MEDIA-PROD-CAR-D064-AIQF Diced Carrot 6.4 mm (¼"): frozen product in a shallow tray or loose pile, frost visible, pieces separatetemporary — to be reshotSikandrabad, Uttar Pradesh, India · Growing since 2002 · Freezing since 2024 · FSSC 22000
IQF vegetables from the farm that grows them.
We grow Nantes carrots with 517 contract farmers in India's largest English carrot cluster, hold the crop in our own 20,000 MT cold store, and freeze it on our 3 MT/hr fluidised-bed IQF line — 70 km from Delhi, sealed at our dock and railed to Mundra and Nhava Sheva. Diced carrot 6.4 mm and 9.25 mm, peas, corn, beans, capsicum and blends: specified to the millimetre, traceable to the plot, loaded at −18 °C.
MEDIA-HOME-01Mechanised harvester lifting Nantes carrots at dawn, raised beds visible, roots on the belt
- Traceable to the plot
Every carton's lot number resolves to farmer, plot, harvest date and IQF run.
- MRL-controlled · FSSC 22000
Approved-input list, plot-level pre-harvest intervals and spray records since 2014; GFSI-recognised food-safety certification.
- Frozen every month, from one harvest
Field-fresh roots March to May, cold-stored roots at 0–2 °C the rest of the year; IQF diced carrot produced every month and shipped from frozen stock all year.
517contract farmers
1,250acres
45,000MTEnglish carrots a year, grown and procured
20,000MTowned cold storage
3MT/hrIQF line
9,000+MTIQF vegetables a year
3,600MTfrozen storage at −18 °C
Farm & Agronomy
From our fields
MEDIA-FARM-01A contract farmer standing on their plot beside the plot tag or marker, at eye level
The Sikandrabad cluster
517 farmers · 1,250 acres · largest English carrot cluster in India
The Sikandrabad clusterMEDIA-FARM-02Precision pneumatic seed drill in operation on raised beds; second frame close on the seed metering unit
Nantes seed & GAP
200+ varieties trialled; package of practices since 2014
Good Agricultural PracticesMEDIA-FARM-06Raw-material cold store interior: crates of carrots, with the temperature / humidity read-out in frame
Cold storage
20,000 MT owned · 0–2 °C · > 95 % RH · carrots 11 months a year
Harvest & cold storageIQF & Cold Chain
To our freezer
MEDIA-HOME-02Frozen carrot dice cascading off the fluidised-bed IQF discharge belt — frost visible, pieces separate
Products
IQF vegetables, specified to the millimetre
MEDIA-PROD-CAR-D064-AIQF Diced Carrot 6.4 mm (¼"): frozen product in a shallow tray or loose pile, frost visible, pieces separatetemporary — to be reshot
MEDIA-PROD-CAR-D925-AIQF Diced Carrot 9.25 mm (⅜"): frozen product in a shallow tray or loose pile, frost visible, pieces separatetemporary — to be reshotMEDIA-PROD-CAR-S050-AIQF Carrot Slices 5 mm: frozen product in a shallow tray or loose pile, frost visible, pieces separate
MEDIA-PROD-PEA-U000-AIQF Green Peas (ungraded): frozen product in a shallow tray or loose pile, frost visible, pieces separatetemporary — to be reshot
MEDIA-PROD-COR-K000-AIQF Sweet Corn Kernels: frozen product in a shallow tray or loose pile, frost visible, pieces separatetemporary — to be reshot
MEDIA-PROD-BEA-C1530-AIQF Cut Green Beans 15–30 mm: frozen product in a shallow tray or loose pile, frost visible, pieces separatetemporary — to be reshot
MEDIA-PROD-CAU-F3050-AIQF Cauliflower Florets 30–50 mm: frozen product in a shallow tray or loose pile, frost visible, pieces separatetemporary — to be reshot
MEDIA-PROD-POT-D064-AIQF Diced Potato 6.4 mm (¼"): frozen product in a shallow tray or loose pile, frost visible, pieces separatetemporary — to be reshotMEDIA-PROD-MIX-3W-AIQF Mixed Vegetables (carrot dice, green peas, sweet corn): frozen product in a shallow tray or loose pile, frost visible, pieces separate
In stockBlanched · IQF
IQF Mixed Vegetables (carrot dice, green peas, sweet corn)
3-way blend · carrot dice · peas · corn
MEDIA-PROD-CAP-RD10-AIQF Diced Red Capsicum 10 × 10 mm: frozen product in a shallow tray or loose pile, frost visible, pieces separate
Seasonal · from stockRaw · IQF
IQF Diced Capsicum 10 × 10 mm, red / green
Dice · 10 × 10 mm (red) / Dice · 10 × 10 mm (green)
MEDIA-PROD-BRO-F2040-AIQF Broccoli Florets 20–40 mm: frozen product in a shallow tray or loose pile, frost visible, pieces separate
MEDIA-PROD-SPI-CH-AIQF Chopped Spinach: frozen product in a shallow tray or loose pile, frost visible, pieces separate
Why source from Sunshine Vegetables
Why buyers source from Sikandrabad
Four reasons a procurement team can verify — on a spec sheet, in a certificate, on a datalogger file, or on a visit.
