# Black Pepper Grade Calculator

Source: https://srilankaexport.com/nl/pepper-grade-calculator/

Sri Lanka Trade Tools · For Growers & Exporters

## Black Pepper Grade Calculator

Enter your pepper’s bulk density and moisture to see which export grade it falls into, MG1 garbled, fair-average or light, whether it’s export-ready, and how to clean and dry it up to a higher grade.

MG1 (Garbled)

Standard export grade · ~550–600 g/L

GarbledStandard export

- Extra Bold / Heavy≥600 g/L · premium

- MG1 (Garbled)550–600 g/L

- Fair Average (FAQ)500–550 g/L

- Light / Ungarbled<500 gl or uncleaned

export-ready, at below the ~11% moisture target.

level up: denser, fuller berries lift grade, harvest full maturity and dry evenly; winnow out light stalks.

#### what this grade is roughly worth

higher-density, cleaned (garbled) pepper sits top of market range; uncleaned near bottom.

we don’t publish a firm per-grade price, prices move with contract. for current indicative ranges see [ceylon commodity prices]( ceylon-commodity-prices ), real figure your lot, [request quote]( post-a-requirement ). we’ll confirm fob.

### how black graded

the singlebiggestdriver bulk density, weight fixed volume berries. denser mean more mature, cornspiperineoil, so they command higher price. other half cleanliness: “garbled” has been winnowed sieved to remove stalks, dust, pinheads standard sri lankan export mg1, garbled 550–600 l. (ungarbled) lots sit it until they’re removed.

grade | density condition tier |

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