Indian cacao, spices, nuts and coir for your production line

Root & Bay exports graded lots from India's growing regions, tested before shipment and packed under your brand if you like.

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What we export

Five product lines, each with full specifications, packing and container loads.

  1. 1

    The root

    It starts in the soil: shade-grown cacao, pepper and cardamom on smallholdings across Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.

  2. 2

    The canopy

    Cacao grows under coconut and areca palms, with pepper vines climbing the same trunks. Every product page names the regions its lots come from.

  3. 3

    The drying yard

    Cocoa beans are fermented and sun dried to 7.5% moisture or less; black pepper dries on mats to 12% or less, ready to keep.

  4. 4

    Graded and tested

    Lots are cleaned, graded and tested before they ship, for moisture, aflatoxins, pesticide residues and microbiology. Each one carries a certificate of analysis.

  5. 5

    The bay

    Packed in jute, PP or your own retail packs, and loaded by 20 ft or 40 ft container at Cochin, Tuticorin, Chennai, Nhava Sheva (JNPT), Mundra.

  6. 6

    To your port

    Shipped FOB an Indian port, or CFR and CIF to yours, with the export documents your country needs.

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How an order works

  1. Tell us what you need

    Product, grade, quantity and destination port. Mixed containers across products are fine.

  2. Get free samples

    Free samples (up to 500 g per product). Courier charged at cost or prepaid by buyer's account.

  3. Receive a quote

    Price on request. Quotes per kg / MT, FOB Indian port or CFR/CIF your port, valid 7 days.

  4. We test and ship

    Each lot is confirmed by a certificate of analysis, then shipped with the export documents your country needs.

Tested before it ships

  • Moisture, purity / admixture, foreign matter
  • Aflatoxin B1 and total aflatoxins, ochratoxin A
  • Pesticide residues to EU, US FDA or Canada CFIA MRLs
  • Microbiology: TPC, yeast and mould, E. coli, Salmonella (absent in 25 g)
  • Ethylene oxide (ETO) free certification
  • Heavy metals (lead, cadmium, arsenic, mercury)

Testing by an independent NABL-accredited or buyer-nominated laboratory (e.g. SGS, Eurofins, Intertek) on request, report shared before shipment. All tests and documents

Registered exporter

Root & Bay holds these Indian export registrations:

  • IEC (DGFT)
  • APEDA RCMC
  • Spices Board CRES
  • FSSAI licence

Tell us the product, grade and quantity

We reply with a price per kg or per tonne, FOB an Indian port or delivered to yours. Ports of loading: Cochin, Tuticorin, Chennai, Nhava Sheva (JNPT), Mundra. Others on request.

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