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| | Organic, Fairtrade Certified Malabar Black Pepper | 
| The humid, tropical, evergreen forests of Malabar Coast are home to Black pepper (Piper nigrum), the “King of Spices”. Our small farmers of Malabar region practice “homestead cultivation” growing pepper as a mixed crop with several other crops like coffee, coconut, nutmeg, vanilla etc strictly following the principles of organic farming and fairtrade. | Pepper occupies an important position in the cuisines of both East and West. It is also widely used as a food preservative. With its antioxidant, anti-microbial, analgesic, anti-pyretic and anti-inflammatory properties, it has wide applications in pharmaceutical products and in Ayurveda. | 
| | The products on offer are organically produced Malabar Black Pepper - TGSEB ((Tellicherry Garbled Special Extra Bold), TGEB (Tellicherry Garbled Extra Bold) and MG-1 (Malabar Garbled-1), three premium grades. The specifications of the above are: |  | TGSEB: Dried mature berries of Pepper grown in Wayanad and Kannur , garbled, diameter 4.75 mm or above, extraneous matter, light berries and moisture content not exceeding respectively 0.5%, 3% and 11% by weight, free from mould, insects or adulterants.
TGEB: Dried mature berries of Pepper grown in Wayanad and Kannur , garbled, diameter 4.25 mm or above, extraneous matter, light berries and moisture content not exceeding respectively 0.5%, 3% and 11% by weight, free from mould, insects or adulterants. |
| MG-1: Dried mature berries of Pepper grown in Wayanad and Kannur, garbled, extraneous matter, light berries and moisture content not exceeding respectively 0.5%, 2% and 11% by weight, free from mould, insect or adulterants. |
CERTIFICATION
Our pepper is certified organic by 1NDOCERT as per Indian, EU and USDA NOP standards. It is certified Fairtrade by FLO-CERT. Our products meet ASTA (American Spices Trade Association) specifications.
PRODUCTION
Our member farmers produce nearly 100 Tonnes of Organic and Fairtrade Certified Black Pepper annually
HARVESTING SEASON
December to March
MARKETING
Throughout the year
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