Fennel
Rajasthan carries the seed-spice belt — over a million tonnes led by coriander, cumin and fennel. Fennel is the one graded almost entirely on how green it stays.
1M t+
Rajasthan seed-spice output
- Botanical name
- Foeniculum vulgare
- Known as
- Saunfસૌંફ
- Origin
- Nagaur & the seed-spice belt
- Harvest
- February – April
Rajasthan contributes over a million tonnes to India's seed-spice output, led by coriander, cumin and fennel. Fennel shares the same growing calendar and much of the same trade infrastructure as cumin, including the Unjha yards.
The grade is visual. Buyers pay for green — a bright, unfaded seed that has been dried in shade rather than direct sun and cleaned without bruising. A lot that has yellowed loses its premium regardless of how it tastes.
Its two markets barely overlap. One is culinary, into blends and bakery. The other is mouth-freshener and confectionery, where appearance carries most of the value.
Winter-sown on light soils with controlled irrigation. Shade drying after harvest is what preserves the chlorophyll — the single variable that separates a premium lot from an ordinary one.
Measured
- Rajasthan seed-spice output
- Over 1 million tonnes
- Grade driver
- Green colour retention
- Moisture
- ≤ 10%
- Purity
- 98% – 99.5%
Grades we ship
- SINGAPORE QUALITY
Bright green, shade-dried, premium selection.
- EUROPE QUALITY
Sortex-cleaned to EU residue limits.
- MACHINE CLEAN
98% purity, standard bulk.
Harvest window
- January — out of season
- February — in harvest
- March — in harvest
- April — in harvest
- May — out of season
- June — out of season
- July — out of season
- August — out of season
- September — out of season
- October — out of season
- November — out of season
- December — out of season
February – April
Contracts placed against a coming harvest are priced at the yard once the crop lands, not before.
Forms
- Whole seed
- Ground
- Sortex-cleaned
Ships to
United States
United Kingdom
Singapore
Malaysia
UAE