01 / 04
No trader between the field and the tunnel
Sunshine Vegetables is not a freezer that buys carrots, and not a farm that sends its crop to someone else's plant. The same company that issues seed and inputs to 517 contract farmers, and farms 1,250 acres of its own, leased and contracted land, harvests the crop, holds it in its own 20,000 MT specialised cold store and runs it through its own 3 MT/hr fluidised-bed IQF line, all inside one cluster around Sikandrabad. The IQF line works on processing-grade Nantes carrots from those same farms — the small, large and broken roots the fresh market does not want — field-fresh from March to May and from our own cold store the rest of the year, so raw-material cost and availability do not depend on the open-market price on the day.
The consequence for a buyer is simple: an annual volume we can commit to in advance, priced off our own cost of growing rather than a traded raw material, and a single point of accountability from sowing record to container seal.
Proof517 farmers · 1,250 acres · 45,000 MT of carrots a year, grown and procured · ~100,000 MT cluster · 20,000 MT owned + 15,000 MT leased cold storage · 3 MT/hr IQF, over 9,000 MT a year · 3,600 MT frozen storage
See the farm and agronomy profileMEDIA-HOME-03Aerial: the plant and cold stores with carrot fields around them
02 / 04
Residue control starts before sowing
Every contract farmer works to Sunshine's standardised package of practices, in place since 2014. Each farmer receives an approved-input list and grows only from it. Fertiliser and crop-protection doses and timings follow the manufacturers' recommendations; pre-harvest intervals are controlled plot by plot; spray records are held for every plot. Standard operating procedures cover every field operation from land preparation to harvest, and farmers are trained on each of them.
Every lot number resolves in our own software to the farmer and plot, the sowing and harvest dates, the plot's inputs and spray records, the cold-store chamber and the IQF run — so an MRL question about any carton has an answer that starts in the field.
The plant is certified to FSSC 22000, a GFSI-recognised food-safety scheme, and licensed by FSSAI. Our quality and traceability systems were built under food-safety audits commissioned by multinational FMCG end-customers of our processor partners; they are the systems an auditor will find on the day they visit, not a brochure version.
ProofFSSC 22000 (certificate no. ___, valid to ___) · FSSAI 12724999000263 / 12721054000020 · APEDA RCMC · Approved-input list and plot spray records in the documentation pack
Download the documentation packMEDIA-FARM-04The approved-input list and a plot spray-record ledger (paper or on a phone) held in the field
03 / 04
−18 °C is a chain, not a setpoint
Carrots are lifted in the cool hours of the morning and evening, because a root that loses moisture in the field has already lost weight and shelf life. They go into a cold store built for carrots — 0–2 °C at over 95 % humidity — the same day [COPY TBC — D-11]. On the line, dice are steam-blanched to a peroxidase-negative endpoint, cooled, frozen in a fluidised-bed tunnel at −30 to −40 °C and held at −18 °C in our 3,600 MT frozen store until dispatch.
