Tannin in Areca nuts is mainly used to dyeing clothes and roaps. And also Areca tannin is identified as a safe food coloring agent in food industry.
Standard Quality Specifications
Premium Quality:
- Handpicked premium product at 98% - 99% excellence
- Large pieces only
- All pieces contain bright white flower in the middle
- No husk, No dust, No rotten pieces or any other foreign materials
Superior Quality:
- Quality assurance at 94% - 97% excellence
- Mixed sizes as large to small
- No husk, No dust, No rotten pieces or any other foreign materials
- All pieces contain bright white flower in the middle
Grade A+:
- Quality assurance at 90% - 93% excellence
Grade A:
- Quality assurance at 80% - 85% excellence
- Mixed sizes
- Some husk parts can be appear
- No fungus, dust or rotten parts
Grade B:
- Quality assurance at 70% - 74% excellence
- Mixed qualities with different sizes
- 25% of pieces not polished well
- Brownish color
Cinnamon belongs to family Lauraceae is native to Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Sri Lankan Cinnamon also known as Pure Ceylon Cinnamon is considered as the True Cinnamon, which is broadly used in both sweet and savory food and beverages industries all around the world, and only grown in Sri Lanka. Ceylon Cinnamon has the best and rich aroma which consists Cinnamaldehyde with an appearance of a thin and smooth bark with a yellowish brown color. Moreover, Sri Lanka is the only place where you could find the Pure Ceylon Cinnamon with its authentic taste and fragrance plus medicinal values which has been coming from generations to generations.
Inner layers of the bark are dried in the sun and rolled together by hand into long "quills" and later the are graded specially according to their specific appearance and quality.
Ceylon Cinnamon Grades
Alba - The most expensive and qualitative grade among the True Ceylon Cinnamon grades because of its authentic taste, sweetness and aroma.
SPL - The 2nd best quality after Alba which has a better taste with an absolute taste.
C5 - The most and highly demanded grade of Ceylon Cinnamon among both international and local market due to its eye catching golden yellow color and wonderful taste.
C4 - It is the second fine grade after C5 with a bright yellow color and has a good demand in the international market.
M5 - It is relatively rougher in texture and thinner in appearance.
M4 - This grade is made with the combination of selected parts of high quality Cinnamon.
H1 - This grade is made of most expensive components of the rough Cinnamon Bark.
H2 - This grade is a collection of high quality golden yellow Cinnamon Quills.
Quillings No 1 & No 2 - This grades consists larger and smaller Quallings respectively which are collected as a result of cutting & bailing Cinnamon.
Bale - A collection of quills are gathered together to make a bale.
Cinnamon Powder : Machine ground cinnamon powder.
The Ceylon cloves contain an authentic milder flavour which is used in many food processing and medicine processing activities.Pure Ceylon Cloves contain a maximum content of Volatile Oil at a percentage at about 19.5 to 23.5
Grades
Hand Picked Selected
Hand-picked grade is the best grade of Cloves. Since Hand Picked Cloves are harvested as full bud Cloves, there is very less percentage of headless Cloves or stems are found in this grade.
Maximum moisture content between 12%-13%
Headcount is around 99%
Stems below 0.2%
Foreign matters 0.2%
Cloves grade No. 1
This is the second best grade compared with the hand-picked selection. In this grade mostly full bud cloves with small percentage of headless cloves are included.
Maximum moisture content between 12%-13%
Headcount is around 95%
Foreign matters 1%-2%
FAQ grade
FAQ is a low quality grade than other grades. Include mixture of headless clove, full bud clove, and some stem parts.
Color is mixed
Maximum moisture content between 12%-13%
Headless 20%
Admixture 3%-4%
Ceylon Cinnamon Leaf Oil is mostly obtained by using traditional field distillation methods. Eugenol is the main chemical compound of oil of Cinnamon leaves. Cinnamon Leaf Oil is mainly used in perfumery and spice flavours in most industries.
Ginger's sensational flavour and aroma plays a major role in food and beverage industry and has a good demand in both local and international market.
Grades (basically depend on the variety)
Local - Local ginger are smaller rhizomes with a whitish fibrous flesh which have a higher taste and aroma than the other spices. Largely used in beverage industry.
Chinese - Chinese ginger are large rhizomes with pale yellowish flesh. The taste and aroma is low and usually used for pickles.
Rangoon - Rangoon ginger is a well spreaded finger rhizomes with medium size and medium aroma
We can supply high quality Ginger Powder, Dehydradet Ginger Flakes, Dehydrated Ginger & raw Ginger
Cardamom, known as the â??Queen of Spicesâ??. We export light green varieties of cardamom which has a premium quality and a good appearance. Cardamom is consider as complex of flavour. It's taste has spicy, minty, citrusy, and herbal all at the same time, and it's highly fragrant. We can supply the highest quality Cardamom which are originated from Sri Lanka.
