The Cardamom Ledger Vandanmedu · Idukki · Kerala From INDIA to flavour the WORLD

Plantation-fresh cardamom,
auctioned & shipped from
the hills of Idukki.

One of India's pioneer cardamom houses — plantation, processing, Spices Board auction floor and export under a single licence. Trusted by buyers across four continents for over four decades.

Trusted quality, four decades on 0 yrs Pioneer cardamom exporter

Audited &
certified ops

HACCP Certified — Food SafetyHACCP · Food Safety
Govt of India Approved — Star Export HouseGovt of India
Star Export House
Spices Board Export AwardSpices Board
Top Exporter Award
FSSAI
ISO 9001:2015
Licensed & quality-
managed
№ 01 · The House Four decades, one estate philosophy: take the bean from the bush to the port with as few hands as possible in between.

A pioneer that still
walks the plantation.

Mas Enterprises Ltd grew out of the Cardamom Hills of Idukki — a house that decided the Indian cardamom buyer deserved a brand that controlled every step from plantation to shipping line. For more than four decades the MAS name has stood for "trusted quality," and today the company holds a Spices Board auction licence, an ISO 9001:2015 quality system and a Government of India Star Export House recognition, shipping plantation-fresh green cardamom to buyers in the United Arab Emirates, Germany, the United States and Japan.

What set the house apart in the early years still holds today — minimum handling between the bush and the box. The estates sit at 900–1,200 metres in the Western Ghats. Curing happens in plantation drying houses; grading happens on a colour-sorting line we built ourselves. The auction floor at Vandanmedu is the same one we have run lots through for two generations.

№ 02 · The Bean Cardamom is sold by the millimetre. The bolder and greener the capsule, the higher the grade — and the price.

Graded by the
millimetre.

MAS green cardamom size grades — 8mm, 7.5mm, 7mm and 6mm capsules compared
Actual MAS capsules · photographed on the grading line 8 mm · 7.5 mm · 7 mm · 6 mm — bold to standard
№ 03 · Catalogue Plantation-fresh green cardamom in four bold grades, plus a bleached white grade for the Scandinavian and Middle-Eastern trade. Every grade carries full residue and microbiological reports.

Four grades,
one estate.

8mm
SKU · MAS-GC-8

Green Cardamom 8mm+

Premium bold parrot-green capsules. Hand-picked, plantation cured. The grade buyers in Riyadh and Hamburg ask for by name.

Moisture ≤ 10% Pack 5/10/25 kg MOQ 500 kg HS Code 09083110
7mm
SKU · MAS-GC-7

Green Cardamom 7mm

The everyday workhorse grade — uniform colour, full aroma, suited to volume blends and food-service buyers in Dubai and Doha.

Moisture ≤ 11% Pack 5/10/25 kg MOQ 1,000 kg HS Code 09083110
6mm
SKU · MAS-GC-6

Green Cardamom 6mm

Lighter capsule, brighter aroma. The grade most asked for by tea-blender accounts in Japan and the chai industry.

Moisture ≤ 11% Pack 5/10/25 kg MOQ 1,000 kg HS Code 09083110
W
SKU · MAS-WC-1

Bleached White

Sulphur-free bleached capsule for buyers who prefer the lighter aesthetic. Shipped in nitrogen-flushed cartons.

Moisture ≤ 10% Pack 5/10 kg MOQ 250 kg HS Code 09083110

View full catalogue · 12 SKUs →

MAS Spices Indian Cardamom premium zipper pouch
MAS Spices Indian Green Cardamom retail carton
MAS Spices cardamom PET jar
MAS Spices · Retail & private label

Trusted quality, packed for the Gulf shelf.

Beyond bulk export, MAS runs its own retail line — premium zipper pouches, cartons and jars built for the Middle-Eastern and South-Asian shelf, in trade-dress that already sells across the Gulf.

We also pack to private label: your brand, your weights, your language — filled and sealed under the same HACCP line that supplies our export buyers.

هيل أخضر هندي · جودة موثوقة

Enquire about private label
Spices Board of India Export Award trophy awarded to Mas Enterprises Ltd
№ 04 · Recognition

Spices Board of India — Top Most Exporter of Cardamom.

The Spices Board, Government of India, awarded Mas Enterprises Ltd its Export Award as a top exporter of small cardamom — recognition earned on the same auction floor and grading line we still run at Vandanmedu today.

Awarded to M/s Mas Enterprises Ltd · Vandanmedu, Kerala
Top Most Exporter of Cardamom (Small) · Spices Board, Govt. of India

№ 05 · The Ports Shipped DDP or FOB Cochin / JNPT. Documentation handled in-house — phyto, COO, Spices Board cert, COA, MOA.

Four flagship
markets.

AE · الإمارات

United Arab Emirates

Largest export corridor. Dubai and Sharjah re-export houses, plus direct hotel and food-service distributors across the Gulf.

DE · Deutschland

Germany

EU spice traders in Hamburg and Bremen. Full EU residue compliance and HACCP documentation per consignment.

US · America

United States

FDA-prior-notice accounts in New Jersey and California. Importers for the South-Asian retail and tea trade.

JP · 日本

Japan

Premium tea-blender accounts. Tight residue specs, lot-level traceability and small consolidated shipments.

№ 06 · The Method Six stages between the bush and the box. Each step is documented; each lot is traceable to plantation block and harvest date.

From bush
to box.

01

Plantation harvest

Selectively hand-picked at 75–80% maturity from estates at 900–1,200 m in the Western Ghats. Harvest cycles run 40-day rounds, October through February.

Lot Tag Block ID · Date · Picker batch
02

Plantation curing

Indirect hot-air curing in plantation drying houses — 45–50°C for 30–36 hours. Preserves the parrot-green colour and volatile-oil profile.

Spec Moisture target ≤ 11%
03

Grading & sorting

Sized through 6/7/8 mm sieves on the colour-sorting line at Vandanmedu. Hand-finished by quality inspectors before sealing.

Output 4 size grades · 1 white

See all six stages →

Shall we open a line for your house?

RFQs answered within one working day from Vandanmedu. Send us the grade, volume, packaging spec and discharge port — we will revert with a price, ship date and full documentation list.