COMPANY INTELLIGENCE PROFILE

ORKLA INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

Orkla India (brands: MTR, Eastern, Rasoi Magic, Laban) is a multi-category Indian packaged-food company spanning breakfast mixes, ready-to-eat meals, spices/masalas, condiments and beverages.

Active. Company has since converted from Private Limited to Limited (public) and completed an IPO (equity now trades — confirmed by presence of live Screener.in coverage and an active Investor Relations section on orklaindia.com). Current CIN L15136KA1996PLC021007; PAN AAACM9878K.Listed/public — company IPO'd and is now covered by Screener.in with live shareholding/quarterly data (as of Jun 2026: Promoters 75.00%, DIIs 8.70%, FIIs 2.30%, Public 14.00%). Tofler still tags it "Unlisted Public Company," which appears stale relative to the more recent Screener data. Specific IPO dates/issue size/price band could not be confirmed — chittorgarh.com, groww.in, moneycontrol.com and bseindia.com were unreachable (403/404/blocked) in this session.RoC Bangalore / Karnataka (confirmed, 2 sources)
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Orkla India Limited, incorporated on 21 August 1996, operates in the FMCG sector, focusing on packaged foods such as spices and ready-to-eat meals. It is a public company, trading on the stock exchange following an IPO. Orkla ASA, a Norwegian entity, holds majority ownership. Financially, it recorded a revenue of ₹2,464 crore and a PAT of ₹282 crore for FY2025-26. Legal engagements typically involve routine tax and civil matters.

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Business Overview

  • Orkla India, brands: MTR, Eastern, Rasoi Magic, Laban, is a multi-category Indian packaged-food company spanning breakfast mixes, ready-to-eat meals, spices/masalas, condiments and beverages.
  • It is one of ~10 portfolio companies of Orkla ASA, Oslo-listed Norwegian industrial investment group, which acquired MTR Foods in 2007 and later folded in Eastern Condiments.
  • Sources: orklaindia.com, orkla.com/companies/orkla-india, Screener.in.

Sector & Classification

NIC 15136 — Manufacture of packaged/processed foods (spices, ready-to-eat meals, breakfast/instant mixes). Business: FMCG packaged foods.

Directors & Key Management

Directors — source notes

Confirmed (names, via Tofler + TheCompanyCheck, both agreeing on ~7-8 person board); DINs sourced only from Tofler (single-source, not independently cross-verified — treat as partial confidence for DIN accuracy): - Sanjay Sharma — DIN 02581107 — CEO/MD, ~18 yrs tenure - Atle Vidar Nagel Johansen — DIN 01361367 — ~11 yrs (Orkla ASA nominee) - Shantanu Maharaj Khosla — DIN 00059877 — ~1 yr (Independent) - Meena Ganesh — DIN 00528252 — ~1 yr (Independent) - Amit Jain — DIN 01770475 — ~1 yr (Independent) - Rashmi Satish Joshi — DIN 06641898 — ~1 yr (Independent) - Maria Syse-Nybraaten — DIN 10133899 — ~3 yrs (Orkla ASA nominee) - Per Haavard Skiaker Maelen — DIN 10138903 — ~3 yrs (Orkla ASA nominee)

GST Registrations

Not obtained. Primary GSTIN could not be retrieved — knowyourgst.com, findgst.in and mastersindia.co PAN/company lookups all returned 404/500 in this session. Home state is inferred (not confirmed) as Karnataka from the registered office address. PAN for GST purposes presumed same as corporate PAN AAACM9878K but this link is not independently verified. Do not treat this as confirmed.

Financials

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ORKLA INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED reported consistent financial growth over recent years. In FY2024-25, the revenue was ₹2,430.8 Cr and PAT ₹253.9 Cr. By FY2025-26, revenue increased to ₹2,464 Cr with a PAT of ₹282 Cr and borrowings at ₹63 Cr. The trend continued in Q1 FY27 with a 10.4% YoY revenue growth to ₹659 Cr.

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Two independent sources, different, sequential, non-conflicting, fiscal years:
Tofler, FY2024-25Revenue ₹2,430.8 Cr | EBITDA ₹393.9 Cr | PAT ₹253.9 Cr | Net Worth ₹2,457.1 Cr
Screener.in, FY2025-26, year ended Mar 2026Revenue ₹2,464 Cr | EBITDA ~₹468 Cr | PAT ₹282 Cr | Net Worth ₹2,742 Cr | Borrowings ₹63 Cr
Screener.in, Q1 FY27, Jun 2026 quarterRevenue ₹659 Cr (+10.4% YoY) | EBITDA ₹115 Cr | PAT ₹87 Cr
Standalone vs consolidated basis not explicitly stated by either source — treat basis as unconfirmed. Figures are directionally consistent across the two independent sources, confirmed trend; exact FY basis partial.

