Asafoetida trade begins by separating pure oleogumresin from compounded asafoetida, and food spice from essential oil or other extracts. A comparable lot needs the declared Ferula species, growing and processing origins, Hing or Hingra designation where applicable, pure resin or compound formula, carriers and their percentages, lump, paste, brick, tablet or powder form, ash, acid-insoluble ash, alcoholic extract, starch and authenticity results, contaminant and microbiological evidence, production and best-before dates, package and lot, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window and information vintage.
India's FSSAI standard distinguishes Hing, Hingra and compounded asafoetida with different composition limits. Hing is capped at 15 percent total ash and 2.5 percent acid-insoluble ash, requires at least 12 percent alcoholic extract and permits no more than 1 percent starch. Hingra is capped at 20 percent total ash and 8 percent acid-insoluble ash, requires at least 50 percent alcoholic extract and permits no more than 1 percent starch. Compounded asafoetida permits specified carriers but is capped at 10 percent total ash and 1.5 percent acid-insoluble ash and requires at least 5 percent alcoholic extract. These are product-standard thresholds, not typical lot results, supply volumes or prices.
FSSAI defines asafoetida as oleogumresin from the rhizome and roots of named and other Ferula species, then applies separate thresholds to Hing and Hingra. Compounded asafoetida or Bandhani Hing may combine Irani or Pathani asafoetida with gum arabic, edible starch or edible cereal flour. Atlas therefore does not compare a pure resin lot with a compounded powder until the resin share, carrier identity and formula are explicit.
Kew accepts Ferula assa-foetida L. and records its native range as southern Iran. India's Spices Board identifies the traded part as oleogumresin from the rhizome and thickened root, describes Hing Kabuli Sufaid and Hing Lal, and notes lump, compounded, powder and tablet forms. Those trade names and forms do not prove species, origin or purity. Atlas preserves the botanical name used by each record, harvest and processing origins, resin or compound form, manufacturer, batch and authenticity evidence.
The FSSAI limits show why the declared category matters: Hing, Hingra and compounded asafoetida have different ash and alcoholic-extract thresholds, while pure Hing and Hingra share a one-percent starch ceiling. Atlas attaches the sample, laboratory, method and test date to each result and also retains foreign-resin exclusions, carrier formula, colour or pigment evidence, contaminants, microbiology, moisture where specified by the buyer, packaging and shelf-life controls. A standard limit is not a certificate for an untested shipment.
Food asafoetida, compounded seasoning and asafoetida essential oil have different uses and regulatory paths. European Union Regulation 2024/1727, for example, addresses withdrawal of a named asafoetida oil from feed-additive uses for specified animal categories; it is not a general food-spice specification. A delivered physical estimate still needs the exact resin or compound product, current permitted observations, origin, formula, tests, pack and quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window, freight and information vintage. Atlas withholds a physical estimate when those observations or usage rights are missing.
No. FSSAI permits compounded asafoetida to include specified gums, starches or cereal flour, while Hing and Hingra are oleogumresin categories with separate purity thresholds. The formula and resin share must be disclosed before comparison.
Under the cited FSSAI standard it is the minimum for Hing when tested with 90 percent alcohol by the specified method. It is a category threshold, not a universal typical result or proof for an untested lot.
No. The Spices Board records them as main traded varieties, but a lot still needs botanical, geographical, processing and authenticity evidence plus the applicable composition results.
Declared Ferula species, growing and processing origins, Hing or Hingra category, pure or compounded formula, carrier percentages, physical form, ash, acid-insoluble ash, alcoholic extract, starch, authenticity and contaminant results, production and best-before dates, package and lot, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window and evidence date.
Figures retain their source, period and review date. Corroboration is not promoted to primary evidence.