Cloves are the aromatic flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae, Syzygium aromaticum. The plant is indigenous to North Maluku Islands of Indonesia. It is also grown in Zanzibar, Madagascar, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and India. Cloves are commonly used as a spice, flavoring or fragrance in consumer products such as toothpaste, soaps or cosmetics.
Indian cloves are premium quality, hand-picked when still green, plump, whole and rich in volatile oils.
Indonesian Cloves Lalpari are reddish-brown with 6%-12% moisture, and 1% admixture and few headless and baby cloves.
Madagascar Clean Quality Cloves are brown-reddish with less than 11% moisture and 0.5% admixture and few headless and baby cloves.
Uses
The use of clove in whole or ground form is mainly for culinary purposes and as a flavouring agent in food industry. Its flavour blends well with both sweet and savory dishes. It is highly valued in medicine as carminative, aromatic and stimulant. The antiseptic and antibiotic properties of clove oil are used in medicine especially in dentistry, oral and pharyngeal treatments. It has wider applications in preparations of toothpaste and mouthwashes, soaps and perfumes. It is also reported to help diabetics in sugar assimilations.
Specifications
| Characterstics | Value |
| Color | Brown |
| Moisture | 6% - 12% Max |
| Stems | 1% Max |
| Baby Cloves | 1% Max |
| Headless Cloves | 1% Max |
| Foreign Matter | 2% Max |
| Packing | 50 Kg Jute / PP Bags |
Clove Stem
Clove stems/stalks are slender stems of the clove tree. Externally, they are brownish, rough, and irregularly wrinkled longitudinally with short fracture and dry, and have woody texture.
We offer cloves stems which have exquisite taste and strong aroma. Collected from the stems of the clove bud flower, clove stems not only have great taste but also contain essential oils which have Medicinal, Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic properties and are used in making of fragrances, candles, soap and perfume manufacturing industries. Clove stem is also used as spice by grinding into powder in preparations of various culinary dishes. Cloves stem is processed and hand cleaned from any foreign matter and leaves and then sun dried before packing in PP bags.
Specifications
| Characterstics | Value |
| Color | Brown |
| Moisture | 12% Max |
| Damaged | 1% Max |
| Foreign Matter | 2% Max |
| Packing | 50 Kg Jute / PP Bags |