Experts from the food sector. Following are the areas we are looking for :
• Legumes and Staples (Grains, Bran , Germ, Flour and Salt)
o Eg: Low-glycemic rice, Packaged quinoa, Whole wheat, Wheat Derivatives, Whole millet, Millet derivatives etc)
o Relevant companies: Organic India, Healthy alternatives, 24 mantra, Bagrry¡¯s etc.
• Herbs
o Eg: Organic herb powders (Eg: Aloe, Amla, Thyme, lavender, Parsley, Basil etc.)
o Relevant Companies: Keya Foods, Snapin etc.
• Snacks (Traditional and Western Snacks)
o Baked variants (Baked variants of Sev, Gathiya, Chakli, Bakarwadi etc, Traditional Pulse, grain and Dal based snacks etc.)
o Relevant Companies: L'exclusif, Healthy Alternatives, Haldirams, PepsiCo etc.
• Nuts, Seeds and Dry fruits
o Packaged Nut, roasted nuts, Packaged seeds like Chia seeds, Hemp hearts etc, dried fruits such as apricot, dates etc
o Relevant Alternatives: Healthy Alternatives, Roastaa, Nature¡¯s Basket, L'exclusif, 24 mantra etc.
• Ready to Eat and Ready to Cook
o Oat meal, ragi meal, Breakfast and snack mixes, multigrain noodles and pasta
o Relevant Alternatives: Soulfull, Gits, MTR Foods etc.
Discussion on the following points is the objective:
• Market size of the category
• Penetration of health variants in these categories
• Growth rate of health variants in these categories
• Competition Intensity in the category
