Kosher Certification for Rice, Flour, Pulses and Millet Processors in India
India’s grain and pulse sector is enormous. Basmati and non-basmati rice, wheat flour, semolina, besan, lentils, chickpeas, poha, millets and ready-to-cook mixes move from mills and processing units to shops, food manufacturers and export containers every day. Many of these products start as single-ingredient staples, so processors often assume that certification is unnecessary. In practice, importers, packaged-food brands and retail buyers still ask for documentation, even for simple products. This guide explains why, what certifiers review in a grain and pulse operation, and how processors in major cities can prepare. Why Simple Products Still Get Certification Requests A bag of rice or lentils looks straightforward, but the supply chain behind it is not. Buyers have reasons to ask for a certificate: Handling and storage. Grains pass through warehouses, silos, trucks and containers that may have carried other materials. Processing steps. Polishing, grading, sorting, mil...