Garcinia is tropical fruit which is a popular as a natural weight loss supplement
Itâ??s natural aroma and flavour has used mostly in making Insect Repellent, Soap, Sprays, Disinfectants etc. and Food industries and many more. We can supply high quality citronella oi.
Moringa Leaves also have antifungal, antiviral, antidepressant and anti-inflammatory properties. We produce high quality Moringa Leaf Powder, Dehydrated Moringa Leaves and Moringa Capsules.
Garcinia is tropical fruit which is a popular as a natural weight loss supplement
Dried and ground Lemongrass is used in many value added products because of itâ??s authentic taste and aroma. In Sri Lanka we produce high quality Lemongrass Powder, Dehydrated Lemongrass.
Ceylon Nutmeg which has an authentic flavour like Hazelnut has a strong and distinctive aroma and it is slightly sweet as well as warm. Grades
Mace
Grade 01 - This grade of mace consists of well dried mace containing 90% of full mace and are 98 % clean.
Grade 02 - This grade consists well dried mace pieces which has a purity level of more than 95% by mass.
Pepper is known as 'King of spices' has contain higher Piperine content which gives it a superior quality and pungency. Sri Lankan hand picked Pepper is traded worldwide and is normally consumed as a spice. We can supply hand picked high quality White Pepper, White Pepper Powder, Balck Pepper & Black Pepper Powder.
Grades are available in Sri Lanka.
Special Grade 01 - This grade is the most expensive and qualitative grade among all Black Pepper verities which consists 12% of moisture content and has an appearance of dark black colour with surface grooves.
Grade 01 - This has 14% of moisture content with an appearance of dark black to brownish black colour with surface grooves.
FAQ - This contains average moisture content of 14% 16% and slightly cheaper and less in weight
Pepper is known as 'King of spices' has contain higher Piperine content which gives it a superior quality and pungency. Sri Lankan hand picked Pepper is traded worldwide and is normally consumed as a spice. We can supply hand picked high quality White Pepper, White Pepper Powder, Balck Pepper & Black Pepper Powder.
Grades are available in Sri Lanka.
Special Grade 01 - This grade is the most expensive and qualitative grade among all Black Pepper verities which consists 12% of moisture content and has an appearance of dark black colour with surface grooves.
Grade 01 - This has 14% of moisture content with an appearance of dark black to brownish black colour with surface grooves.
FAQ - This contains average moisture content of 14% â?? 16% and slightly cheaper and less in weight
In Sri Lanka we produce Dehydrated, quality soursop leaves to the international market. Soursop Leaves contain anticancer properties.
The subcontinent both as an essential cooking spice and as a medicine. Tamarind plays an essential role in chutneys, sauces, curries, soaps, and drinks. Its fruity-sour taste plays a major role in food seasoning and often used as an alternative to lemon juice.
We can supply Tamarind and Tamarind Seeds with superior quality.
Ceylon tea is named as the superior tea in the world because of its greate taste and the aroma. Sri Lanka is the 3rd largest tea exporter and & 4th largest tea
producer in the world. Among the tea produced in Sri Lanka Ceylon Silver Tips/ Ceylon White Tea were made using special tender leaves of the tea tree
without rolling or oxidized as usual tea production. Absolutely sun dried with no additional processing. Because of that Silver Tips is a limited-edition
product with an expensive price than other kind of tea.
KAgroo Silver Tips contain anti-oxidants, vitamin & minerals and polyphenols. Also the Tanning percentage is lower than other kinds of tea.
KAgroo Silver Tips are 100% Ceylon Silver Tips.
Ceylon tea is named as the superior tea in the world. Sri Lanka is the 3rd largest tea exporter and & 4th largest tea producer in the world. Ceylon silver tips were made without rolling or oxidized. Absolutely sun dried with no additional processing. Because of that Silver Tips is a limited-edition product with & expensive price than other kind of tea.
KAgroo Silver Tips contain anti-oxidants, vitamin & minerals, polyphenols. Contain Tanning and percentage is lower than other kinds of tea.
KAgroo Silver Tips is 100% Ceylon Silver Tips.
Sri Lanka also gaining a good success in growing Vanilla and Curing Vanilla naturally which consists a higher Vanillin percentage and a good aroma than other Vanilla growing countries in the world.
Grades
Grade A ( Premium Grade) - Naturally cured Vanilla pods which has the length between 15 cm to 25 cm and has an inherited aroma. Usually pods are dark brown to black in colour and has a shiny oily surface, cleanliness is 100% and moisture content is around 25% to 30%.
Grade B - Length of a cured pod is lower than 15 cm and the quality and aroma is slightly lower than Grade A. Moisture content is around 30% to 35%.
