Curry Powder & Masala Blends (Garam Masala, Biryani, Tandoori, Meat Masala)

Ground spice blends by the carton and the bag, screened for Salmonella, Sudan dyes and aflatoxin

Curry powder and masala blends are mixtures of spices, and mixtures of two or more spices of different headings fall under HS 0910.91. UN Comtrade 2024 export declarations under HS 0910.91 total USD 555 million and about 108,000 MT across 113 reporters: India USD 120 million and 31,900 MT, Germany USD 79 million, Pakistan USD 76 million and 12,900 MT, the Netherlands USD 65 million, Spain USD 26 million, Malaysia USD 15 million and the UK USD 10 million. India and Pakistan blend from their own spice crops; Germany, the Netherlands and the UK are blending and packing hubs. The single spices behind a blend, chilli, turmeric, cumin, coriander, pepper, cardamom and cinnamon, are on their own pages.

A blend is only as clean as its dirtiest ingredient, and ground chilli and turmeric carry the history. In May 2003 France notified Sudan I in dried chilli products through the EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed, the Commission required imports of hot chilli products to be tested for it from June 2003, and in January 2004 the measure was extended so curry powder needed an analytical report showing no Sudan dyes. Today Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 sets special import conditions for listed foods from listed countries, including Sudan dye testing at a limit of quantification below 0.5 mg/kg, and the list is revised regularly, most recently by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/194. Aflatoxin limits under Regulation (EU) 2023/915 apply to capsicum, pepper, nutmeg, ginger and turmeric and to mixtures containing them. In the US, garam masala is named in FDA Import Alert 99-19, detention without physical examination for Salmonella. CBIL is a commodity brokerage company and brokers generic blends from packers in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and Malaysia against the competent-authority health certificate, a certificate of analysis covering Salmonella, Sudan dyes and aflatoxin for the lot, a certificate of origin and, where the market needs it, a halal certificate. EU labels emphasise the 14 Annex II allergens under Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, and celery and mustard are the two a blend most often carries. Minimum orders are confirmed per product and pack. Cartons and bags ship in 20-ft or 40-ft dry containers on FOB, CFR and CIF terms. Send the blend, pack, label market, quantity and discharge port, and the enquiry is screened and worked against it.

Excluded origins are not offered, including product re-exported, blended or re-processed through a third country. Every lot moves with a certificate of origin naming the producing plant, mine or grower country, and nothing is quoted before the seller and loading point are known.