Product Overview

For produce importers, wholesalers, food processors, retailers, and commercial kitchens requiring a high-use aromatic ingredient, fresh whole garlic provides versatile functionality across fresh, cooked, and processed food applications. Each bulb has a compact rounded form composed of multiple tightly arranged cloves enclosed within dry, papery outer layers ranging from creamy white to pale lavender with subtle purple streaking. Individual cloves are firm and smooth beneath their protective skins, releasing an intense, characteristic garlic aroma and sharp savory flavor when crushed, sliced, or chopped. Whole bulbs are particularly suited to retail packing, restaurant preparation, roasting, pickling, seasoning, and industrial processing into garlic paste, minced garlic, sauces, spice blends, dehydrated flakes, granules, and powders. Commercial grading by bulb diameter supports different market and processing requirements. For B2B buyers, properly cured whole garlic provides convenient handling, flexible repacking, reduced preparation losses, efficient bulk transportation, and scalable sourcing for retail, hospitality, ingredient-processing, and prepared-food manufacturing channels.

Key Features

1. Compact Whole Bulbs — Firm, rounded bulbs contain multiple tightly arranged cloves suitable for retail and commercial processing.
2. Papery Protective Skin — Dry white-to-lavender outer layers help protect individual cloves during storage, packing, and transportation.
3. Firm Garlic Cloves — Dense cloves provide useful texture for peeling, slicing, crushing, mincing, and industrial preparation.
4. Characteristic Pungency — Freshly cut cloves deliver the strong aromatic and savory profile expected from culinary garlic.
5. Multiple Size Grades — Bulbs can be sorted by diameter to meet retail, food-service, processing, and export packing requirements.
6. Broad Processing Utility — Suitable for paste, minced garlic, pickles, sauces, seasonings, dehydrated flakes, granules, and powder production.
7. Bulk Packing Compatible — Mesh bags, cartons, and ventilated packing formats support efficient wholesale handling and distribution.
8. Storage Efficient — Properly cured bulbs maintain commercial usability under cool, dry, dark, and well-ventilated storage conditions.

Specifications

1. Product Type: Fresh Whole Garlic
2. Material/Composition: Natural garlic bulbs with multiple cloves
3. Form: Whole, cured bulbs
4. Color: White to cream with pale lavender or purple skin variation
5. Shape: Compact round to slightly flattened bulbs
6. Bulb Size: Approx. 40–70+ mm diameter, grade dependent
7. Condition: Firm, dry-skinned commercial-grade bulbs
8. Packaging: Mesh bags, cartons, or buyer-specified ventilated bulk packs
9. Pack Weight: Commonly approx. 5–20 kg depending on market requirements
10. Shelf Life: Approx. 3–6 months under appropriate commercial storage conditions
11. Storage Conditions: Store in a cool, dry, dark, and well-ventilated environment
12. Application: Fresh retail, food service, pickling, seasoning, dehydration, sauces, pastes, and food processing