{ "brand": "Richvane", "updated": "2026-09-25", "contact": { "email": "contact@richvane.com", "phone": "+91 95438 48116" }, "families": [ { "slug": "chilli-powder", "name": "Red chilli powder", "short": "Ground from sun-dried Guntur pods to your mesh, colour and heat.", "intro": "Single-variety powders and custom blends, milled to 40 to 80 mesh, moisture held under 10 percent at packing. Supplied untreated, steam-sterilised or ETO-treated to suit the destination market.", "hs_code": "0904.22", "hs_note": "Fruits of the genus Capsicum, dried, crushed or ground", "image": "powder", "items": [ { "slug": "teja-s17-chilli-powder", "name": "Teja S17", "kind": "powder", "title": "Teja S17 chilli powder", "one_line": "The hottest of the Guntur commercial varieties. Thin skin, high capsaicin, favoured by extractors and hot-sauce makers.", "description": "Teja (S17) is grown across Guntur and Prakasam districts of Andhra Pradesh and Khammam district of Telangana, and is India's benchmark high-pungency chilli. The pods are slender, thin-skinned and dry to a bright red. Ground Teja gives a sharp, clean heat with moderate colour, which makes it the first choice for oleoresin extraction (it gave the highest oleoresin yield among nineteen Indian cultivars in a published comparison), hot sauces, instant noodle seasonings and blended masalas where pungency is the selling point.", "origin": "Guntur and Prakasam districts (Andhra Pradesh) and Khammam district (Telangana), India", "spec": { "shu_min": 75000, "shu_max": 100000, "asta_min": 50, "asta_max": 70, "moisture_max": 10, "mesh": "40, 60 or 80 mesh as specified", "capsaicin": "0.50 to 0.70 percent (typical)", "total_ash_max": 8, "acid_insoluble_ash_max": 1.25, "colour_desc": "Bright red, medium depth" }, "best_for": [ "Oleoresin and capsaicin extraction", "Hot sauces and chilli pastes", "Instant noodle and snack seasonings", "Curry powders and masala blends" ], "markets": [ "China", "Thailand", "Malaysia", "USA", "UAE", "Bangladesh", "Sri Lanka" ], "season": "Harvest January to April; new-crop powder available from March.", "swatch": "#B8231A", "swatch_text": "#FFFFFF", "image": "teja", "gallery": [ { "img": "prod-teja", "caption": "Sun-dried Teja pods before milling" }, { "img": "g-powder-heap-dark", "caption": "Teja powder: bright red, sharp heat" }, { "img": "drying-tarp-guntur", "caption": "Drying on tarpaulin, Guntur" } ] }, { "slug": "sannam-s4-chilli-powder", "name": "Sannam S4", "kind": "powder", "title": "Sannam S4 (334) chilli powder", "one_line": "The classic Guntur export chilli. Balanced heat and colour, thick skin, the variety most of the world already knows.", "description": "Sannam, also traded as S4 or 334 (the LCA-334 variety bred at Lam, Guntur), is the highest-volume chilli grown in the Guntur belt and carries the Guntur Sannam geographical indication (GI application 143, registered 2010). Pods are long with a thick, glossy skin that grinds to a fine powder with a balanced profile: enough heat for everyday cooking and a natural red finish. It is the workhorse variety for spice packers, seasoning manufacturers and food service worldwide, and the reference against which most Indian chilli powder is priced.", "origin": "Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India (Guntur Sannam, GI application 143)", "spec": { "shu_min": 25000, "shu_max": 40000, "asta_min": 30, "asta_max": 50, "moisture_max": 10, "mesh": "40, 60 or 80 mesh as specified", "capsaicin": "0.20 to 0.30 percent (GI reference 0.226 percent)", "total_ash_max": 8, "acid_insoluble_ash_max": 1.25, "colour_desc": "Red, medium depth" }, "best_for": [ "Retail chilli powder and private label", "Curry powders, garam masala and seasoning blends", "Pickles, sauces and ready meals", "Food service and industrial kitchens" ], "markets": [ "USA", "UK", "Germany", "Netherlands", "UAE", "Saudi Arabia", "Malaysia", "Australia" ], "season": "Harvest January to April; cold-stored pods keep supply steady year round.", "swatch": "#C0301F", "swatch_text": "#FFFFFF", "image": "sannam", "gallery": [ { "img": "prod-sannam", "caption": "Sannam