | Specification |
| Moisture | Maximum 6 % |
| Ash % | Maximum 9.5 % |
| Acid insoluble ash | Max 1.25 % |
| Cold water soluble extract | Max 30.0% |
| salmonella | Absent/25 gm |
| odor | Celery & bitter |
| color | Caramel to light yellow |
| Green seeds | Max 2 % |
| Flavor | Aromatic sweet |
| Purity | 98-99 % |
| Uses | Human Consumption and Medicinal Purpose |
PACKAGING:
| Type of Bags | Quantity | |
| P. P. Bag | 55.12 lb / 25 kg or 110.23 lb / 50 kg | |
| Jute Bag | 110.23 lb / 50 kg | |
| Custom Requirement | As per customer requirement | |
CONTAINER:
| Type of Container |
Quantity |
| 20’ FCL | 24 MT |
