- CEO
- Christopher Graham Stork
- Full Time Employees
- 59
- Sector
- Consumer non-durables
- Industry
- Food: specialty/candy
- Address
- Colombo Sri Lanka
- IPO Date
- Jan 12, 2011
- Business
- HVA Foods PLC is a Sri Lanka-based agribusiness and beverage manufacturing enterprise primarily engaged in the processing, blending, packaging, and worldwide distribution of Ceylon tea, herbal infusions, and value-added food and beverage products. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Kandana, Sri Lanka, the company operates as a subsidiary of George Steuart & Company Limited and trades on the Colombo Stock Exchange. HVA Foods serves retail, wholesale, food service, and private-label contract manufacturing sectors across domestic and international markets.
The company offers a comprehensive range of products and services organized into several primary categories:
Tea and Herbal Infusion Products: processing and marketing of pure Ceylon black tea, green tea, white tea, flavored teas, and specialty herbal wellness infusions under its flagship brand, Heladiv, alongside specialized labels including Infini-T; product formats encompass standard single and double-chamber tea bags, pyramid mesh tea bags, loose-leaf metal tins, composite canisters, handcrafted gift assortments, and bulk export packages;
Ready-to-Drink (RTD) Beverages: manufacturing and bottling of ready-to-drink iced teas, functional herbal beverages, cold-brew tea drinks, and liquid tea concentrates distributed across retail and convenience channels;
Agro and Value-Added Food Products: sourcing and distribution of Ceylon spices, moringa health supplements, dehydrated fruits, bee honey, and natural botanical extracts;
Contract Packaging and Private Labeling: provision of customized tea blending, flavor formulation, original equipment manufacturing (OEM), and co-packaging services tailored to global retail chains, private tea brands, and hospitality providers;
Hospitality and Retail Services: management of dedicated boutique tea lounges under the Heladiv Tea Club (HTC) brand, offering gourmet tea tastings, signature tea-infused culinary items, and branded merchandise.
Geographically, HVA Foods exports its product lines to over 40 countries across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), East Asia, and the Asia-Pacific region.
In recent developments, HVA Foods PLC has undergone substantial operational and financial realignment following its acquisition by and integration into the George Steuart Group. The company has undertaken capital restructuring programs to optimize working capital and reduce financing overheads while capitalizing on group synergies across procurement, warehousing, and international logistics. Operationally, HVA Foods has enhanced its Kandana processing plant with automated blending and packaging machinery to expand output capacity for high-value organic and specialty lines. Additionally, the company has expanded its product offerings by introducing new functional wellness teas, low-sugar RTD beverages, and cold-brew variants, while accelerating direct-to-consumer e-commerce fulfillment and establishing new distributor partnerships in high-growth Asian and Middle Eastern retail markets.