S4 pods, thick glossy skin" }, { "img": "prod-blend", "caption": "Sannam powder, balanced heat and colour" }, { "img": "drying-field-andhra", "caption": "Harvest heap in an Andhra field" } ] }, { "slug": "341-chilli-powder", "name": "341", "kind": "powder", "title": "341 chilli powder", "one_line": "A colour-forward Guntur hybrid: deep red ASTA with medium heat, for blends that need to look as good as they taste.", "description": "341 (US 341, a Nunhems hybrid) is a high-yielding chilli grown alongside Teja and Sannam in the Guntur, Warangal and Khammam belt, and one of the varieties the Guntur trade lists as export-preferred. Its pods are long, thick-fleshed and dry to a deep, glossy red, giving a powder with colour up to 120 ASTA at a medium, semi-hot pungency. It is the variety most Indian masala and chilli-powder brands build on, and blends well with Teja to hit a target heat while lifting colour.", "origin": "Guntur and Krishna districts, Andhra Pradesh, India", "spec": { "shu_min": 25000, "shu_max": 50000, "asta_min": 90, "asta_max": 120, "moisture_max": 10, "mesh": "40, 60 or 80 mesh as specified", "capsaicin": "0.25 to 0.35 percent (typical)", "total_ash_max": 8, "acid_insoluble_ash_max": 1.25, "colour_desc": "Deep red, high depth" }, "best_for": [ "Blends that need colour and heat in one powder", "Meat rubs, marinades and coatings", "Sauces, soups and ready meals", "Tandoori and paprika-style applications" ], "markets": [ "USA", "Germany", "Italy", "UAE", "South Africa", "Malaysia" ], "season": "Harvest February to April.", "swatch": "#9E1B16", "swatch_text": "#FFFFFF", "image": "341", "gallery": [ { "img": "prod-341", "caption": "341 powder with whole pods" }, { "img": "fam-whole", "caption": "Deep red 341-type pods" }, { "img": "powder-texture", "caption": "Milled to 60 mesh" } ] }, { "slug": "byadgi-chilli-powder", "name": "Byadgi", "kind": "powder", "title": "Byadgi chilli powder", "one_line": "Karnataka's colour chilli: wrinkled, dark crimson pods with very high ASTA and gentle heat.", "description": "Byadgi (also written Byadagi) comes from the Haveri, Dharwad and Gadag districts of Karnataka and is protected by a geographical indication (GI application 129, registered 2011). The wrinkled, deep-crimson pods carry very little pungency and a very high colour value, which is why Byadgi is the base of most natural red food colours and paprika-type oleoresin from India. We source Kaddi (slender, 150 to 160 ASTA typical) and Dabbi (plumper, 180 to 200 ASTA) grades and grind to order.", "origin": "Haveri, Dharwad and Gadag districts, Karnataka, India (Byadagi chilli, GI application 129)", "spec": { "shu_min": 8000, "shu_max": 15000, "asta_min": 150, "asta_max": 200, "moisture_max": 10, "mesh": "40, 60 or 80 mesh as specified", "capsaicin": "below 0.05 percent (negligible)", "total_ash_max": 8, "acid_insoluble_ash_max": 1.25, "colour_desc": "Deep crimson, very high depth" }, "best_for": [ "Natural colour and oleoresin (colour) extraction", "Paprika-style seasonings and coatings", "Tandoori, kebab and butter chicken bases", "Low-heat, high-colour retail powders" ], "markets": [ "USA", "Germany", "Spain", "Japan", "UAE", "Australia" ], "season": "Harvest December to March.", "swatch": "#7A0E12", "swatch_text": "#FFFFFF", "image": "byadgi", "gallery": [ { "img": "prod-byadgi", "caption": "Byadgi pods: wrinkled, deep crimson" }, { "img": "g-wrinkled-darkred", "caption": "Dabbi-type pods for colour" }, { "img": "g-byadgi-powder", "caption": "Byadgi powder and pods" } ] }, { "slug": "kashmiri-chilli-powder", "name": "Kashmiri-type", "kind": "powder", "title": "Kashmiri-type chilli powder", "one_line": "Vivid red, very mild. The powder chefs reach for when colour matters more than heat.", "description": "Kashmiri-type chilli powder is defined by what it does in the pan: a vivid red colour with only a whisper of heat. True Kashmir-grown chilli is scarce and comparatively low in colour, so the international trade's Kashmiri powder is made from Byadgi Dabbi and similar low-pungency, high-colour pods. We say so plainly, and