Kermanshah County Green & Brown Lentil Producers | Iranco
Mahidasht and Dolatabad supply chain, Zagros laser sorting and a database of 22 processing and wholesale units
Guide to green and brown lentils in Kermanshah County — 22-company directory from Kambaden and Okado to Dolatabad wholesalers, plus a geographic matrix and bulk-market analysis.
Green and brown lentil supply chain in Kermanshah County
Kermanshah County sits on western Iran’s central plateau with fertile Mahidasht and Kuzaran alluvial plains — a long-standing pulse trading and processing pole. Mechanised yards and food plants built around chickpea now also sort, thresh and trade green and brown lentils at scale.
Lentil flows are dual: county dryland/irrigated farms plus bulk imports aggregated for laser sorting, secondary processing and packing at yards and industrial zones. Local fine green “stew” lentils from Mahidasht meet imported polo/Canadian sizes on modern lines; brown grades feed split-lentil plants and Okado-style canned lentil meals in Faraman and Zagros parks.
Mahidasht is the county’s largest dry lentil and chickpea belt; on-farm silos and graders act as local market shock absorbers.
Technical comparison: green vs brown lentils in Kermanshah processing
| Index | Green lentil | Brown & red split |
|---|---|---|
| Origin & inflow | Green Dryland Kuzaran/Mahidasht; Canadian & Russian green via northern customs | Brown Limited autumn crop; Kazakhstan/Russia bulk for splitting industry |
| Kernel morphology | Green 3–6 mm; thin light-green to jade skin | Brown 3–5 mm; brown coat; orange/red cotyledon |
| Mechanical cleaning | Green 2.5–5 mm screens, gravity stone removal, chaff aspiration | Brown Finer meshes, air on double gravity tables |
| Optical sorting | Green Full-colour cameras; frost, pinhole & stain eject | Brown Black/broken reject; colour sort on red split |
| Downstream processing | Green Felt polish, hand-pick; 800–900 g flow-wrap retail | Brown Dehulling, splitting; retort canned lentil meals |
| Target channels | Green Home stew, modern retail, packed export to Iraq | Brown Foodservice, RTE cans, home red split |
Industrial zones and wholesale yard matrix
| Hub | Chain role | Key corridor |
|---|---|---|
| Zagros Industrial Zone | Fully automatic sort & export packing | Kermanshah–Hamedan–Sonqor corridor |
| Faraman & Biston | Canning, sugar, flow-wrap pulses | Dorudfaraman & Biston estate |
| Mahidasht plain | Dry lentil/chickpea farms; silos & primary cleaning | Kermanshah–Mahidasht highway |
| Dolatabad & Alafan strip | Bulk yards, mechanised thresh workshops | Bahonar Blvd, farm scale |
Threshing, optical sort and value-added processing
Multi-stage pre-cleaning
Bowl elevators, aspirated pre-cleaners, rotary screens, gravity stoners and density tables at Dolatabad yards and Zagros plants.
Laser sort & export grade
Full-colour sorters at Kambaden process 2,000+ t/year; uniform lots for modern retail and loads to Sulaymaniyah and Erbil.
Canning & splitting branch
Okado turns green/brown lentils into two-year shelf-life canned meals after wash, hydrate and retort; brown split lines capture dehulling value locally.
Wholesale & pest control
Cash at farm-gate buying in Dolatabad raises bruchid risk in uncooled sheds; phosphine-fumigated standard stores have cut storage losses sharply.
Active company database
Industrial processing, sorting & packing
| Company / brand | Location | Activity | Main products | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almas Tabiat Zagros Co. | Zagros IZ | Laser sort, pack, export | Green polo lentil, red split, export chickpea | Export |
| Behsaz Food Zagros (Okado) | Faraman IZ | Retort canning plant | Canned lentil meals, beans | Canning |
| Shiroui Threshing (Arg Chickpea) | Dolatabad | Gravity thresh, wholesale | Dry green lentil, chickpea grades | Active |
| Golmehr Gharb Co. | Faraman IZ | Flow-wrap pulses & sugar | Green lentil 900 g, red split pack | Active |
| Co-op 4477 Shade Gol Yas | Faraman IZ | Sort & pulse packing | Green/brown lentil, mixed pulses | Active |
| Mahidasht Chickpea & Pulse Grading | Mahidasht | Silo, thresh, storage | Dry green lentil, grains | Active |
| Toobi Pulses Kermanshah | Biston IZ | Clean, pack, export trade | Green lentil, red split | Export |
| Sepid Ghazal Zagros | Faraman IZ | Cleaning & packing | Hand-picked green lentil | Active |
| Koosha Gandom Mahidasht | Mahidasht | Thresh, sort, export | Export-threshed green lentil | Export |
| Zar Dane Olipi (Zardane) | Biston road IZ | Pulse & grain packing | Fine & bold green lentil | Active |
| Keshavarz Tek Biston | Faraman–Biston | Agri packing unit | Threshed green lentil packs | Active |
| Fanus Talaei Gharb | Biston IZ | Process & pack | Sorted green, bagged brown | Active |
Wholesale yards, banking & distribution
| Company / brand | Location | Activity | Main products | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javad Najafi Trading | Dolatabad | Wholesale yard | 50 kg dry green lentil | Wholesale |
| Sour Gostar Zagros (Bahar Bazar) | Dolatabad | Provincial bulk distribution | Green lentil, red split packs | Wholesale |
| Asyal Trading | Central Kermanshah | Sort yard, export chickpea | Western dry green lentil | Export |
| Karami Food Wholesalers | Kermanshah | National pulse wholesale | Local green, brown lentil | Wholesale |
| Anil Zagros Gharb | Dolatabad | Import & bulk lentils | Russian/Canadian green, brown | Wholesale |
| Maad Sugar & Pulse Packing | County industrial zone | Sugar & automatic pulse pack | Green lentil, red split retail | Active |
| Paliz Sanat Silk Road | Zafar IZ | Sort, pack, public warehousing | Threshed green lentil | Active |
| Zarchin Amin Gharb | Traditional market | Workshop food packing | Cleaned green lentil packs | Active |
| Adel Chavosh Aria Distribution | Beheshti Blvd | Regional food distribution | Packed green lentil & split | Active |
| Beheshti Pulse Packing (Toloo Gharb) | Beheshti | Licensed workshop pack | 800–900 g green lentil | Active |
Dolatabad traditional market and storage risks
Dolatabad wholesalers buying cash at harvest capture much dryland volume before industrial sort; limited cooled storage in legacy sheds raises bruchid risk in summer.
Dolatabad wholesalers buying cash at harvest capture much dryland volume before industrial sort; limited cooled storage in legacy sheds raises bruchid risk in summer.
Proximity to Khosravi and Parviz Khan borders, metallised moisture-barrier packs and contract farming between Kambaden, Okado and Mahidasht dryland growers can anchor Kermanshah as western Iran’s lentil price and transit hub.
Strategic outlook for western Iran pulses
- Contract farming with improved seed between sort plants and Mahidasht/Kuzaran dryland growers
- Modern split lines for imported and local brown lentils
- Integrate Dolatabad wholesale with Zagros and Faraman logistics parks
Iranco’s specialist team can connect you with active lentil chain players in Kermanshah.