Quality you can audit —
claims you can verify.
We promise only what we can prove. Every lot is sourced to origin, cleaned, sorted and tested at accredited laboratories, and shipped with the documents to back every claim. Here is exactly how — nothing hidden.
Honest quality, documented end to end
An importer’s real risk is the gap between what was promised and what lands. We close that gap with a single documented process and a paper trail you can hand straight to your auditor.
Eight controlled stages, every lot
A documented chain from the growing belt to your port — each stage gated by a check, none skipped.
Direct Sourcing
Bought straight from the growing belt — Erode, Guntur, Unjha, Saurashtra, Assam, Karnataka — through growers and cooperatives we know, with the region, season and lot recorded.
Intake Inspection
Each inbound lot is checked on arrival for identity, moisture and visible foreign matter before it is accepted.
Cleaning & Destoning
Machine and manual cleaning, destoning and size grading to bring foreign matter down to your agreed tolerance.
Sortex Colour-Sorting
Optical sortex sorting removes off-colour, immature and defective grains — purity to specification.
Lab Testing
Every lot tested at NABL-accredited or accredited third-party laboratories — a Certificate of Analysis travels with the goods.
Sterilisation — on request
Steam sterilisation is available where a market requires reduced microbial load, without using ETO.
Packing to Spec
PP, jute, food-grade liners, vacuum or retail packs — private-label artwork and market-correct, compliant labelling.
Documentation & Shipping
FOB / CIF / DAP with the full export-document set assembled in-house and landed with you before the cargo arrives.
What we actually test for
The parameters that matter differ by crop. Each lot is tested against the ones relevant to it, at NABL-accredited or accredited third-party laboratories, and reported on the Certificate of Analysis.
Spices
- Moisture
- ASTA colour
- Volatile oil
- Aflatoxin
- Pesticide (MRL)
- Microbial load
- Foreign matter
Lentils & Pulses
- Moisture
- Purity / admixture
- Broken %
- Foreign matter
- Sortex purity
- Weevilled grains
Peanut
- Aflatoxin (critical)
- Moisture
- Oil content / FFA
- Broken & splits
- Foreign matter
- Counts per oz
Tea & Coffee
- Moisture
- Grade / screen size
- Pesticide (MRL)
- Cup quality
- Defect count
- Density
Specific parameters and limits are agreed per contract and destination market. Testing is commissioned at accredited laboratories; VKRUND does not operate its own laboratory.
Where we draw the line on truth
Plenty of exporters say “best quality”. Fewer will put in writing exactly what they do and don’t do. Here is ours.
The shipment matches the sample
You approve a sample; the bulk you receive is held to that same spec. No quiet substitution of a cheaper variety or origin.
Every claim has a document
If we state a grade, a colour value or a certification, there is a Certificate of Analysis or certificate behind it — or we do not claim it.
Full traceability
Each consignment is traceable to its region, season and lot, so a query can always be answered.
Honest about being asset-light
We do not pretend to own farms, plants or labs. Processing, sterilisation and testing are done by named, accredited partners — accountable to you through us.
Only real certifications
We hold APEDA · SHEFEXIL · IEC · DGFT · FSSAI · Halal and assemble the rest per market. We never invent or inflate a credential.
Consistency, not luck
The same documented process runs on every lot — so container two matches container one.
Every container, fully papered
A complete document set ships with every container — landed with you before the cargo arrives, so customs is never a surprise.
Halal, Kosher, organic and other certificates are assembled on request, subject to the relevant certified processing partner and a valid transaction certificate where applicable.
Documented to the country you import into
European Union
EU MRL pesticide limits · aflatoxin limits · health certificate
United States
FDA prior notice · FSVP · facility-registered processing
Middle East / GCC
Halal certificate · Certificate of Origin attestation
ASEAN & others
Phytosanitary · CoA · destination-specific labelling
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