Amaranth prices: questions and answers
Amaranths: median wholesale price 1.07 EUR/kg across 17 markets in 4 countries, quotes to 10 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of amaranths today?
The median wholesale price of amaranths was 1.07 EUR/kg across 16 current quotes on 17 markets in 4 countries (latest quote 10 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 0.40 and 1.11 EUR/kg.
Each quote is the midpoint of the lowest and highest price the market published, converted to euros per kilogram at the day’s reference rate. Quotes per piece or per pack without a weight are left out of this figure.
How do prices differ between types of amaranths?
| Type | Quotes | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Type not stated | 9 | 1.10 EUR/kg |
| Amaranthus | 5 | 0.38 EUR/kg |
Types are read from the names the markets publish, so that a comparison puts like with like. Quotes whose name gives no type are kept together.
What is the price of amaranths in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 8 | 1.09 EUR/kg | 39.6 TWD/kg |
| India | 6 | 0.38 EUR/kg | 40.0 INR/kg |
| China | 2 | 1.16 EUR/kg | 44.2 TWD/kg |
Countries with the most markets quoting amaranths; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of amaranths going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 7 of 11 quotes for amaranths rose, 3 fell and 1 were unchanged; the median change was +2.4%.
Each market is compared with its own previous quote for the same series, so the figure is not affected by which markets published on a given day. Markets publish daily, weekly or less often, so the comparison covers different periods for different markets.
Which markets publish amaranth prices?
17 markets in 4 countries have current amaranth quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- Aluva Wholesale Market India · 1 quote
- Ernakulam Wholesale Market India · 1 quote
- Alappuzha Wholesale Market India · 1 quote
- Viluppuram Wholesale Market India · 1 quote
- Manjeri Wholesale Market India · 1 quote
- Thrissur Wholesale Market India · 1 quote
- Taipei Market China · 1 quote
- Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Vegetable Market (VMO) China · 1 quote
Why are there so many different amaranth prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 6 different amaranth quote names, for example: Amaranthus red (kerala); Amaranthus red (out of state); Amaranthus red (out of state); Amaranth leaves; Amaranthus red (kerala); Amaranthus red (out of state).
Compare like with like: the same market and series over time, or the same type across markets. How to read a wholesale quote
Where do these amaranth prices come from?
Husfarm reads the price bulletins and tables that markets, exchanges and official price reports publish, keeps each price in the market’s own currency and unit with its date and source, and converts it to euros per kilogram for comparison.
How often are amaranth prices updated?
The latest amaranth quote is from 10 November 2026; 9 of 17 markets published amaranth prices in the seven days to 11 November 2026. Each market publishes on its own schedule, from daily to monthly.
Can I get alerts or download amaranth prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for amaranth prices on a market or across markets, and download the current quotes and their history as CSV files free of charge.
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Prices: market quotes collected by Husfarm, as published by each market; conversions at ECB and market reference rates. Production and trade: FAO, FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0). Answers are calculated automatically from the current data and change when the data changes.