Funding History

  • Company is a majority-owned subsidiary of Orkla ASA (Norway) — not VC/PE-backed.
  • Went public via an IPO, appears to be primarily an Offer-for-Sale by promoter Orkla ASA, based on post-IPO promoter holding of 75%, around 2025, based on litigation records that still name the pre-listing entity "Orkla India Private Limited" as late as March 2025 and the renamed "Orkla India Limited" from mid-2025 onward.
  • Exact IPO dates, issue size and price band not obtained — chittorgarh.com (403), groww.in (404), livemint.com and moneycontrol.com (blocked) could not be fetched in this session.

Shareholding

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Orkla India Private Limited's shareholding as of June 2026 is distributed as follows: Promoters (Orkla ASA / Orkla group entities) hold 75.00%, Domestic Institutional Investors hold 8.70%, Foreign Institutional Investors hold 2.30%, and the Public holds 14.00%.

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SourceScreener.in, as of Jun 2026, single source — partial confidence per sourcing rule requiring 2 sources for "confirmed":
Promoters, Orkla ASA / Orkla group entities: 75.00%
DIIs8.70%
FIIs2.30%
Public14.00%

Loans & Charges

  • Partial.
  • Only an aggregate borrowings figure obtained: ₹63 Cr, Screener.in, FY26, described as minimal/low-leverage.
  • No individual charge-holder, lender name, or charge-creation-date detail was retrievable — RoC charge-index sources (mca.gov.in) are excluded per instructions and no alternate charge-detail source was accessible this session.

Credit Ratings

  • Not obtained. No CRISIL, ICRA or CARE rating page for Orkla India Limited / Orkla India Private Limited / MTR Foods Limited was retrievable in this session, crisilratings.com and icra.in both returned 404 for targeted queries; careratings.com also 404.

Competitive Landscape

  • Named Indian packaged-foods/spices peers, general market knowledge, not a specific ranked database:
  • Nestlé India, Maggi ready-to-eat/instant, — much larger scale
  • ITC Ltd, foods division: Sunfeast, ready meals, — much larger, diversified conglomerate
  • Hindustan Unilever, foods & refreshment segment, — much larger, diversified
  • Britannia Industries — larger, adjacent categories (biscuits/dairy)
  • Tata Consumer Products — larger, diversified food & beverage
  • MDH and Everest Spices — comparable/smaller, spices-focused private companies
  • ADF Foods, Gits Food Products — smaller, niche ready-to-eat/instant-mix players, closer in category overlap to MTR

Frequently Asked Questions

What does Orkla India do?

Orkla India is a multi-category Indian packaged-food company that manufactures and sells breakfast mixes, ready-to-eat meals, spices and masalas, condiments, and beverages under brands such as MTR, Eastern, Rasoi Magic, and Laban. It operates in the FMCG packaged foods sector.

What is the CIN of Orkla India?

The current Corporate Identification Number (CIN) of Orkla India is L15136KA1996PLC021007.

When was Orkla India incorporated?

Orkla India was incorporated on 21 August 1996.

Where is Orkla India's registered office located?

Orkla India's registered office is located at No.1, 2nd & 3rd Floor, 100 Feet Inner Ring Road, Ejipura, Ashwini Layout, Vivek Nagar, Bangalore, Karnataka, India to 560047.

Sources

Tofler (tofler.in/orkla-india-limited/company/L15136KA1996PLC021007) — identity, capital, directors/DINs, FY24-25 financials, PAN; TheCompanyCheck (thecompanycheck.com/company/orkla-india-limited/L15136KA1996PLC021007 and /orkla-india-private-limited/...) — identity/CIN-chain validation, directors, capital; Screener.in (screener.in/company/ORKLAINDIA) — FY25-26 & Q1FY27 financials, shareholding pattern; Indian Kanoon (indiankanoon.org) — legal cases; orklaindia.com and orkla.com/companies/orkla-india — business overview, brand portfolio, logo (apple-touch-icon), IR confirmation of listed status. Blocked/unreachable this session: mca.gov.in (excluded per instructions), chittorgarh.com (403), groww.in (404), moneycontrol.com/livemint.com (fetch blocked), knowyourgst.com/findgst.in/mastersindia.co GSTIN lookups (404/500), crisilratings.com/icra.in/careratings.com (404). WebSearch tool was unavailable this session (budget exhausted at start) — all research done via direct WebFetch of named domains.

Information compiled from public registry and secondary sources. It may be incomplete or dated; verify independently before relying on it.