produce ours from selected Dabbi and mild Guntur pods so that the colour is natural and consistent, with no added dyes. Every lot is tested for Sudan dyes and other colourants and shipped with the report.", "origin": "Blended from Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh low-pungency pods, India", "spec": { "shu_min": 1500, "shu_max": 5000, "asta_min": 120, "asta_max": 180, "moisture_max": 10, "mesh": "60 or 80 mesh as specified", "capsaicin": "below 0.10 percent (typical)", "total_ash_max": 8, "acid_insoluble_ash_max": 1.25, "colour_desc": "Vivid red, high depth" }, "best_for": [ "Restaurant and retail colour powders", "Tandoori, tikka and rogan josh style dishes", "Ready-meal and sauce colouring without dyes", "Private-label consumer packs" ], "markets": [ "UK", "USA", "Canada", "Germany", "Australia", "UAE" ], "season": "Available year round from cold-stored pods.", "swatch": "#D0281C", "swatch_text": "#FFFFFF", "image": "kashmiri", "gallery": [ { "img": "prod-kashmiri", "caption": "Kashmiri-type powder: vivid, mild" }, { "img": "prod-powder", "caption": "Colour-first powder in the bowl" }, { "img": "g-fresh-chilli-black", "caption": "The pod that gives the colour" } ] }, { "slug": "custom-chilli-blend", "name": "Custom blend", "kind": "powder", "title": "Custom chilli blends and ratios", "one_line": "Tell us the ASTA and SHU you need. We blend varieties in fixed ratios so every lot lands on your target.", "description": "Most buyers do not need a variety; they need a number. A sauce maker may want 45,000 SHU at 90 ASTA, a colour house may want the most ASTA it can get under 5,000 SHU. We formulate fixed-ratio blends of Teja, Sannam, 341, Byadgi and mild pods, verify the blend against ASTA 20.1 and HPLC pungency methods at an accredited laboratory, and then hold that ratio lot after lot. Blends are 100 percent chilli unless you specify a carrier, salt or other ingredient, in which case every ingredient is declared on the specification and the label.", "origin": "Blended and milled in Andhra Pradesh, India", "spec": { "shu_min": 1500, "shu_max": 100000, "asta_min": 30, "asta_max": 200, "moisture_max": 10, "mesh": "40, 60 or 80 mesh as specified", "capsaicin": "to specification", "total_ash_max": 8, "acid_insoluble_ash_max": 1.25, "colour_desc": "To specification" }, "best_for": [ "Seasoning manufacturers with a fixed recipe", "Private-label brands needing lot-to-lot consistency", "Extractors targeting a colour-to-heat ratio", "Buyers replacing a discontinued supplier's spec" ], "markets": [ "Worldwide" ], "season": "Year round.", "swatch": "#A8221A", "swatch_text": "#FFFFFF", "is_blend": true, "image": "blend", "gallery": [ { "img": "prod-blend", "caption": "Fixed-ratio blends milled together" }, { "img": "g-spice-powders-dark", "caption": "Blends beside single-origin powders" }, { "img": "g-flakes-powder-fresh", "caption": "Powder and flakes from the same lot" } ] } ] }, { "slug": "whole-dried-chillies", "name": "Whole dried red chillies", "short": "Sun-dried Guntur pods, with stem or stemless, graded and machine-cleaned.", "intro": "Whole pods for buyers who grind at destination or need visible chillies for pickling, brining and retail packs. Graded for length, colour and breakage, with stem or de-stemmed, and fumigated or steam-treated as required.", "hs_code": "0904.21", "hs_note": "Fruits of the genus Capsicum, dried, neither crushed nor ground", "image": "whole", "items": [ { "slug": "teja-s17-whole-dried-chilli", "name": "Teja S17 pods", "kind": "whole", "title": "Teja S17 whole dried chillies", "one_line": "Slender, fiery, bright red pods. The variety China, Thailand and the extraction industry buy by the container.", "description": "Whole Teja pods are 6 to 9 cm long, thin-skinned and dry to a glossy bright red. They are the preferred raw material for capsaicin and oleoresin extraction and for buyers who grind at destination to their own mesh. We supply with stem for whole-pod retail and industrial use, or stemless (de-stemmed) for grinding, in Grade A (whole, unbroken) or Grade B (up to 10 percent broken).", "origin": "Guntur