{"id":38642,"date":"2025-08-06T15:04:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T20:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/?p=38642"},"modified":"2025-08-06T17:43:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T22:43:36","slug":"what-food-items-you-can-carry-to-usa-from-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/what-food-items-you-can-carry-to-usa-from-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Traveling to USA? A Complete Guide to What Food Items You can Carry from India and How to Pack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indians are not Indians if they travel to USA without their familiar or favorite spices, snacks, sweets, and pickles. Essential items that they are fond of do fill half of their checked bags for India to USA flights<\/strong>. It\u2019s absolutely natural to crave and carry some flavors of home, but not all food items are allowed to bring to USA from India. Save this guide to traveling with food from India to USA and pack your checked bags accordingly. Knowing the US CBP guidelines on food imports from India is equally important.<\/p>\n

Indian Eagle, the most trusted source of budget airline tickets online<\/a><\/span> and cheaper phone-only flight deals, presents this India-USA travel guide that comes handy for Indian students, H1B professionals, OCI cardholders, and B2 visa holders.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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What food items from India are not allowed to USA<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The United States has very strict rules when it comes to protecting its agriculture and health ecosystem from foreign food imports. That means the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) prohibits certain food items from India and other countries, like rice, soybeans, and chickpeas, no matter how fond of them you are. Indians cannot bring rice into USA even though rice is a daily staple in many Indian communities including Bengali, Odiya, Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalee.<\/p>\n