Dehydrated Vegetables (Onion Garlic)

About This Product

Dehydrated onion and garlic are processed by washing, slicing or mincing, and drying fresh onion and garlic to below 6% moisture, producing shelf-stable products used across food processing, seasoning manufacturing, snack coating, and instant food applications worldwide. Mahuva, often called India's "Vegetable City," is the country's largest hub for dehydrated onion and garlic production, home to dozens of processing units that collectively handle a major share of India's export volume in this category. For food manufacturers, seasoning companies, and wholesale spice distributors, this means access to India's deepest dehydrated vegetable manufacturing base, backed by the FSSAI, APEDA, and food safety documentation international buyers require.

Product Specifications

White vs. Red Onion, and Flakes vs. Powder: Matching Form to Application

White Onion vs. Red Onion Dehydrated Products

White onion is the standard for most international food processing and seasoning applications given its milder flavor and lighter color, which blends more predictably into a wide range of finished products. Red onion carries a distinct color and slightly different flavor profile, and buyers specifically formulating for a visual or flavor differentiation, certain snack coatings or regional cuisine blends, sometimes specify red over the more commonly used white.

Flakes, Minced, or Powder: Choosing the Right Particle Size

Flakes rehydrate well and suit applications wanting visible pieces in the final product, soup mixes, dry rubs, and some snack seasonings. Minced sits between flakes and powder in particle size, useful for applications needing partial visual texture with faster rehydration than whole flakes. Powder blends seamlessly into dry mixes and seasoning blends where no visible piece is wanted, common in instant noodle seasoning, spice blends, and processed food manufacturing. Confirm your specific application's texture and rehydration needs before defaulting to one form.

Why Source from Mahuva, Gujarat

Mahuva's status as India's largest dehydrated vegetable processing hub isn't incidental, the region combines proximity to Gujarat and Maharashtra's onion and garlic growing belts with decades of accumulated dehydration processing infrastructure and export experience specific to this category. This concentration supports both consistent quality standardization across large export orders and competitive pricing at scale, since Mahuva's processors compete directly with each other in a way that smaller, more scattered dehydration operations elsewhere in India don't.

Trade and Order Details

Packaging Options

25kg and 50kg export bags (paper laminated or woven PP with inner liner) standard for bulk industrial orders. Retail packaging available for buyers building a consumer-facing spice or seasoning line. Custom branding and private label packaging available on request.

Export and Logistics

• MOQ: Confirm current minimum order quantity directly, as this varies based on product form (flakes/minced/powder) and packaging specification
• HS Code: 0712.20 for dehydrated onion, 0712.90 for dehydrated garlic, confirm exact classification with your customs broker
• Mode of Shipment: Standard sea container, no reefer required given the dehydrated, shelf-stable nature of the product
• Lead Time: Confirm current production and shipping lead time based on order volume and product form

Certifications

FSSAI license, ISO 22000 and HACCP certified processing facility, APEDA registration, Certificate of Analysis (moisture, color, volatile oil) per batch, Certificate of Origin, Kosher and Halal certification available on request.

Frequently Asked Questions