Sales of open vermicelli are declining, with corporate entities taking overA festival’s flavour, wrapped and repackaged: The rise of 'corporate vermicelli'For Bengalis, Eid without vermicelli, or semai, lacks its customary warmth. Unpackaged thin vermicelli sold in the market is made with flour and rice powder, while the main ingredient in wrapped vermicelli is flour. Although he likes the taste of the packaged vermicelli, he opines that the open vermicelli tastes better because it is fresh. Shafiqur also said the demand for packaged vermicelli is now higher than that of open vermicelli. That is why packet vermicelli is being sold more.”Shafiqur said one-third of the entire year’s vermicelli is sold during Eid.
