PT Bakhoor Charcoal Indonesia · Magelang, Central Java · Since 2015
Bakhoor charcoal from coconut shell, made under your brand
Coconut shell charcoal for bakhoor, pressed with a native tapioca starch binder — no accelerant, no potassium nitrate — and specified to show no detectable off-odour under the sealed-jar test we propose. Independently lab-tested. Wholesale and OEM only, by the container.
- 2015 Manufacturing since
- 8 Countries exported to
- OEM Private label, your carton
- Own kilns Carbonised and pressed in Magelang
- 1 × 20 ft FCL Minimum order, full container
What we make
Made for bakhoor. Not for anything else.
Bakhoor needs a coal that lights on a starter, holds a low, even surface heat for a whole sitting, and adds no smell of its own. Shisha, barbecue and quick-light charcoal are built for different jobs, and it shows in the burn.
Not shisha charcoal
Built for high, sustained heat driven through foil. Under incense we read that as too hot and too fast — our position.
The argument in full →Not barbecue charcoal
Sized and bound for cooking, not for a burner.
Which charcoal is correct for bakhoor →Not quick-light
Lit by an accelerant, commonly potassium nitrate, that burns off in the first seconds — while the bakhoor usually goes straight on.
How the three compare →
Formats
Four formats, one grade of charcoal
Cube, flat, 33 mm disc and 40 mm disc are pressed from the same carbonised coconut shell and the same binder. They differ in geometry, not in formulation, and geometry changes how long a piece burns.
Cube
Burn duration: 180 minutes, single piece
Flat
Burn duration: 100 minutes, single piece
33 mm disc
Burn duration: 90 minutes, single piece
40 mm disc
Burn duration: 120 minutes, single piece
One lot, ignition to complete ash on a 600 W electric burner switched off once the piece has lit: our result under our proposed protocol, not a specification. Dimensions and tolerances: specification sheet available on request.
Laboratory
What the laboratory measured
Independent results on one production lot, each with its basis and method. The certificate of analysis is available on request, named by report number.
| Parameter | Result | Basis | Method | What it means for the burn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash content | 2.3% | Dry | ASTM D1762 | What is left behind. For bakhoor, how the ash forms matters more than the percentage. |
| Volatile matter | 13.7% | Dry | ASTM D1762 | Burns off as gas: what produces smoke and odour at ignition. The parameter that matters most for bakhoor. |
| Fixed carbon | 78.2% | Dry, by difference | ASTM D1762 | The glowing fraction: more burns hotter and longer. For bakhoor a variable to control, not maximise — our position. |
| Moisture, laboratory | 5.8% | Dry | ASTM D3173 | Drives cracking and popping at ignition, and comes back from humid air after packing. |
| Calorific value | 7,600 kcal/kg | Net | ASTM D5865 | Total energy per kilogram. Weakly predictive of how a coal behaves on a mabkhara. |
Every value in full, with the argument for why basis matters →
Comparison
Natural coconut shell charcoal vs quick-light discs
| Al Bakhoor coconut shell charcoal | Quick-light disc: one bought on the market, tested by us | |
|---|---|---|
| Raw material | Coconut shell, carbonised in our own kilns | Natural wood charcoal, as declared on the packaging |
| Binder | native tapioca starch | Not declared on the packaging |
| Ignition accelerant | None — signed declaration on request | Carried by instant-light discs, commonly potassium nitrate (saltpetre) |
| How it lights | On a burner or a coal starter; under a lighter flame alone, nothing should happen | From a lighter flame: the accelerant carries ignition across the piece |
| Smell at ignition, nothing on the coal | no smell | strong smell at ignition |
| Time to full white ash, same diameter | 12 minutes, our 33 mm disc | 12 minutes, their 33 mm |
| Burn duration, single piece | 90 minutes, 33 mm disc; 120 minutes, 40 mm disc | 30 minutes, their 33 mm |
| Residue after a full burn, bench scale | 0.361 g left of 19 g, our 33 mm disc | 5.3 g left of 21 g, their 33 mm |
| Made for | Heat under fragrance, on a burner | Lighting without a burner |
We have bench-tested exactly one market quick-light disc, once, on 23 September 2026: one market disc, against our 33 mm and 40 mm, smell judged without an instrument, residue by mass rather than laboratory ash. The accelerant and lighting rows are documented composition, not our finding. The disc and its maker are not named.
Private label
Your brand. Our charcoal. Your carton.
