- BrandGinger
- TypeSolid
The fresh, dried or powdered rhizome of a slender, perennial herb, Indian ginger has been acclaimed world-wide for its characteristic taste, flavour & texture. Ginger has always meant many things to many people. A taste-maker. A flavourant. An appetizer. A drug. Though grown all over India, the finest quality ginger comes from Kerala endowed as it is with a congenial climate and a rich earthy soil. Indian dry ginger is known in the world market as 'Cochin Ginger' (NUGC) & 'Calicut Ginger ' (NUGK). India offers ginger in a variety of forms; oils, oleoresins, fresh ginger in brine, pickles, candies and syrups. It also comes in garbled / ungarbled, bleached/unbleached and powder forms.
India has a predominant position in ginger production and export. The principal buyers are the Middle East, USA, the UK and the Netherlands.