Mustard Powder

Mustard is one of the leading oil seed crops of the country. Although, it is mostly used for extraction of edible oil, mustard seeds as such are also used extensively as a seasoning material for flavour and pungency in different food preparations.
its flavour and pungency finds use as table mustard. A pasty product prepared from mustard powder, salt and vinegar is very popular in Eastern countries. Mustard powder is also used as condiment in pickles, meat and salad dressings. Indian black mustard, well known for its flavour and pungency, and therefore it appears to have a good potential for export if it can be processed to a quality product.
Presently, in India , a very small number of firms are manufacturing the product and the technology as practised by these industries has several operational problems and offers a low product recovery, .