Every container leaves under the buyer’s brand. We print your artwork on the inner box and the master carton, pack to your configuration, and the shipping documents describe your boxes.
- Carton configuration
- Inner box duplex 250 gsm, E flute, kraft 150 gsm liner, OPP lamination, in 250 g, 500 g, 1 kg, 5 kg, 10 kg. Master carton duplex 310 gsm, BC flute, kraft 150 gsm liner, varnish.
- Print minimum
- 5,000 boxes per design, per size for the inner box; 500 cartons per design for the master carton.
- What you commit to
- A print run, not an order size: boxes a shipment does not use are stored at the factory and drawn down across later shipments, and artwork files are retained, so a reorder repeats neither plate nor setup.
Carton configuration, print minimums and what you commit to →
Ordering
From free sample to bill of lading
Sample
1 kg of our bakhoor grade, free. Burn it beside the coal you buy now.
Quotation
Issued after sample approval, with its own validity window on the price. There is no published price list.
Deposit
30% by telegraphic transfer confirms the order — the payment sequence, step by step.
Production and weathering
Our stock is weathered before an order is confirmed, so the weathering window the maritime code requires is behind you before your lead time starts.
Shipment
Balance against the draft B/L; originals or telex release issued once the balance is received.
Shipped from Indonesia by full container
- Container 1 × 20 ft FCL, about 18 t
- HS code 4402.20.10
- Dangerous goods UN 1361 · Class 4.2, packing group III
- Port of loading Tanjung Emas, Semarang; Jakarta or Surabaya also possible
Classification as we declare it on our shipping documents; why the subheading is 4402.20 is argued, with its disclaimer, on its own page. Document pack on request: certificate of analysis, MSDS, bill of lading specimen, business registration, and the signed formulation declaration. Available, never described as certified.
Contact
Who answers your enquiry
Enquiries are answered by Mohamed Noor, Director. He replies himself, not through a sales desk, and signs off every specification sheet that leaves the factory.
Where our charcoal already burns
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Iraq, Germany, United States, Russia, United Kingdom
Shipping records available to serious buyers on request.
This site
Everything we publish, by section
Which charcoal is correct for bakhoor
Why the specification differs from shisha, barbecue and quick-light, and a bench test that settles it.
Specifications
Every value with its basis, method and report number, and what each parameter does to a bakhoor burn.
Diagnostics
Faults by symptom — sour smell, cracking and sparking, ash, storage — and the tests that tell them apart.
OEM and private label
Carton configuration, print minimums, and what you commit to.
How buying from us works
Minimum order, the payment sequence, lead time, and the sample request.
Shipping
UN 1361, the HS code, and the documents that travel with a container.
About
Registration, the factory, and the person who answers.
What supports this page
| Claim | What supports it | How we state it |
|---|---|---|
| Bakhoor needs a different charcoal specification from shisha, barbecue and quick-light. | Reasoning from combustion behaviour and from consumer and trade guidance, set out in full on the charcoal page. | Our position, with its limits stated there rather than here. |
| The laboratory values in the specification table, and the burn durations by format. | Two laboratory reports on one lot, named by number and date under the table, and one run of our own protocol on the same lot, both set out on the specification page. | The laboratory values as fact, each with its basis and method. The burn durations as our result under our method: not a specification, and not comparable to a figure quoted without its conditions. |
| No accelerant in the formulation. | Our own written declaration, signed, sent on request. | Our statement, never a certificate: no laboratory issued it. |
| The quick-light column. | Our own bench test of one market disc on 23 September 2026: one market disc, against our 33 mm and 40 mm, one session. The accelerant and lighting rows are documented product composition. | Our measurement of one piece, not of instant-light discs as a class. The disc and its maker are not named. |
| Organic certification. | Applications in progress with two certifiers, named in the registry; stated by owner 2026-09-26. | In progress; no certificate is claimed until issued. |
| The countries our charcoal has been shipped to. | Our shipping records. | Stated as fact about us, with the records offered on request rather than published. |
| The HS code and UN number; enquiries answered by the person named; the documents listed, available on request. | What our shipping documents declare, how the factory actually operates, and our own document pack. | The codes as what we declare — whether the subheading is the right one is a classification argument, made on its own page with its basis and its disclaimer. The rest as fact about us: available, never certified, because that word needs an issuer and a date. |
| Price and lead time. | Neither is settled on this page. | Omitted rather than estimated: a quotation follows sample approval with its own validity window, and lead time is on the commercial page. |
The cheapest test of any of this is to burn our cube beside the one you buy now.