Description

Premium Red Lentils – High-Quality Lentils for Export

Red lentils are a popular, high-quality agricultural product, known for their rich flavor, attractive orange-red color, and excellent nutritional value. Our red lentils are carefully selected and processed using advanced cleaning, dehulling, splitting, and sorting techniques, ensuring their quality and superior cooking characteristics. Their long shelf life, high protein content, and year-round availability make red lentils a reliable choice for importers worldwide.

Why Choose Red Lentils?

• Superior taste, vibrant orange-red color, and tender texture after cooking
• Processed under strict quality control measures
• Meets international export standards for safety and quality
• Competitive pricing and flexible packaging options
• Reliable supply throughout the year, subject to stock availability

Why Source Lentils from NILVIDA?

• Premium Export Quality: Carefully selected, cleaned, sorted, and packed to meet international buyer standards
• Certified Suppliers: Production and processing with traceability and international food safety compliance, subject to supplier certification
• Efficient Supply Chain: Fast documentation, customs support, and appropriate storage and transportation logistics
• Large-Scale Fulfillment: Consistent volumes available for both wholesale distribution and retail programs, subject to stock availability

Importing Red Lentils – Easy and Efficient

Our red lentils are exported following strict quality checks, customized packaging, and fast shipping options. We handle applicable phytosanitary certificates, customs clearance, and compliance with import regulations.

Identity & Commercial

• HS Code: 071340 (Dried lentils, whether or not skinned or split)
• Country of Origin: To be confirmed according to the supplied lot and supplier documentation.
• Seasonality:
  Available almost year-round from processed and stored production, depending on harvest season and stock availability.
• Size / Count:
  Split red lentils, small and medium sizes; grain size, uniformity, and percentage of broken pieces according to buyer specifications.
• Lead Time:
  8-12 working days for sorting, packing and loading after order confirmation and receipt of payment instrument, subject to stock availability.
• Minimum Order:
  One full 40′ container per product (mixed loads may be possible subject to confirmation).
• Grade:
  Export quality, Class I / Class II, with sizing, color, moisture content and visual quality agreed with the buyer before packing.
• Payment Terms:
  LC at sight; or TT 70% advance and 30% against scanned shipping documents (balance before release of originals).
• Price Basis & Validity:
  Indicative prices only; final price to be confirmed daily according to market, packing specification and destination, and fixed only in the formal offer/proforma invoice.
• Post-Harvest Treatments:
  Cleaning, dehulling, splitting, sorting, grading and packing; no processing chemicals other than approved food-grade materials, unless requested and permitted by destination.

Packaging & Logistics

• Unit Net Mass:
  Typical options: 25 kg or 50 kg net per bag.
• Estimated Net Weight per Container:
  Approx. 22–25 MT net per 40′ dry container (depending on packaging, palletization and loading configuration).
• Primary Packaging:
  New food-grade polypropylene woven bags or multi-layer paper bags, usually 25–50 kg net depending on product.
• Unit Gross Mass:
  Net weight plus approx. 0.1–0.3 kg for bag and packing materials (varies by configuration).
• Pre-Shipment Storage:
  Stored in clean, dry, cool and well-ventilated conditions with appropriate moisture and pest control; carrying conditions set according to commodity and destination, with protection against moisture and excessive heat maintained.
• Ports of Loading (POL):
  Main Egyptian export ports: Alexandria, Damietta, Port Said and Sokhna (port selection depends on schedule and destination).

Quality & Docs

• Grade Basis:
  Based on grain size, color, cleanliness, moisture content, uniformity and external appearance; internal quality, split percentage and cooking characteristics checked according to product and market.
• Defect Tolerances:
  Final tolerances to be agreed per contract and applicable grade standards; target max 5–8% minor defects, 0% mold/infestation and 0% foreign matter in packed product.
• MRL Compliance:
  Produce sourced to comply with EU and GCC MRL requirements; recent residue analyses and farm/processing facility documentation available on request, subject to supplier confirmation.
• Traceability:
  Full traceability from agricultural source through processing and packing facility to container, using lot numbers and bag coding.
• Certifications:
  Official Phytosanitary Certificate and quality/health inspection where required; additional private certifications (GlobalG.A.P., ISO, HACCP, BRC etc.) available depending on supplier and lot.
• Shipping Marks:
  As per buyer artwork and instructions (brand, product, size, crop year, origin, packing date, barcodes and handling marks).
• Shipping Documents:
  Commercial Invoice, Packing List, Phytosanitary Certificate (where required), Certificate of Origin and Bill of Lading; any additional documents required by the destination can be arranged by prior agreement.