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- Hindustan Foods Limited (HNDFDS.NS), founded in 1984 and headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, operates as one of India's largest and most diversified contract manufacturers for fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), serving marquee clients including Hindustan Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, Danone, Gabor, and US Polo Association; the company provides end-to-end solutions encompassing product innovation, formulation development, manufacturing, testing, and distribution across dedicated, anchor-tenant, shared, and private-label business models, with 26 state-of-the-art facilities spanning locations in Goa, Puducherry, Jammu, Himachal Pradesh, Mumbai, Mysuru, Coimbatore, Chennai, Tindivanam, Lucknow, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Silvassa, and others. Core products and services include food categories such as extruded cereals, snacks, ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat meals, breakfast cereals, baby food, instant porridges, rice crispies, instant mixes, soups, spices, sauces, dips, pastes, jams, gravies, cookies, protein bars, granola bars, muesli, carbonated soft drinks, juices, tea, coffee, malt-based foods, energy drink concentrates, ice creams, frozen desserts, and fruit juices; beverages and nutrition offerings like hot and cold beverages, glucose powder, and protein health drinks; personal care items encompassing hair care (shampoos, hair oils, gels, creams), toiletries and fragrances (talc, shaving cream, hand wash liquids and powders, eau de toilette, aftershave), baby care (creams, shampoos, lotions, powders), skin care (body lotions, moisturizers, petroleum jelly, shower gels, face washes, scrubs, wipes), and colour cosmetics (lipsticks, lip colours, crayons, paints, eye make-up, blush, compacts, sindoor, kajal); home care solutions such as toilet cleaners, surface cleaners, glass cleaners, liquid dish wash, liquid and powder detergents, fabric conditioners; pest control products including aerosols, liquid vaporizers, coils, mosquito mats, and activ cards; healthcare and wellness items like foot care plasters, vitamins, minerals, nutraceuticals, super foods, medicated lozenges, digestive remedies, gels, ointments, dusting powders, cosmeceuticals, oral liquids, and allopathic tablets; footwear and accessories comprising leather shoes for men, women and juniors, sports and knitted shoes, slippers, flip-flops, uppers, and accessories; as well as pet hygiene, pet food, and treats. Geographically, operations focus primarily on India with exports to over 20 countries, targeting domestic and multinational FMCG brands across 15 million daily consumer lives touched through 10,000 team members. Recent developments include the April 2024 acquisition of SSIPL Retail Limited adding three manufacturing units in Himachal Pradesh and Haryana via subsidiary KNS Shoetech Private Limited, following the February 2024 purchase of a sports shoe unit in Kundli, Haryana, and October 2023 investments of Rs 100 crore into contract shoe manufacturing with trial production commencing in southern India; the November 2025 announcement of subsidiary HFL Consumer Products Private Limited acquiring two ice-cream cone manufacturing facilities in Nashik, Maharashtra, for Rs 26.25 crore via slump sale to expand into cones, sleeve printing, and packaging with capacity nearing 1 million cones per day; Rs 400 crore fundraising through warrants issued to promoters, non-promoters including Sixth Sense Ventures, Convergent Group, Malabar Capital, Bay Capital, and others; new client additions like Dabur and NIC Ice Creams (Walko Foods) with a Rs 150 crore brownfield facility; expansions such as Rs 20 crore each at Lucknow ice cream plant and Guwahati juices facility, Rs 50 crore at Hyderabad, and Rs 40 crore at Silvassa colour cosmetics; board approval for exploring de-merger of promoter-owned Nashik soup and meal makers plant; and prior moves like Reckitt Benckiser's Baddi plant acquisition for OTC pharma, strengthening healthcare entry.