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General
- Black pepper is one of the oldest
spice crops.
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Black pepper is the dried, mature but
unripe berry (fruit) of Piper nigrum.
- Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in
the family Piperaceae.
- The word "pepper" is derived from the Sanskrit pippali.
Production & Cultivation
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Black pepper is the most pungent and
flavorful of all types of peppers and it is available as whole or
cracked peppercorns or ground into powder.
- Black pepper is produced from the still-green unripe berries of
the pepper plant.
- Black pepper is grown under a variety
of agricultural schemes ranging from home gardens, mixed crops in coffee
plantations and monocrops on slopes and in valleys.
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Majority of the black pepper fields are now cultivated
with land races or with the most popular hybrid variety, ‘Panniyur-1.
Process
- The process for sterilization of
whole black pepper is a potential process and would help the Indian
Spice exporters to achieve a competitive edge other their counterparts
from other pepper growing country.
- Black and white pepper are processed
in the factory by cleaning, grinding, and packaging.
- The fresh grinding of the black
pepper is one of the most important steps to impart the goodness of our
newly developed product.
Application
- London Researchers have found that a
key component in black pepper, known as piperine, can help in developing
new treatments for curing
Vitiligo
skin disease.
- Coarse Black Pepper Often used in
meat processing to help preserve the meat while curing.
- Black pepper has an ability to
diminish the amount of gas in the intestinal tract.
Market
- India is a major producer and
exporter of black pepper.
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Brazil is the third largest producer of pepper in the
world after Vietnam and India contributing 13% to total world
production.
- Black pepper prices on the
national commodity exchanges are expected to rule higher in the short
term on continued buying amid tight supply scenario in the global
market.
- Global pepper consumption
is trending upwards because of increasing use in food industry. The
study conducted by IPC suggests that the world pepper consumption is
growing at a rate of 3.46% per year.
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US is the major importer of Pepper which contributes
nearly 23% to the total world Imports with annual growth rate of nearly
4.6%.
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