Guntur Sannam Chilli (S4)

S4 / 334 at 25,000–40,000 SHU — the volume grade

Guntur Sannam, contracted as S4 or by its seed code 334, is the middle of the Indian chilli market and the largest single line by export volume. Pungency runs 25,000–40,000 SHU with ASTA extractable colour of 32–40 — hot enough to function as a chilli, red enough to colour a dish, and neither extreme enough to be a specialist product. Pods run 5–7 cm, moisture ≤ 10%, aflatoxin to the EU limits of 5 ppb B1 and 10 ppb total, damaged and broken ≤ 3%, supplied stemless or with stem. It is grown across the Guntur belt in Andhra Pradesh and is the reference line against which Indian chilli prices are generally quoted.

Buy Sannam when you want a general-purpose chilli rather than a specialist one: masala and curry powder manufacture, retail chilli powder, food processing, and the large institutional and re-export trades into Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, the Middle East and South-East Asia. Its commercial strength is exactly that it is unremarkable — deep liquidity, multiple sellers, a well-understood specification, and no need to pay a premium for a property your product does not use. Move to Teja if the formulation needs real heat, or to Byadgi if it needs colour without it; both cost more for the attribute they deliver. The practical caution on Sannam is that its very liquidity attracts loose specification — "Guntur chilli" is used casually to mean anything from the region, so contract S4 or 334 by name with SHU and ASTA figures attached. CBIL supplies against SGS or Intertek certification of SHU, ASTA colour, moisture, aflatoxin, residues and foreign matter, in 25 kg jute or PP bags, container-load, on FOB, CFR and CIF terms.