Sesame Seeds is cultivated in India for more than 1000 years. Sesame Seeds is rich source of edible oil. Sesame seeds are well known as most nutritious seeds because it contains high value of protein and amino acid. Sesame seed is drought tolerant crop. Sesame seed have rich nutty flavor.

India produces a wide variety of Sesame seeds varying in color from white to red to black, with oil content varying from 40 to 50 %. The white and black Indian Sesame seeds are mainly used for direct consumption by its addition in several foods and for exports. The brown Indian Sesame seeds are mainly used for oil extraction. These have oil content of around 45-50 %. The white Indian Sesame seeds have the desirable nutty taste and are used for making sweets, baked foods and confectionaries. The black Indian Sesame seeds are used for seasoning and for fries. Hulled seeds are also used for snack preparation. Around 80 % of the sesame seed production in India, happens during the khariff season (June-July to September-October), with the crop starting to arrive from September. The remaining crop is cultivated in the rabi season (December to March), with the crop starting to arrive from March.

Sesame seed is largely cultivated in the western and eastern parts of the country. The major producers of Indian Sesame are Gujarat, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Rajasthan is also a major producer, when the area receives sufficient rains.

Kind:White/Black/Brown
Grades: - Natural / Machine Cleaned - Mechanical Hulled, Aqua Hulled, Chemical Hulled - Auto Sortexed - Sun Dried or Auto Dried
Purity: 99/1/; 98/2; 95/5; 99.90; 99.95; 99.97; 99.99
Moisture:5% max
FFA: 1% max or 2% max
Admixture: 0.01% min
Staphylococcus Aureaus:Absent/gm
E.coli: Absent/gm
Salmonellae:Absent/gm
Packing: - New Jute Bags 75/50/25/15/10 Kgs - HDPE/PP Bags 50/25/15/10 Kgs - Multi-ply paper /plastic bags 25/15/10 Kgs