Foodservice
Ground Powder
Stone-milled from whole pods, vacuum-sealed same day. Ideal for restaurants and blenders.
$38 / kg
RetailKitchen Pouch
500g resealable · Bold (22 – 28 mm)
The 500g Kitchen Pouch is our best-value retail size. A matte-black stand-up pouch with a one-way degassing valve that releases the pods' natural gas while keeping oxygen out, so the last spoonful smells as fresh as the first.
$24 / pouchRequest a quote
Why buyers pick this pack
- One-way valve releases pod gas, blocks oxygen
- Resealable zip-lock for pantry storage
- Best value per gram in our retail range
- Food-grade multilayer barrier film
In the kitchen
The everyday size for households that cook South Asian, Middle Eastern, or Himalayan food weekly.
Who buys the 500g pouch
Repeat buyers, mostly. The jar is how people meet the spice; the pouch is what they order once they have stopped rationing it. Twice the cardamom for well under twice the price, because you are not paying for glass a second time.
It is also the size that suits small caterers, supper clubs, and anyone batch-cooking for a crowd, where a 250g jar disappears in two services but a 25kg sack is absurd.
The valve, and why the pouch stays shut
Whole cardamom pods keep respiring gently after curing. Sealed in a rigid airtight container the released gas has nowhere to go; sealed in a bag with no valve, the bag balloons. The one-way degassing valve vents that pressure outward while letting nothing back in, so the pouch stays flat and the pods never sit in their own oxygen.
- Press the air out before you re-zip. The valve handles what the pods emit, it cannot pull out air you sealed in by hand.
- The matte-black film is opaque on purpose, so unlike the glass jar this one is happy in a lit pantry.
- Store flat or upright, either is fine, but do not stack heavy tins on it. Crushing pods releases aroma into the bag rather than into your pan.
- 24 months whole. If you decant into a jar, decant what you will use in a month or two and leave the rest in the pouch, that is where the barrier film is working for you.
Questions
About the kitchen pouch
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Why does the pouch have a valve when the jar does not?
Volume. 500g of pods in a flexible bag generates enough gas to swell or split it; 250g in rigid glass with a twist lid has headroom and a lid that gives. The valve is a bag problem, solved.
Is the pouch cheaper per gram than the jar?
Yes, meaningfully. It is our best value in the retail range, which is the reason it exists. The jar's premium is the glass and the gifting, not the cardamom, both are the same Bhatti-cured bold grade.
Can I freeze it to make it last longer?
We would not. Freezing whole pods buys very little at 24 months of shelf life and risks condensation on every removal, which costs you more than the storage gains. A cool dark cupboard is the right answer.
Is the pouch recyclable?
It is a multilayer barrier film, which is what makes it airtight, and multilayer films are not accepted by most kerbside recycling. If that matters to you, buy the jar and refill it from the pouch, or ask us about the 25kg jute sack, which is the least packaging per kilo we sell.
Other ways to buy
Wholesale
Bulk Jute Sack
Wholesale black cardamom cured on the line you specify, phytosanitary certified, ready for sea or air freight.
USD 13–19/kgindicative FOB
Wholesale
Pallet Load
Shrink-wrapped pallets of 20 × 25kg black cardamom sacks — a one-stop bulk order for distributors and exporters.
USD 13–19/kgindicative FOB