According to its website, Pardes Dehydration Co. is a dehydrated vegetable maker focused on onion and garlic, with a factory on the national highway bypass at Gondal in Rajkot district, Gujarat, and it says it has been in the business since 1983. That makes it one of the older names that appear in buyer searches, and one of the few that sits outside the Mahuva cluster.
Creston & Co is not affiliated with Pardes Dehydration Co. This page is a buyer's guide based on public information.
What Pardes Dehydration Co. says it makes
Its company website names dehydrated onion and dehydrated garlic as the main lines, plus dehydrated cabbage, cauliflower, potato slices and green bell pepper, and Indian spices such as chilli powder, crushed chilli, cumin and coriander seeds. The home page does not list onion and garlic forms. Its listing on Nutrada gives onion as powder, minced, granules, chopped and flakes, and garlic as powder, minced and cloves.
On equipment and scale, the company makes some specific claims, each in its own words:
- It states the plant was supplied by Buhler of Germany as a fully automatic line, with Sortex (UK) sorters for cleaning dehydrated onion and garlic.
- It describes itself as "the first and only plant in India with latest automatic technology" for dehydrated onion and garlic.
- It says it exported 5,000 MT in the last financial year to more than 40 countries, naming the UK, Germany, the UAE and Saudi Arabia. The year is not stated.
- It lists HACCP, ISO 9001:2000 and Kosher Pareve under the OU, and says it is recognised as a 100% export oriented unit.
- Nutrada lists 201 to 500 staff. Daily capacity is not stated.
What to verify before you order
Most of these checks bring older claims up to date.
- ISO 9001:2000 is an older edition of the quality standard that has since been replaced. Ask for the current ISO 9001 certificate, and check it on the certification body's own register or IAF CertSearch.
- ISO 9001 and HACCP are not food safety schemes recognised by most retailers. If your customer requires BRCGS or FSSC 22000, ask whether Pardes holds either. Neither is stated.
- Check the Kosher claim in the OU's public certification directory, and confirm it covers the products you want.
- Ask for the FSSAI licence and confirm the plant address in it matches the Gondal factory. Some directories also link the name to Mahuva or Bhavnagar, so confirm where your lot is made.
- A separate name, Pardes Quick Foods & Dehydration, appears in some directories. Ask whether these are the same business and which entity will invoice you.
- Ask for the export figure by year and for recent shipping documents if volume matters to you.
- For the US, ask for the FDA food facility registration number and confirm it is current.
- Draw samples from a production lot, not a showroom bag, and test them at an independent lab.
How we help if you want to buy from Pardes Dehydration Co.
We can approach Pardes on your behalf, visit the Gondal plant and audit the line it describes, collect sealed samples and test them at an NABL-accredited lab against your specification for dehydrated onion or dehydrated garlic. We check every certificate against its register, negotiate terms, supervise loading and check the export documents, all for one written fee. You buy directly from the company.
Gondal is better known for its garlic market than for onion dehydration. Our guide to Gondal and Rajkot garlic markets explains the area. If Pardes is not the right fit, we compare it with other manufacturers, and our guide to BRCGS, FSSC 22000 and ISO 22000 explains which scheme your buyers are likely to ask for.
If you represent Pardes Dehydration Co. and something here is out of date, contact us and we will correct it. To talk through your order, book a free sourcing review.