Ginger & Garlic Processing

Abstract

Ginger & garlic are important commercial crops cultivated throughout the country with major production in the states of Gujarat, Orissa, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh & Uttar Pradesh. Garlic is mainly used as a condiment in food preparations and is also used as carminative and gastric stimulant in many medicinal preparations. Processing of ginger is undertaken to dehydrate it and for preparing ginger candy. Ginger & garlic-based products have wide applications in food processing as well as many other industries. A proper market survey has to be conducted to find out demand potential for each industry segment.