and Prakasam districts, Andhra Pradesh, India", "spec": { "shu_min": 75000, "shu_max": 100000, "asta_min": 50, "asta_max": 70, "moisture_max": 12, "mesh": "Whole pod, 6 to 9 cm", "capsaicin": "0.50 to 0.70 percent (typical)", "colour_desc": "Bright red", "grades": "A grade (whole), B grade (up to 10% broken), stemless or with stem" }, "best_for": [ "Oleoresin and capsaicin extraction", "Grinding at destination", "Tempering and whole-chilli retail packs", "Pickles and brined chillies" ], "markets": [ "China", "Thailand", "Malaysia", "Vietnam", "Bangladesh", "Sri Lanka", "USA" ], "season": "Harvest January to April; cold-store stock through the year.", "swatch": "#B8231A", "swatch_text": "#FFFFFF", "image": "teja", "gallery": [ { "img": "prod-teja", "caption": "Teja pods, stemless" }, { "img": "drying-guntur", "caption": "Sun-drying yard, Guntur district" }, { "img": "g-jute-sacks", "caption": "Graded pods in export sacks" } ] }, { "slug": "sannam-s4-whole-dried-chilli", "name": "Sannam S4 pods", "kind": "whole", "title": "Sannam S4 (334) whole dried chillies", "one_line": "Long, thick-skinned, evenly red. The most exported Guntur pod, with GI protection.", "description": "Sannam pods run 7 to 10 cm with a thick skin that survives handling, drying and long sea voyages with little breakage. They deliver a balanced heat and colour and are the standard whole chilli for spice packers, wholesale markets and food service across the Gulf, South East Asia, the UK and the USA. Supplied with stem or stemless in export-grade PP bags or jute bales.", "origin": "Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India (Guntur Sannam, GI application 143)", "spec": { "shu_min": 25000, "shu_max": 40000, "asta_min": 30, "asta_max": 50, "moisture_max": 12, "mesh": "Whole pod, 7 to 10 cm", "capsaicin": "0.20 to 0.30 percent (GI reference 0.226 percent)", "colour_desc": "Red", "grades": "Deluxe, Best, Medium; stemless or with stem" }, "best_for": [ "Wholesale and retail whole-chilli packs", "Grinding at destination", "Tempering, curries and pickles", "Food service" ], "markets": [ "UAE", "Saudi Arabia", "Malaysia", "Sri Lanka", "UK", "USA", "Bangladesh" ], "season": "Harvest January to April.", "swatch": "#C0301F", "swatch_text": "#FFFFFF", "image": "sannam", "gallery": [ { "img": "prod-sannam", "caption": "Sannam pods after grading" }, { "img": "g-wicker-tray", "caption": "Sun-dried pods on the tray" }, { "img": "market-sacks", "caption": "Sacks at the market yard" } ] }, { "slug": "byadgi-whole-dried-chilli", "name": "Byadgi pods", "kind": "whole", "title": "Byadgi whole dried chillies", "one_line": "Wrinkled, deep crimson Kaddi and Dabbi pods for colour extraction and mild, rich curries.", "description": "Byadgi pods are unmistakable: long, wrinkled and a deep crimson that borders on maroon. Kaddi (slender) and Dabbi (broader, higher colour) grades are both available. With pungency below 15,000 SHU and colour values above 100 ASTA, they are bought by colour extractors and by kitchens that want a red gravy without heat.", "origin": "Haveri, Dharwad and Gadag districts, Karnataka, India (Byadagi chilli, GI application 129)", "spec": { "shu_min": 8000, "shu_max": 15000, "asta_min": 150, "asta_max": 200, "moisture_max": 12, "mesh": "Whole pod, 10 to 15 cm", "capsaicin": "below 0.05 percent (negligible)", "colour_desc": "Deep crimson", "grades": "Kaddi, Dabbi; stemless or with stem" }, "best_for": [ "Natural colour extraction", "Mild, colour-rich curries and gravies", "Retail whole-chilli packs", "Grinding at destination" ], "markets": [ "USA", "Germany", "Spain", "Japan", "UAE", "Australia" ], "season": "Harvest December to March.", "swatch": "#7A0E12", "swatch_text": "#FFFFFF", "image": "byadgi", "gallery": [ { "img": "prod-byadgi", "caption": "Byadgi Kaddi pods" }, { "img": "g-wrinkled-darkred", "caption": "Dabbi pods, plump and wrinkled" }, { "img": "g-pile-square", "caption": "Colour-grade pile" } ] } ] }, { "slug": "chilli-flakes", "name": "Chilli flakes and crushed chilli", "short": "Coarse-cut flakes with or without seeds, from the same