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For a Healthier Tomorrow F + 91 22 2674 4903 Cotton.Sales@Suminter.Com Food.Sales@Suminter.Com India Organics Pvt India Organics Pvt. Ltd. Suminter India Organics Pvt Ltd X Cube Building, 3rd Floor New Link Road, Andheri (West) Mumbai 400 053. India Works: Bergwerff Organic India Pvt Ltd C 36/38, SEZ Phase 1, Sector 3 Pithampur Dist. Dhar, Madhya Pradesh 454 775. India T + 91 22 4202 9000 E [email protected] For a healthier tomorrow F + 91 22 2674 4903 [email protected] [email protected] India Organics Pvt. Ltd. [email protected] www.suminter.com Closed size: w 7” x h 9.5” massive strides green footprints From the sugar in your cookies to the cinnamon in your apple pie, Suminter’s products touch the lives of millions of consumers in endless ways, every day. Suminter India Organics was built on the idea of creating an efficient bridge between small farmers in India and buyers across Safer Products the world seeking high-quality organic produce. What started out as a small Happier Farmers trading company sourcing and supplying organic produce from India to buyers A Healthier Planet internationally, is today one of India’s leading exporters with an exhaustive range of 100% organic products. Our Products Organic Spices Mace * Cloves TBC & CS * Thyme * Organic Oil Seeds Organic Cereals Ajwain Whole Mace Powder * Cardamom TBC & CS * Rosemary * Black Mustard Bold Amaranthus Seeds Arrowroot Powder Nutmeg Powder * Nutmeg TBC & CS * Lemon Grass * Hulled Sesame Seeds Brown Basmati Rice Pusa Black Pepper (Cracked) * Nutmeg w/o Shell * Black Pepper TBC & CS * Centella Asiatica/Brahmi * Natural Sesame Seeds Brown Basmati Rice Taroari Black Pepper (Ground) * Red Chilli Flakes (Hot) Cinnamon TBC & CS * Curry Leaves Flax Seeds White Basmati Rice Pusa Black Pepper (Whole) * Red Chilli Flakes (Mild) Mace TBC & CS * Henna Black Sunflower Seeds White Basmati Rice Taroari Cardamom * Red Chilli Powder (Hot) Senna TBC & CS Henna Natural Safflower Seed Organic Sweetners Cinnamon Powder * Red Chilli Powder (Mild) Onion Flakes Henna Red Small Brown Mustard Cloves Handpicked * Turmeric Powder (2-3% Curc.) Onion Minced Piper Longum Soy bean Golden Light Sugar ** Cloves Powder * Turmeric Powder (3.5% Curc.) Onion Granules Psyllium Husk Yellow Mustard Jaggery Coriander Turmeric Fingers(6% Curc.) Onion Chopped Psyllium Husk Powder Organic Feed Ingredients Other Organic Products Coriander Powder Turmeric Powder (6% Curc.) Onion Powder Psyllium Seed Alphonso Mango Pulp Cumin Vanilla Beans Grade I * Garlic Flakes Psyllium Seed Powder Soybean Oil Cake The rich diversity in our Curry powder Cumin Powder Vanilla Beans Grade II * Garlic Powder Senna Leaves Cotton Seeds Oil Cake supply chain enables Annatto Seeds Dry Ginger Whole * Vanilla Powder * Garlic Granules Senna Pods Safflower Meal us to deliver both small Cashew Kernels Dry Ginger Slices * White Pepper * Coffee - Robust Dry Cherry * Stevia Leaves Sunflower Meal Tamarind Paste and large orders Fennel Whole Bird's Eye Chilli Stevia Powder Brown Flax Meal Organic Herbs Walnut Halves customised on multiple Fennel Powder Whole Cinnamon 4" Cut Shatavari Root Powder Corn Meal Parsley * physical and chemical Fenugreek (Green) Whole Red Chilli (Hot) Ashwagandha Root Powder Oats Oregano * parameters. Fenugreek (Yellow) Whole Red Chilli (Mild) Liquorice Root Powder Sage * * Fair Trade available Fenugreek Powder (Yellow) Whole Turmeric Fingers (2-3% Curc.) Rose Petals TBC Basil * ** Fair Trade coming soon Dry Ginger Powder * Ginger TBC & CS * Green Pepper AWARDS International Certification Partners: 2008 Endeavor India’s First High-Impact Entrepreneur projects a network built on trust the one-stop-shop for Indian organics Uttaranchal Rajasthan Suminter’s vast network of more than 19,300 organic Madhya Pradesh farmers covers over 110,000 acres in the states of Gujarat Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttaranchal, Orissa, Kerala Mizoram and Rajasthan – a network built relationship by relationship. Orissa Maharashtra Suminter’s efforts to provide continuing education Suminter is a one-stop-shop with six distinct business lines: in organic farming methods and promotes Cotton, Animal Feed and Oilseeds, Cashew, Spices, Cereals & sustainable technology have significantly Sugar. Suminter caters to a large and growing base of loyal improved the economic viability and well-being of customers across five continents and assures customers that Andhra Pradesh the farmers. With the help of Suminter’s team of products