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Saunf Fennel Seeds Wholesale Export
Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Saunf fennel seeds for food industry and global wholesale export supply
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Fennel seeds - saunf in Hindi - are the dried fruit of Foeniculum vulgare, a licorice-flavored spice used across Indian cooking, Middle Eastern cuisine, European sausage manufacturing, herbal tea blending, and essential oil extraction. India accounts for 61% of global fennel seed shipments and exported to 97 countries in the year ending October 2024 - a 31% jump from the prior year. Top markets are the United States (30% of shipments), Canada and Bangladesh (13% each), UK, and Australia. Gujarat and Rajasthan grow the bulk of it. For buyers sourcing for ethnic grocery distribution, spice blending, food manufacturing, or herbal supplement production, India is the deepest and most price-competitive origin in this category.
| Attribute | Details / Value |
|---|---|
| Botanical Name | Foeniculum vulgare |
| Common Names | Fennel seeds, saunf, sweet fennel, soonf |
| Form | Whole dried seeds |
| Top Export Grade | Premium Extra Green / Singapore Quality - 99.5% purity, color-sorted |
| Standard Grade | FAQ (Fair Average Quality) - machine-cleaned, for blending and grinding |
| Color | Pale to deep green; premium grade color-sorted for uniformity |
| Volatile Oil Content | Min. 1.5%; high-anethole lots available on request |
| Moisture Content | Max. 10% |
| Purity | 99.5% (premium grade); 98% (FAQ grade) |
| Aflatoxin | Below 2 ppb (EU) / Below 20 ppb (US FDA) |
| Pesticide Residues | EU MRL compliant; test reports per shipment |
| Salmonella / E. coli | Not detected; steam sterilization available on request |
| Shelf Life | 18-24 months in airtight, cool, dry storage |
| HS Code | 0909.61 (whole, neither crushed nor ground) |
Premium Extra Green (also called Singapore Quality) is color-sorted, machine-cleaned to 99.5% purity, and is what retail packers and ethnic grocery distributors need - the green color is visible through packaging and buyers notice when it is off. FAQ grade is machine-cleaned but not color-sorted, used for grinding, tea blending, sausage manufacturing, and essential oil extraction where oil yield is what matters and nobody is looking at the seed color. The price gap between the two is real but not large. Ordering the wrong grade either means over-paying for color you will never show, or getting returns from retail buyers who expected green and received yellow-brown.
US, EU, Canadian, and Australian food manufacturers increasingly require steam-sterilized fennel seeds. It kills Salmonella and E. coli without chemicals and without affecting flavor or color. If your end customer runs HACCP audits or is a retail chain with supplier requirements, confirm steam sterilization before the order is placed - not after. Exporters who offer it routinely are also, generally, running tighter quality controls across the board. It is a reasonable proxy for how seriously a supplier takes food safety.
Gujarat and Rajasthan supply the majority of India's exported fennel. The dry semi-arid climate suits the crop, and both states have the processing infrastructure - cleaning lines, color-sorters, steam sterilization units, cold storage - that buyers in regulated markets need their suppliers to have. Mundra Port in Gujarat and Nhava Sheva in Maharashtra handle most of the container freight, and both have established phytosanitary inspection capacity for spice exports. Ukraine and Egypt export fennel but together account for under 20% of global shipments. India's 61% share reflects supply chain depth built over decades, not a one-season price advantage.
1 kg and 5 kg retail pouches (kraft/foil laminate); 25 kg PP woven bags for bulk buyers; 50 kg jute bags for commodity volumes. Vacuum-sealed and nitrogen-flushed packaging available for buyers in high-humidity markets. Private label retail packs on request.
FSSAI, APEDA, HACCP, ISO 22000:2018, Organic (NPOP/NOP), Kosher, Halal on request. Steam sterilization certificates and per-shipment lab reports for pesticide residues, aflatoxin, moisture, and microbial safety. Phytosanitary Certificate on each consignment.
Yes. Saunf is the Hindi name for fennel seeds (Foeniculum vulgare). It is the same dried seed sold under different names depending on the market - saunf in Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi ethnic grocery retail; fennel seeds in mainstream food, tea, and spice manufacturing. Exporters label to whichever name your packaging requires.
Retail and ethnic grocery: Premium Extra Green (Singapore Quality), 99.5% purity, color-sorted. Food manufacturing, grinding, tea blending, essential oil extraction: FAQ grade at lower per-kg cost. The color does not matter once the seed goes into a grinder or a teabag. Specify your end use when ordering.
Not legally mandatory, but practically expected if your buyer is a food manufacturer or supermarket chain. US buyers need FSMA-compliant supplier documentation; sterilization certificates support that file. EU buyers under HACCP audits will ask for it. Confirm with your customs broker whether your specific buyer requires it before placing the order - retrofitting this requirement after shipment is expensive.
500 kg via LCL consolidation covers a quality and compliance check before you commit to full container volumes. FCL pricing applies from 5,000 kg. Most buyers do one LCL trial then move to repeat FCL orders once the supplier relationship is established.
10-15 days production and packing, then 20-25 days sea freight to US East Coast; 18-22 days to Rotterdam or Felixstowe. Air freight is available for samples. For bulk fennel seeds at this price point, air freight cost rarely makes sense.
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