dried turmeric

ウコン（ターメリック）は、鮮やかな黄色と独特の香りが特徴のショウガ科植物です。乾燥ウコンは沖縄県産の原料を低温で丁寧に乾燥させ、クルクミンをはじめとする成分と自然な香りをしっかりと残しています。健康食品やサプリメント、スパイス原料、飲料など幅広い製品づくりに利用されています。

Three points of pride in dried turmeric

Agriture's dried turmeric is thoroughly quality-designed for adoption as a commercial raw material. Here we introduce three perspectives that are particular strengths.

Characteristics as a commercial raw material

We've summarized, from six angles, the benefits of choosing dried turmeric as an OEM raw material. Use it as reference for both replacing existing raw materials and developing new products.

Product specifications (commercial)

The product's basic specs are as follows. Cut specifications and packaging specs can be individually adjusted on a contract basis, so please consult us to match your OEM requirements. We have organized raw-material origin, best-before date, production method, and minimum lot so they can be checked at a glance.

Customization support

For each OEM project, we respond flexibly to changes in cut shape, powdering, small-lot prototyping, blending, and packaging specs. In addition to the response table below, please consult us about individual adjustments to match your requirements.

Variety, grower, and origin information

Agriture stabilizes the quality of its dried turmeric through sourcing from partner farmers and contract-growing regions. Please also refer to this when you want to use origin information at the product-planning stage.

Low-temperature drying to protect the ingredient's natural flavor

To protect turmeric's aroma, color, and umami, Agriture uses low-temperature hot-air drying with finely controlled temperature and airflow. Our strength is retaining components easily lost in high-temperature drying through a process design tailored to the ingredient's properties.

Because we take in the raw material at our own processing facility in Kyoto and manage the whole flow in one place—sorting, cutting, drying, and inspection—we can hold quality variation between lots to a minimum. Combining procurement from partner farmers and contracted regions, we can start the drying process while the raw material is still fresh, which ties directly to finished quality.

Commercial use cases

Because dried turmeric has ample aroma, texture, and umami even on its own, it can be developed into multi-purpose product-making from a single ingredient. Here we introduce five representative use cases.

Spice and seasoning raw material

Usable as a base for curry powder, turmeric powder, mixed spices, and curry roux. Using domestic turmeric lets you design differentiated spice products that clearly state the raw-material origin. Because it's a dried product, it's easy to weigh and blend, and easy to keep blend reproducibility — well suited to mass production.

Health-food and supplement ingredients

Usable as a raw material for turmeric tablets, granules, capsules, health foods, and the like. It supports powdering, with a specification easy to fit to the tableting process by uniform particle size. We can also issue raw-material origin certificates and analysis documents on a project basis.

Beverage and wellness raw material

It has a track record of adoption as a beverage raw material for turmeric latte, golden milk, turmeric drinks, medicinal-food tea, and the like. Made into a fine powder, dispersibility into liquid improves, and it can handle both coloring and flavoring for warming-care and wellness-type drinks.

Confectionery and bakery ingredient

As a mixing ingredient for turmeric cookies, muffins, curry buns, and the like, it adds a natural yellow color and earthy flavor to the dough. It also suits the design of additive-free, clean-label products that want to produce color without synthetic coloring.

Raw material for functional food and beverage menus

Usable as a differentiating ingredient for restaurant menus such as "warming drinks" and "medicinal-food plates." Because it can be stored at room temperature and used only in the amount needed, and is a raw material with little price fluctuation, it's also valued by foodservice users for making menu costs easy to stabilize.

Pet food and functional pet food

There are also cases of differentiating with domestic food-grade turmeric in joint-care and liver-care foods for dogs. It's an ingredient that pairs well with natural pet-food brands.

Commercial usage and case examples

For commercial use, we can handle everything from 2 kg prototyping to full production of 10 kg or more. It also has a track record of adoption in OEM projects for health-food, spice, and beverage makers as a raw material for switching from imports to domestic.

At Agriture, we provide end-to-end support on our own line in Kyoto, from raw-material selection and primary processing to cutting, powdering, blending, and small-portion packaging. Because we can adjust specifications to match an OEM client's spec sheet and design recipes for launching new brands, you can entrust everything with confidence from the prototype stage through volume production and ongoing supply.

We welcome first-time inquiries and considerations of switching from existing raw materials. For sample provision, quotes, and technical questions about the production process, feel free to reach out via the inquiry form.

Frequently asked questions (OEM and commercial dried turmeric)

We've compiled the questions we're most often asked about OEM and commercial dried turmeric. Please use them as material for your pre-contract decisions.