match specifications exactly with consistent quality agronomists, pathelogists and entomologists, and year-round availability. Suminter’s field officers actively maintain Karnataka relationships with farmers, sharing new Suminter gurantees 100% organic, 100% natural and 100% knowledge of organic processes. They ensure that GMO-free products. crops are grown in compliance with organic The traceability of each order begins standards and verify the efficiency of our internal Head Office control system. at the farm level and continues Mumbai, Maharashtra throughout the supply chain. Processing Unit Kerala Solapur, Maharashtra Indore, Madhya Pradesh Farming Project AWARDS 2009 Villgro Social Enterprise of the Year processing ensuring customer delight eco2 Natural Fumigation imtech Steam Sterilizer haccp Management Systems Six business lines Committed to our no-short cuts approach, we have made large investments 100% organic processing in globally-recognised technologies so we can match customer specifications accurately. Precision at every step Certified Grade “A” by BRC Food. Certified GMP+ for Soymeal production. Bergwerff Organics India Pvt. Ltd. is the processing facility (A subsidiary of Suminter India Organics Pvt. Ltd.) AWARDS 2010 Sankalp High-Impact Category, Agriculture and Rural Innovation quality the cornerstone of our success Quality-consciousness is hardwired Customer Service Laboratory: matches custom specifications and maintains end-to-end traceability. into our operations, from the choice Suminter’s commitment to quality is backed by our In-process Quality Control: conducts hourly verifications during of seeds most suited to the unique full-fledged Quality Assurance team and dedicated processing to ensure consistency. conditions of each farm, to prompt in-house laboratory equipped with hi-tech apparatus to test for extraneous matter, moisture, bulk density, General Laboratory: measures physical, chemical and customer service and accurate granulation, e.coli, salmonella, platelet counts, microbiological parameters to ensure protein content, pesticide, aflatoxins and more. The the integrity and quality of the product. delivery of every order. quality team uses the HACCP management system as Food Safety Management: ensures adherence to Good a guiding principle for operations. Three Critical Manufacturing Practices along with Control Points at the processing stage prevent HACCP and BRC standards. potential hazards and guarantee food safety. AWARDS 2010 Top 3 Fastest Growing Young Companies in India FAIR TRADE PRODUCTS Associated with 5500 Fair Trade farmers & increasing CSR activities fair trade cotton disha The Disha intervention gives educational awareness to the families on the importance of education and women empowerment and provides scholarships and conveyance to 50 meritorious girls to secondary education and colleges respectively. fair trade spices pashudhan Pashudhan enables livestock immunization and medical assistance on diseases such as the Foot & Mouth Disease and Hemorrhagic Septicemia. Under this initiative we have worked across 20 villages covered under the project which covered more than 1500 farmers and nearly 7000 livestock. fair trade sugar* * Fair Trade coming soon Pashudhan - Cow being Immunized AWARDS Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Food 360 2011 Runner Up for the Best Small and Medium Size Enterprise forging ahead, but not alone Going forward, we will continue to build our infrastructure, Every delighted customer and every happy farmer propels us towards further integrate our operations, and continually strengthen our Greater capacity network across the world. our ever-expanding vision for Suminter. Expansion of spice and soya With strategic investments in expanding production capacities, processing 4x processing equipment and technology, we will continue to add Purchase of cotton ginning mill tremendous value for our customers. Vertical integration Moving higher up the organic cotton value chain. Production & distribution of Ready-to-Eat Indian meals. More value for the farmer More sourcing options Development & certification of our Fair Trade projects. Expansion of our sourcing options in Development of a full-fledged CSR India by introducing three new function to further strengthen projects to increase product developmental initiatives. availability. AWARDS Largest exporter of Organic Spice for the years 2010-11 & 2011-12 by 2010-2012 Spice Board of India, Government of India.
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