At loading, every pallet is probed and the core temperature recorded; the container's pre-trip inspection is checked; three dataloggers ride with the cargo; the seal, the setpoint display and the loaded container are photographed and sent with the shipping advice. The container is stuffed and sealed at our own dock, travels to ICD Dadri on a genset-equipped chassis and goes by rail to Mundra or Nhava Sheva. You receive the datalogger files on discharge — and, where the carrier offers it, the reefer's own download.
ProofProduct core ≤ −18 °C at stuffing · Setpoint −18 to −21 °C per your instruction · 3 dataloggers per container · Seal and setpoint photographs with every shipment
Read the reefer loading protocolMEDIA-PROC-1440' reefer container at the plant dock: doors open, pallets loaded within the load line, a datalogger being placed
04 / 04
Your brand, your case count, your pallet standard
Bulk 10 kg and 25 kg poly-lined cartons for manufacturers; 4 × 2.5 kg cases for foodservice distributors; 400 g, 500 g and 1 kg pillow pouches under your own brand for retail; octabins on request. ISO 1000 × 1200 or Euro 800 × 1200 pallets, ISPM-15 treated, corner-boarded and stretch-wrapped; ITF-14 on cases, GS1-128 with SSCC on pallets, EAN-13 on consumer packs. Shelf life 24 months from manufacture on bulk and foodservice packs, 12 months from packing date on retail packs. Artwork to your dieline, label text to your market's rules, a pre-production sample before the first container.
Every product page shows the case dimensions, the pallet pattern and the net tonnage per 40' HC reefer for each format — and the Reefer Packing Calculator lets your logistics team check the load before they ask us for a quote.
Proof≈ 21.6 MT per 40' HC on ISO pallets (10 kg cartons) · ≈ 22.1 MT on Euro pallets · Private-label MOQ from ___ MT per SKU [COPY TBC — D-06]
Open the Reefer Packing CalculatorMEDIA-PACK-06A finished ISO pallet: cartons stacked to pattern, corner boards, stretch wrap, GS1-128 pallet label
Quality, Quantity and Commitment is the promise the company was built on. On this site it is a spec sheet, a certificate and a datalogger file.
Quality, Quantity and Commitment
Availability
Availability this month
As of 1 September 2026
| Carrot | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrot |
- Harvest
H - Processing from fresh harvest
PF - Processing from cold-stored raw material
PS - Available from frozen stock
S - Forward-order for next campaign
FO - Not available
—
One harvest in February–March. Field-fresh roots processed March to May; roots held at 0–2 °C and >95 % RH processed the rest of the year. IQF diced carrot produced every month and shipped from frozen stock year-round.
Quality & Certifications
Certifications
DOC-01FSSC 22000 certificate (PDF scan) + certificate number, certification body, scope wording, valid-to date
FSSC 22000
Certificate no. ___
Valid to ___
DOC-02FSSAI licences 12724999000263 and 12721054000020 (PDF scans)
FSSAI
Licence 12724999000263
Licence 12721054000020
We do not currently hold BRCGS, IFS, Halal or Kosher certification; if your market requires one, tell us in the quotation form and we will answer plainly.
Export desk
Talk to the export desk
A person from the export desk replies. [COPY TBC]
MEDIA-CO-01Portrait of Sagar Deswal, CEO — at the plant dock or in the field, available daylight, looking at the camera
Export desk
Sagar Deswal, CEO
- Phone
- +91 80779 24395
- +91 80779 24395
- sagardeswal@sunshinevegetables.com
- Hours
- 09:00–19:00 IST, Mon–Sat
Book a plant audit — Sikandrabad is 70 km from Delhi. We will arrange the visit around your schedule.
Markets
Where we ship
Region
Europe & UK
Rotterdam
22–30 days, indicative
Port-to-port from Mundra / Nhava Sheva
Europe & UK hubRegion
GCC
Jebel Ali
5–8 days, indicative
Port-to-port from Mundra / Nhava Sheva
GCC hubRegion
Southeast Asia
Singapore
9–13 days, indicative
Port-to-port from Mundra / Nhava Sheva
Southeast Asia hubRegion
North America
New York / Newark
30–40 days, indicative
Port-to-port from Mundra / Nhava Sheva
North America hubDomestic
India
IQF and fresh supply across India from Sikandrabad — from Jammu to Madurai — on our own reefer fleet and partner logistics.
India B2B hub