Why Curcumin Content is Important in Turmeric?
- Curcumin is an active ingredient found in Turmeric.
- Curcumin is an antioxidant that possesses hypoglycemic qualities and is effective for many healthcare uses.
- Turmeric Contains Curcuminoids which are bioactive compounds.
- Turmeric contains 2 to 9% Curcuminoids.
- 75% of these active curcuminoids are curcumin.
Curcumin is called as Star of turmeric. The higher the curcumin content, the better it is.
Which are the countries that import Turmeric from India?
Bangladesh, USA, IRAN, UAE, Malaysia, UK, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Morocco, Srilanka, Japan, Spain, Netherlands, South Africa, Tunisia, Iraq etc. etc.
What is the capacity of 20 feet and 40 feet container?
- 20ft Container= 18 MT (Metric Tonnes)
- 40ft Container= 28 MT (Metric Tonnes)
What precautions needs to be taken while exporting Turmeric?
- Moisture- Important to dry the turmeric in hot sun and under expert supervision to zero down the chances of any fungus.
- Cleaning- Turmeric Raw fingers directly comes from farmers. Need to do manual cleaning to remove foreign particles and then into the machine under experienced person.
- Need to use Jute/Gunny bags for packing as it gives proper ventilation for turmeric finger. Preferable packing is 25 Kgs Jute bags
- Polishing has to be neat and avoid breaking of Fingers into pieces.
- Fumigation needs to be done twice when raw material enters into godown and also when it packed and enters into containers.
- Craft paper and Silica gel to be put into the container and keep third party quality specialist to inspect the container health.
- Need to appoint reputed third party quality inspection agent to count the number of bags, quality till the time the container is sealed.