Dehydrated French Beans Flakes & Powder

Dehydrated French Beans

French beans arrive at the line whole and have to be topped, tailed and diced before they ever see a drier — there’s no “whole dried” grade for this vegetable the way there is for peas or ginger, because the pod itself isn’t the useful part; only the diced flesh dries down into something a formulator can use. That dicing step is also why the finished colour reads as “dark green with brown” rather than a uniform bright green: the cut edges caramelise slightly during hot-air drying, a normal result of exposing more surface area at the cut face, not a sign of scorching or poor-quality raw material.

Two Cut Sizes, One Product

We cut to either 3x4mm or 5x5mm depending on what the order calls for, and the choice matters more for reconstitution speed than for flavour — the smaller cut rehydrates faster in a short-cook application like instant noodles, while the 5x5mm size holds its shape better in a longer-simmer product like an instant gravy or soup base where the buyer wants a piece that’s still identifiable on the plate. Beyond that, it’s the same raw material and the same drying process; there’s no separate powder or flake line to compare it against.

Manufacturing Process

Fresh beans are inspected and graded on arrival, then washed, trimmed of stem and tail ends, and diced to the ordered particle size before controlled hot-air dehydration. The dried pieces are sieved for size consistency, passed through metal detection, and packed the same day to limit moisture pickup.

Where It’s Used

French beans are a fixture in instant noodle and instant soup mix formulations, where the small diced pieces rehydrate within the product’s own cook cycle. They also show up in ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat meal kits and in instant gravy bases where a recognisable vegetable piece matters to the finished dish. Fast food and QSR supply chains are a secondary but steady buyer, generally for the coarser 5x5mm cut.

Specs at a Glance

Ships under HS Code 0712.90 out of Chennai, Tuticorin or Nhava Sheva, backed by ISO, KCJ Kosher, Halal India, FSSAI, Spices Board India, APEDA, FIEO and MSME certification. MOQ is 25kg — higher than the 1-bag trial minimum on some of our other lines, reflecting the batch size a dicing run needs to be worth setting up. Packed in PP bags with carton box protection for transit, with a 12-month shelf life from manufacture when stored below 20°C. Immediate dispatch on stock; customised cut sizes ship on an agreed timeline. Free samples (up to 50g, max 5 products per request) available on request.