Cardamom

PRESENTED BY:
Rahul Arora
Sonia Tewani
 IN T R O D U C T IO N
Common Names : Cardamom, LesserCardamom, Cardamone,
Kardamom, kapulaga, enasal, elam…
Family : Ginger
Botanical Name :
Elletaria Cardamomum (green or small cardamom),
Amomum cardamomum (large, brown or black cardamom).

Perennial crop : Propagated vegetatively from rhizome

Seedlings from sowing seeds.
Parts use : Whole capsules after drying
QUEEN OF ALL SPICES

BASICALLY TWO TYPES

•Green - True
•Black – False
•
•Morphology
•Size
•Taste
 Green Cardamom Black Cardamom

ØSize – 7mm ØSize – 2-5 cm

ØChar – Green color, Sweet ØChar – Brown / black in color, spic
ØMajor markets (consumption) ØMajor markets (consumption)
•Middle East •South central Asia
•India •South east Asia
 CONDITIONS:

Result..
 USES:
An ancient spice . Cardamom is sweetly fragrant with a
slightly pungent flavor, and is used to add a unique taste to
rice, meat, vegetables and as an essential ingredient in
cooking.
Flavoring to coffee, teas, confectionery and baked goods.
Medicinal preparations . Cardamom is used to treat
indigestion and nausea.
Removes bad breath in the form of chewing gum
Capsule of cardamom taken with honey is reputed to improve
eyesight
Treating skin conditions
Preservatives for food processing industry . The oil of
cardamom seeds is known to be antibacterial so is mainly used
in the flavoring of processed foods and drinks.
Cosmetic products . Cardamom is also cited as an ingredient
for making cosmetics and hand creams
Animal feed supplement : Chinese and Mongolian people add
cardamom to animal feed during winter to improve digestion
and resistance ability for horses and oxen.
DEMAND AND GLOBAL CONSUMPTION
WHO ARE THE CONSUMERS ?
TREND
COUNTRY ?
MAIN IMPORT MARKET
AREA ?
EXPORTS
 DRIVERS FOR INCREASED
CARDAMOM IMPORT/DEMAND

• INCREASED USE AS A SPICE

INGREDIENT
•

• INCREASE IN COFFEE
CONSUMPTION
•

• GDP INCREASE OF TRADITIONAL

MARKETS
•

• LOWER PRICES
A) SPICE INGREDIENT - STRONG DRIVER
OF DEMAND IN INDIA

Source:“Demand for Cardamom: A Macro Analysis” by Grant Vinning, SNV Marketing

Specialist, November 2004
B) COFFEE CONSUMTION - STRONG
DRIVER OF DEMAND IN SAUDIA ARABIA
C) CONSUMPTION OF CARDAMOM
CORRELATED TO GDP
D) HIGHER EXPORTS DUE TO LOWER
PRICES
WORLD SUPPLY OF
CARDAMOM
 SUPPLY IN TONS OF BLACK
CARDAMOM

SInce 2005, indonesia has become the key producer of

black cardamom in the world, nearly equaling the
share of the remaining four producers.
 C A R D A M O M P R IC IN G

Source: Indianspice (2008)

GREEN cardamom attracts premium pricing in

comparison to BLACK cardamoms.
Although green sells for a higher price than black cardamom,
in India the overall margin for black cardamom is slightly
higher than for green cardamom since the production cost of
green cardamom is much higher than for black cardamom
Guatemala’s green cardamom is far more competitive than
India’s by virtue of its greater productivity
CARDAMOM PRICES
INDIAN SCENARIO
PRODUCTION TREND
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