Bulk Salep Roots for Sale | Pure Sahlep Orchid Tubers (Sahlab)
ACPFOOD offers premium-grade salep roots, also known as sahlep or sahlab, sourced from carefully selected wild orchid tubers. These dried orchid roots are traditionally used in Middle Eastern, Turkish, and Persian cuisine to prepare the famous salep drink and sahlab desserts. Rich in natural starch and mucilage, our pure sahlep is ideal for herbal remedies, traditional food production, and nutritional applications. We supply bulk salep for export, meeting the needs of wholesalers, distributors, and manufacturers around the world. With professional handling and reliable global shipping, ACPFOOD is your trusted partner for buying salep in wholesale quantities.
Buy Wholesale Salep Bulbs – Premium Quality Sahlep for Export
Product Code:
Orchis mascula: ROO-040
Orchis maculata: ROO-041
Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ): 20kg
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2- Early Purple Orchid Other Names in English (UK, USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand): Salep
Family: Orchidaceae
GENERAL DATA
🟣 Industries That Use Salep Bulbs
(Dactylorhiza maculata & Orchis mascula) Salep bulbs, the dried tubers of wild orchids such as Dactylorhiza maculata and Orchis mascula, are prized for their thickening properties, mucilage content, and soothing herbal effects. Though both species share similar bioactive compounds, they are traditionally used across different regions for food, health, and specialty herbal applications.
🟣 What Is Salep (Orchid Tuber Flour)?
Salep is a starchy, mucilaginous powder made by drying and grinding the underground tubers (bulbs) of orchids—primarily species in the Orchis and Dactylorhiza genera. Rich in glucomannan, starches, and trace aromatic resins, it has been used for centuries in traditional food products and medicinal preparations.
These bulbs—especially from Orchis mascula—are valued for their high viscosity when boiled, which makes them ideal in desserts like Turkish dondurma (stretchy ice cream) and hot milk-based drinks like “salep.” Medicinally, they are employed as demulcents, respiratory aids, and digestive tonics.
1. Food & Beverage Industry 🍨
Salep is a traditional, natural thickener used in:
Mastic-based ice cream (e.g., Turkish dondurma)
Hot winter drinks and herbal milk tonics
Custards, puddings, and creamy confections
Specialty baked goods in traditional cuisines
✅ The high mucilage content of Orchis mascula makes it the preferred source for dense, chewy textures.
2. Pharmaceutical & Herbal Medicine Industry 💊
This bulbs are included in:
Herbal demulcent preparations for cough and sore throat
Derived from wild or cultivated orchid species like Dactylorhiza maculata and Orchis mascula
Contains glucomannan, starches, and natural resins
Used as a natural thickener, mucilage, and herbal tonic
Plays roles in traditional foods, natural medicine, and cultural rituals
Highly regulated in some countries due to overharvesting of wild orchids
PRODUCT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Persian Name: ثَعلَب/ Salab German Name (Deutschland, Austria, Switzerland): Geflecktes Knabenkraut, Maennliche Orchis, Männliches Knabenkraut, Stattliches Knabenkraut French Name (France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec): Orchis tacheté
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Wholesale Supplier of Pure Salep Roots and Sahlep Powder for Export
As a trusted wholesale salep exporter, ACPFOOD supplies pure sahlep orchid roots in bulk to international buyers in the herbal, culinary, and pharmaceutical industries. Our salep, also known as sahlab, is carefully harvested and dried to preserve its natural quality and potency. We offer bulk salep roots and sahlep powder in professional packaging, ideal for use in traditional hot drinks, desserts, and natural product formulations. Whether you’re looking to buy salep for retail, food manufacturing, or herbal blends, ACPFOOD ensures top-grade quality, competitive pricing, and reliable global shipping.
The Orchis is a perennial plant that reaches fifty centimeters in height and has many species. It has only one relatively thick stem, the upper part of which turns red, and its cross section is circular. The leaves are elongated, oval, and soft. They have long veins. They grow without petioles and are similar to the leaves of the lily plant. There are several red and dark spots on the surface of the leaves of this plant. These leaves grow from the bottom of the plant near the ground.
The flowers grow in clusters at the top of the stem. These flowers are purple-pink and have tongues, and there is a long and narrow appendage behind them. These flowers have tongue-shaped petals, relatively large, and several oval and small petals. The tongue-shaped petals have two relatively deep grooves on which some bright pink dots can be seen.
This plant has two oval and pale brown underground bulbs, which are white and slightly transparent inside. These bulbs are placed next to each other, one is full and the other is hollow. Its taste is sweet, sticky and slightly spicy. The underground bulb of some Orchis species has four to six branches and resembles a very small hand.
Orchis Mascula Chemical Constituents
The preliminary phytochemical screening showed that the crude extract of Orchis mascula contained alkaloids, saponins, tannins, phenolics, terpenes, sterols and flavonoids(9). The tuber of Orchis mascula contained glucoside, bitter substance, saponins 4%, starch 2.7- 21.92%, mucilage 48%, moisture 10.62%, sugar 1%, nitrogenous compounds 5 %, albumen, a trace of volatile oil and ash 2% containing chiefly phosphates and chlorides of potassium and lime.
If pounded Sahlep eaten up to 8 grams, it is expectorant and soften the chest, astringent, tonic and nutritious, it is haemapoietic, strengthens the nerves, it is useful for treating tetanus, dry seizures, paralysis and Parkinson. It is good for children and people with sensitive stomachs.
If you brew and drink it, it is laxative and is good for ear congestion.
Mix it with boiled milk and drink it before breakfast for 5 days. Treats a cough which is caused by blood and yellow bile.
Mix Salep’s pulverized powder with a little Cocoa powder and some milk. Eating it is beneficial for children who are weak.
If you eat it with dilute vinegar, it increase the sexual power.
Hold this root in your mouth and suck. Relieves dry coughs and hoarseness.
Knead its powder with Rose oil and Olive oil and rub it on the head. It is effective for hair growth and preventing hair loss.
Side Effects of Salep
It is harmful for the aperture of stomach and for hot temperaments, eating too much of Orchis causes weakness of the gastrointestinal tract and nervous system.
Orchis leaves
If a woman pound it with Saffron and some musk and puts it in the uterus as a suppository and sleeps with her husband, if there is no specific physiological defect, she will most likely get pregnant the first time.
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