graded pods.", "intro": "Crushed from cleaned, sun-dried pods on low-heat mills so the flakes stay red and the seeds stay whole. Cut size, seed ratio and heat level are set to your specification.", "hs_code": "0904.22", "hs_note": "Fruits of the genus Capsicum, dried, crushed or ground", "image": "flakes", "items": [ { "slug": "red-chilli-flakes", "name": "Chilli flakes", "kind": "flakes", "title": "Red chilli flakes and crushed chilli", "one_line": "Pizza-table flakes to industrial crushed chilli. Cut size 2 to 6 mm, seeds in or out, heat set by variety.", "description": "We crush Teja for a hot flake, Sannam for a balanced one and 341 or Byadgi for a red, mild flake. The pods are de-stemmed and cleaned before crushing, and flakes are screened to remove fines so the product looks the same at the bottom of the bag as at the top. Seed content can be held at the natural level (about 30 to 40 percent), reduced, or removed entirely.", "origin": "Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka pods, crushed in Andhra Pradesh, India", "spec": { "shu_min": 10000, "shu_max": 90000, "asta_min": 40, "asta_max": 180, "moisture_max": 10, "mesh": "Cut size 2 to 6 mm; fines below 5 percent", "capsaicin": "by variety", "colour_desc": "Red flakes with pale seeds", "grades": "With seeds, low seed, seedless" }, "best_for": [ "Pizza and pasta table condiments", "Snack and bakery toppings", "Meat rubs and sausage seasoning", "Retail shakers and private label" ], "markets": [ "USA", "Italy", "Germany", "UK", "Australia", "UAE" ], "season": "Year round.", "swatch": "#C8341E", "swatch_text": "#FFFFFF", "gallery": [ { "img": "fam-flakes", "caption": "Flakes with seeds, 2 to 4 mm" }, { "img": "prod-flakes", "caption": "Seedless cut for toppings" }, { "img": "g-flakes-scoop", "caption": "Screened flakes, fines removed" } ] } ] }, { "slug": "turmeric", "name": "Turmeric powder", "short": "Golden Andhra and Telangana turmeric, milled to order with curcumin declared.", "intro": "Turmeric fingers are boiled, sun-dried and polished before milling. Standard lots test at 2 to 3 percent curcumin; high-curcumin lots of 4 percent and above are available on request. Every lot is tested for lead chromate and other colourants.", "hs_code": "0910.30", "hs_note": "Turmeric (curcuma)", "image": "turmeric", "items": [ { "slug": "turmeric-powder", "name": "Turmeric powder", "kind": "turmeric", "title": "Turmeric powder", "one_line": "Bright golden turmeric from the Godavari and Nizamabad belts, with curcumin content declared on every certificate of analysis.", "description": "Our turmeric comes from the Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh and the Nizamabad belt of Telangana, the largest turmeric-growing region in India. Fingers are cured, sun-dried and polished, then milled to 60 or 80 mesh. Standard grades carry 2 to 3 percent curcumin; selected high-curcumin lots reach 4 to 5 percent for nutraceutical buyers. Each lot is tested for lead chromate, Sudan dyes, moisture and microbiology, and steam-sterilised for the EU on request.", "origin": "Godavari districts, Andhra Pradesh and Nizamabad, Telangana, India", "spec": { "shu_min": 0, "shu_max": 0, "asta_min": 0, "asta_max": 0, "moisture_max": 10, "mesh": "60 or 80 mesh as specified", "capsaicin": "n/a", "curcumin": "2 to 3 percent standard; 4 to 5 percent on request", "total_ash_max": 9, "acid_insoluble_ash_max": 1.5, "colour_desc": "Bright golden yellow" }, "best_for": [ "Curry powders and seasoning blends", "Nutraceutical and supplement manufacturing (high curcumin)", "Natural colouring for foods and beverages", "Retail turmeric packs and private label" ], "markets": [ "USA", "Germany", "UK", "UAE", "Japan", "Australia", "Bangladesh" ], "season": "Harvest January to March; supply year round.", "swatch": "#D9A21B", "swatch_text": "#2B1215", "gallery": [ { "img": "prod-turmeric", "caption": "Milled powder and fresh rhizome" }, { "img": "g-turmeric-roots", "caption": "Cured turmeric fingers at the market" }, { "img": "g-turmeric-flowers", "caption": "Godavari turmeric, curcumin declared" } ] } ] } ] }