Karnataka: food, farms and farsan.

What farsan and sweets is Karnataka known for?

• NippattuFlat fried rice-flour disc with peanuts and sesame
• KodubaleRing-shaped fried rice-flour snack, Old Mysore region
• ChakliSpiral rice-flour snack, pressed and deep fried
• Dharwad pedhaBrowned milk-and-sugar sweet from DharwadGI 2007

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What does Karnataka export?

• Coffee

  India USD 1.80 billion in FY 2024-25; Karnataka about 70% of output

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• Byadagi chilli oleoresin

  Extracted around Byadgi, refined in Kerala, exported to US, Japan, Europe (no value published)

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• Ragi (finger millet)

  Over 60% of India's output; 13.5 lakh t in 2024-25 (production, not exports)

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India publishes few export figures by state of origin. Where a figure is national, a port total or a single shipment, it says so.

Where is it grown, processed and shipped?

• Chikkamagaluru

  Chikmagalur and Bababudangiris Arabica coffee (GI 2018-19); spices ODOP Source

• Madikeri, Kodagu

  Coorg Arabica coffee, Coorg orange and Coorg green cardamom GIs; coffee ODOP Source

• Byadgi, Haveri

  Byadagi chilli market, cold storage and oleoresin extraction Source

• Dharwad

  Dharwad pedha (GI foodstuff) Source

• Kalaburagi

  Gulbarga tur dal (GI 2019-20); red gram products ODOP Source

• Udupi

  Udupi Mattu Gulla brinjal (GI 2011-12); marine products ODOP Source

• Mangaluru, Dakshina Kannada

  Marine products processing ODOP Source

• Tumakuru

  Operational mega food park; coconut products ODOP Source

Sources

• PIB coffee factsheet (November 2025)
• Spices Board, list of spice GIs
• Deccan Herald, Karnataka ragi share
• ETV Bharat, coastal Karnataka cashew units
• UAS study, Byadgi chilli cold storage and oleoresin
• The IP Press, Karnataka GI list