During the latter half of the twentieth century, the Indian biscuit industry rose to prominence in the national bakery scene. At the time, the urban population was looking for ready-made food at a reasonable price. Just before the global pandemic, Coronavirus, the biscuit industry was valued at 37,000 crore rupees.
The biscuit industry experienced significant changes in growth rate between April and May 2020, just before the lockdown was imposed. This occurred while people were stockpiling necessities. Following the lockdown, the market increased by 12 to 15%, up from 8%. Indian companies such as Parle and Anmol are among the top biscuit brands in India.
List of India’s Top Biscuit Brands
Parle Products Pvt. Ltd.
Parle Products Pvt. Ltd, founded in 1929, is one of India’s leading biscuit brands. The company has 7 manufacturing units of its own and 51 contract manufacturing units. This company is well-known for brands such as Parle – G, Krackjack, Hide & Seek Milano, Hide and Seek, Magix, and Monaco.
Britannia Industries Limited
Britannia Industries Ltd, headquartered in Bangalore, is widely regarded as one of India’s leading biscuit manufacturers. The company was founded in 1892 and has managed to maintain a distinct position in the Indian biscuit industry, particularly with its most popular brand, Tiger.
Priyagold Biscuits
Priya Gold is a subsidiary of Surya Foods & Agro Ltd, which was founded in November 1992. Its commercial operations began in October 1993, with the sale and manufacture of biscuits under the brand name Priya Gold.
Anmol
Anmol Biscuits is particularly well-liked in eastern and northern India. It has two world-class manufacturing facilities in West Bengal, at Noida and Dankuni.
Horlicks
Horlicks Biscuits were introduced in 1992 and since then the brand has witnessed increasing popularity. These are liked by both children and parents. Every pack provides 100 percent calcium and the biscuits are available in elaichi and standard flavours.
CREMICA
CREMICA is one of northern India’s very well known biscuit brands. Its products fall into four categories: crackers, cookies, cream biscuits, and glucose biscuits. The company is constructing a new plant in Himachal Pradesh that will have a monthly capacity of 5,000 tonnes.
Sunfeast
Sunfeast is an ITC biscuit brand that was launched in July 2003. To begin, the brand was concerned with glucose, Marie, and cream biscuits.
Biskfarm
Biskfarm was founded in 2000. It is marketed and owned by SAJ Food Products (P) Ltd, a subsidiary of the Aparna Group of Companies. It is primarily available in the country’s northwestern and eastern regions.
Rose
Veeramani Biscuit Industries Limited, also known as VBIL, manufactures Rose biscuits. The company was founded in 1987 in the outskirts of Hyderabad.
Sobisco
Sobisco is owned by Sona Biscuits Ltd, founded in 1992. It is headquartered in Kolkata and is currently ISO 22000 certified. It is also an American Institute of Bakery member. Sweet biscuits, salted biscuits, semi-sweet biscuits, and cream biscuits are among the 54 kinds available.
Dukes
Ravi Foods Private Limited markets Duke’s biscuits. The organization has established a number of plants in Hyderabad that meet ISO 9001 standards.
Nezone
Nezone Biscuits was founded in 1996 and now has a yearly production of INR 100 crore. It currently has a production capacity of 60 tonnes and sells 40 different types of biscuits. Click here to know about indian milk brands.