Sri Lankan breakfasts and dinners are built on rice flour: string hoppers (idiyappam), hoppers (appa), pittu and roti. Sri Lankan grocers abroad stock these flours for the diaspora. Rice and millet flours and mixes exported about US$5 million in 2025.

Products

• White and red rice flour, raw or roasted
• Kurakkan (finger millet) flour
• Hopper mix and string hopper flour
• Pittu and roti flour

Roasted or raw

Rice flour for string hoppers and pittu is usually roasted; flour for hoppers and sweets is often raw. Tell us the type and pack size you need.

Who buys it

Sri Lankan, South Indian and South Asian grocers and distributors, and gluten-free food brands. Retail packs can carry your label.

Private label

Retail packs can carry your brand. Send us your artwork, pack size and labelling requirements for your market, and we confirm packing options, minimum order and lead time with the quote. You remain responsible for the label claims made in your market.

What to tell us for a quote

• The product, grade or specification you need, and a reference sample if you have one
• Quantity per order and how often you buy
• Pack size, packaging and labelling
• Destination port and the Incoterm you prefer
• Documents your market requires, such as a certificate of origin, phytosanitary certificate or lab test reports

Packing and shipping

Orders are packed to your instruction and shipped by sea in a full or shared container, or by air for samples and small lots, quoted FOB Colombo, CFR or CIF to your port. Products from several Sri Lankan suppliers can share one container through our consolidation service.

How to get a price: tell us the quantity, your specification and your destination port. We quote FOB Colombo, CFR or CIF, with lead time and minimum order, and arrange samples before an order.

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