Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.)
(Genus Zingiber, zingiberene, plant:Z. officinale, Dry Ginger)
Industry @ a Glance
- India, China, Thailand, Australia, Fiji, Jamaica,
Brazil and Nigeria are well-known producers.
Most of the world trade in ginger is as a dried spice,
however fresh rhizomes are also traded.
- The oleoresins account for the pungency, which
provides most of the medicinal
value of ginger. Most common are the gingerols, which
are largely responsible for the
anti-inflammatory, antinauseant and antioxidant
effects. There are also components of the
spice with antiviral activity and zingibain is a
powerful protein-digesting enzyme.
- Confectionery ginger constitutes less than 3% of the
world trade (by volume), it is important as a
value-added product and earns a much higher rate of
return compared to the fresh or dried rhizomes.
- Significant processors and exporters of
confectionery ginger products are Australia, China, Fiji
and Thailand.
- India is the largest producer - but major
consumption is within the country & Imports too.
China is the largest Exporter, Japan & USA are the
biggest Importers
- Though grown all over India, the finest quality
ginger comes from Kerala endowed as it is with a
congenial climate and a rich earthy soil. Indian dry
ginger is known in the world market as 'Cochin Ginger' (NUGC)
& 'Calicut Ginger' (NUGK).
- India offers ginger in a
variety of forms; oils, oleoresins, fresh ginger in
brine, pickles, candies and syrups.
It also comes in garbled/ ungarbled, bleached/unbleached
and powder forms.
The other states where ginger is grown are Orissa, West
Bengal & Meghalaya.
- Ginger oils and oleoresins are the value added
products obtained from the dry rhizomes of Zingeber
Officinale by steam distillation and followed by solvent
extraction.
- The volatile part that imparts the
characteristic sweet, warm citrus like pleasant smell,
is the essential oil and is obtained by steam
distillation.
- Solvent extraction of fresh ginger will
yield oleoresins, which will combine the aroma and the
parting compound as well as pungent compound-gingerols
and shogaols.
- The
alternate process available for the recovery of major
flavour compounds is the supercritical CO2 extraction
technology
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Contents of CD ROM : About Ginger & Cultivation
- Ginger
- Fact Sheet
- Cultivation
- Ginger Plant Profile
- Ginger Monograph
- Medicinal Properties
- Wild Ginger
- World harvesting areas & production
- Post Harvest Technology
India Scenario
- Dry Ginger
- Spices & Ginger
- Technology Sources
- Spices of Kerala
- MNC Buyer
- Technology Company
- Tissue Cultured Plants
- Swing Technology
Products, Company Profiles
/ Reports
- American Ingredients
- Australian Ginger Industry
- Blue California
- CPB International
- Ginger Products
- Buderim Ginger
- Buderim Ginger Annual Report 2004
- Kancor Botanicals
- Ginger Flakes
- Freeze dried Flakes
- Many Products in the Market
Project , Processing & Technology Information
- Dehydrated Ginger
- Ginger Processing
- Ginger Oil
- Ginger Candy & Preserve
- Ginger Crystallized
- Ginger tidbits
- Ginger Powder
- Ginger in Syrup & Ginger Pulp
- Ginger Oleoresins
- Indian Technology Offer
- Consultancy Offer
- Supercritical Extraction
- Extraction of Ginger Oleoresin from
Ginger-Root Using Supercritical CO2
- Plant & Machinery Suppliers
- Fresh Ginger Oil Extraction
- Dryers & Drying Technology
Information Sources & Articles of
Interest
- Ginger Response to Potassium in
Anhui Province
- Hawaii Ginger Root
- Samoa Ginger Project
- Herbal Pharmacy: Ginger
- Cultural Studies in Ornamental Ginger
- Tropical Spices & Herbs
- Role of Ginger in Xenobiotic Metabolism
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