Dehydrated Parsley Flakes & Powder

Dried Parsley Flakes & Powder

Parsley is one of the more temperature-sensitive items we process. Its colour comes from chlorophyll, which breaks down fast under heat — push the drying temperature the way you would for a root vegetable and the batch comes out olive-brown instead of the pale-to-mid green the specification calls for. That’s why parsley runs on a slower, lower-temperature cycle than most of our other lines; the trade-off is a longer drying time in exchange for a leaf that still reads as fresh parsley on sight.

Flakes and Powder

Flakes are cut to 1-5mm (adjustable to a customer’s mesh requirement) and keep the leaf’s visible structure, which is what pizza toppings, bakery and biscuit-industry buyers order it for — the flake needs to be seen on the finished product, not just tasted. Powder is milled fine for blending into seasoning bases and instant food formulations where a uniform green tint through the mix matters more than a visible leaf piece.

Processing

Fresh parsley is inspected and washed on arrival, then chopped to size before the low-temperature drying stage. Because the leaf is thin and dries fast relative to root vegetables, batches are watched closely to stop the cycle as soon as target moisture is reached — over-drying is the more common failure mode with parsley than under-drying, and it shows up as a duller colour and more shatter and fines in the flake fraction.

Where This Gets Used

Beyond the expected seasoning and spice-blend use, parsley from this line also moves to pharmaceutical and herbal-industry buyers, who value the same low-temperature processing for a different reason — it keeps the leaf closer to its natural-product state for herbal formulations rather than as a flavour ingredient. Food-side buyers are concentrated in bakery, biscuit, instant foods and pizza topping manufacturing.

Specs at a Glance

Ships under HS Code 0712.90, out of Chennai, Tuticorin or Nhava Sheva. MOQ is 1 bag or carton box; flakes pack in 15 or 20kg PP bags with inner liner or carton, powder in 25kg. Shelf life is 12 months from packing under ambient conditions. Certified ISO, Kosher, Halal, FSSAI, Spices Board India, APEDA, FIEO and MSME. Free samples (up to 50g, max 5 products per request) ship before you commit to a bulk order.