What are beedies

Here at Shakti Beedi Works we produce a variety of high quality beedie products: Beedies are 100% natural hand-rolled cigarettes
- please see the 'About Us' section for more information.

• TOBACCO BEEDIES
  Contain 100% shredded dry tobacco.
• HERBAL BEEDIES
  Contain a mixture of 70% tobacco & 30% shredded medicinal dry herbs
• PURE HERBAL BEEDIES
  Contain 100% shredded medicinal dry herbs.

The tobacco used in our Tobacco Beedies and Herbal Beedies is of the highest quality, sourced from multiple destinations around the country to ensure the finest and richest flavours.

The medicinal herbs used in our Herbal Beedies and Pure Herbal Beedies are Ayurvedic herbs, being Lavancha, Dalchini, Jatamansi, Baje, Tulsi, etc. Ayurvedic medicine is one of the oldest branches of medical science from ancient India.

More about our Pure Herbal Beedies
In double-blind tests, 90% of smokers were unable to tell the difference between our Pure Herbal Beedies and ordinary tobacco.

Our Pure Herbal Beedies contain 13 Ayurvedic ingredients. Some of these purely natural elements possess qualities which make the smoker oblivious to the lack of 'nicotine high'.

Pure Herbal Beedies contain a mix of natural plants which have been specially treated without the use of chemicals. India's Central Tobacco Research Lab has certified our Pure Herbal Beedies to be free of tobacco, nicotine and tobacco-specific nitrosamines.

Our Pure Herbal Beedies are the world's first tobacco-free beedies. They mimic the pleasure-giving properties of tobacco, but contain no nicotine or other carcinogens, and are non-addictive.

As a tobacco product producer we have a sense of duty to our customers, and the world as a whole, to act responsibly and ethically. We are proud, as an Indian company, to have been at the forefront of these developments and are pleased that many smokers are already switching from tobacco based products to Pure Herbal Beedies.

By offering this alternative, there is the potential to save millions of lives.

Pure Herbal Beedies
- How are they made?

heavy investment in Research and Development has provided us with methods to ensure uniform and smooth burning throughout the smoke. Tobacco beedies are roasted in a coal-fired furnace, but the dehydration process for Herbal beedies must be more exact and better controlled. A precise temperature controlled process has been refined to ensure that the natural flavours of the Ayurvedic medicinal herbs are enhanced and preserved within the beedie, and continue to be retained for a long period of time.

History of the beedies

For almost one century, beedies have been a part of the everyday life of India. These small original beedie "cigarettes" were extremely popular in the 1970s amongst the "Flower Power" generation.

The beedie industry gives jobs to more than 5 millions workers. The beedie industry, being a cottage industry, allows Indian people to remain at home with their families while they work.

The drying, packaging, quality control, and every fabrication step, whilst centrally overseen, remains exclusively artisanal in order to protect jobs and keep quality levels high.