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- Tata Consumer Products Limited is an Indian fast-moving consumer goods company and a leading player in the food and beverages sector as part of the Tata Group. The company manufactures and markets a wide range of branded tea products including Tata Tea, Tetley, Organic India teas and infusions, Teapigs, Vitax, Joekels, Good Earth Teas, 1868 by Tata Tea, and Kannan Devan; coffee offerings such as Eight O'Clock Coffee, Tata Coffee Grand, Sonnets by Tata Coffee, Tata Coffee Gold, Tata Coffee Quick Filter, and Tata Coffee Cold Coffee; liquid beverages encompassing Himalayan Natural Mineral Water, Tata Copper+, Tata Gluco+, Tata Fruski, and Tata Water Plus; foods like Tata Salt, Tata Sampann lentils, spices, ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat items, Ching's Secret Desi Chinese products including sauces, soups and masalas, Smith & Jones Western cuisine offerings, Tata Soulfull cereals, healthy snacks and millet-based products, and Tata SmartFoodz ready-to-eat pasta, noodles and biryani; as well as herbal supplements under Organic India. Founded in 1962 with its registered office in Kolkata, India, and corporate headquarters in Mumbai, the company operates tea estates and factories primarily in India including Assam, West Bengal, Kerala and Odisha, as well as in Sri Lanka; it maintains subsidiaries and regional offices across more than 40 countries with significant presence in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Poland and Czechia. In recent developments, Tata Consumer Products completed the acquisition of Capital Foods, owner of Ching's Secret and Smith & Jones brands, for Rs 5,100 crore and Organic India for Rs 1,900 crore in fiscal year 2024-25 to expand its packaged foods and nutraceutical portfolios; merged three wholly-owned subsidiaries—Tata Consumer Soulfull Pvt Ltd, NourishCo Beverages Ltd, and Tata SmartFoodz Ltd—effective September 1, 2024, to streamline operations while retaining their product focuses; integrated Tata Coffee through a merger in late 2023; and launched innovations such as Tetley Premium Black Leaf Tea, Tata Sampann Easy Cook Ragi Atta, Say Never Energy Drink, and Kashmiri Saffron under Himalayan.