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.
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
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, FY2024-25 | Revenue ₹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 2026 | Revenue ₹2,464 Cr | EBITDA ~₹468 Cr | PAT ₹282 Cr | Net Worth ₹2,742 Cr | Borrowings ₹63 Cr |
| Screener.in, Q1 FY27, Jun 2026 quarter | Revenue ₹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.
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.
Legal & Compliance
- Confirmed via Indian Kanoon, 27 total results for "Orkla India", including:
- M/S Orkla India Pvt Ltd vs The Assistant Commissioner Of Central [Tax] — 30 Oct 2025, Karnataka High Court, Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar, — indirect-tax/GST matter.
- Orkla India Limited vs State Of Kerala — multiple filings: 28 Jul 2026, 30 Jul 2026, 2 Jun 2026, 8 Oct 2025, Justice C.S. Dias, — Kerala HC, appear to be recurring state-tax/regulatory matters.
- Orkla India Private Limited, Eastern Division, vs State Of Kerala — 27 Oct 2025 and 27 Mar 2025, Justice Murali Purushothaman, — Kerala HC, pre-rename filings under the Eastern division.
- M/S. Eastern Condiments Pvt Ltd vs Sheish Asif Ali — 4 Jul 2026, Bangalore District Court — civil matter, distinct litigant, see related_parties caution.
- Overall pattern is routine state/central tax and civil litigation typical for a large FMCG manufacturer; no indication of material adverse proceedings found.
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.