Specifications

Product                                     Cumin Seed Essential Oil “KE”

Appearance                              Fluid liquid

Colour                                      Pale Yellow to Brownish liquid displaying a Greenish Tint

Odour                                       The odour is extremely Powerful, Diffusive Green Spicy slightly Fatty, Soft & Mellow

Physico–Chemical Properties:-

Specific Gravity                         0.905 – 0.925

Refractive Index                        1.5010 – 1.5060

Optical Rotation                         +3° To +8°

Total Assay                                30% (Cuminic Aldehyde)

Cumin is the dried fruit of a small herbaceous plant and was popular even during the Biblical times as an efficient digestive food flavor for ceremonial feasting. From Latin America to North Africa and all over Asia cumin is the most popular spice used. Not just today but history also has experienced the flavor of cumin during the Roman Empire and in the ancient India where cumin has its mention as the sugandhan "well-smelling". Cumin is a very popular spice in Western to Central Asia (Near and Middle East); in central and South America along with Burma, India, Indonesia. Indian cumin finds worldwide use in foods, beverages, liquors, medicines, toiletries and perfumery and grows abundantly in the mild, equable climate of Gujarat, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Rich, well- drained, sandy, loamy soil and the sun are the basic requirements of this spice for perfect and ample growth.

Indian cumin is exported in its natural as well as powdered form, besides as essential oil to USA, Singapore, Japan, UK and North Africa.