Cinnamon

This is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several trees from the genus Cinnamomum that is used in both sweet and savoury foods. Processing of Cassia -Cassia bark comes to the factory in raw form. Upon drying they curl inwards from outer edge into round sticks. Usually it is single curled because of its thickness. Thin barks can curl from both edges making it double curled sticks. The length of the sticks may be upto 1m and thickness of bark is between 1-4mm. Sticks are sorted manually in different grades depending on its thickness, colour and quality. Curled sticks are cut into required lengths from 6cm to 60cm. Other sticks are used as broken chips or grinded into powder. Grades of Cassia –Cassia Vera A & AA – A is single curled thick sticks and AA is double curled thin sticks which are more expensive than A sticks. assia Broken KABC & KBBC – These are sold on oil content basis.