India

Following Europe, India has provided certain products with Geographical Indication,  with which the  origin of peppers is protected.

To this end, it uses the following classification of black peppers:

MG-1 - Malabar Garbled, Grade 1. (95% of the granules have a diameter of at least 3.25 mm and an apparent specific gravity of at least 550 g/l);

TGEB - Tellichery Garbled Extra Bold. (95% of the granules have a diameter of 4.25 mm and an apparent specific gravity of at least 530 g/l);

TGSEB - Tellichery Garbled Special Extra Bold (95% of the grains have a diameter of 4.75 mm and an apparent specific gravity of at least 530 g/l); both our Tellicherry pepper and Wayanad pepper meet this criterion.

In addition, a Malabar 500 g/l is sold on the international market, with many relatively small, often empty berries, also called pinheads. This quality of pepper is mainly used for ground black pepper, because the result is quite dark and appeals to the demand for a clearly 'black' pepper.

The TGEB is used, among other things,  in the production of Italian salami,  and the TGSEB  in the production of mortadella, and others  meat products where  the industry to  aesthetic reasons a  'large', clearly visible peppercorn wish.