Food product development · certification · launch

Every step from idea to shelf, priced openly.

We are a multi-disciplinary team of food technologists, analysts and regulatory specialists. We take a food product through research, ideation, formulation, analysis, certification and launch — and you pay only for the steps you actually need. Every engagement is covered by a signed NDA before you share anything.

6Stages, concept to shelf
25+Individually priced activities
₹2,500Lowest entry activity
~22 weeksTypical full journey
Every engagement under signed NDA Free 30-minute consultation Transparent starting prices No monthly retainers Government & lab fees at actuals Start at any stage Written scope before you pay

Idea to market, in six stages

Hover any stage to see what you get.

This is the whole path a food product travels. Buy any stage on its own, or hand over the full journey as one package. Prices below are starting points — the exact scope, and the exact number, come out of a free call. Your concept stays yours throughout — we sign an NDA before the first conversation.

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Not sure which stage you're at? Most people aren't. Take the free 30-minute call — we'll place you on this timeline, tell you the one step worth paying for next, and quote it. If nothing here helps you yet, we'll say so. We sign the NDA first, so you can speak freely on that call.

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The journey

Every activity, and what it costs.

The same six stages, broken into the individual activities you can actually buy. Open any stage for the detail. Every price is a starting point for a defined deliverable — we confirm the final scope and number on your free call before you pay anything.

Click any stage to expand its activities and prices.

Most failed food products fail here — the founder built something the shelf already had, at a price the shopper wouldn't pay. Our research team maps the category as it exists today: who is selling what, at what MRP, with what claims, and where the genuine gaps sit. This is desk research built on retail and quick-commerce audits, published category data and trend signals — not a ₹2-lakh agency survey you don't need yet.

  • Category and competitor landscape map — SKUs, pack sizes, MRPs, claims, positioning
  • Consumer trend and demand signal analysis for your category
  • Target segment definition and a positioning recommendation you can act on

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Category & Competitor Mapping

A mapped view of every meaningful competing SKU in your category — pricing, pack, claims and shelf position.

₹2,5003–4 working days

Ideation & Demand Signal Analysis

Trend and demand-signal read on your category, translated into the specific product gaps worth chasing.

₹3,5004–5 working days

Positioning & Segment Recommendation

Who exactly you sell to, at what price tier, with what core claim — written as a decision, not a deck.

₹3,5004–5 working days
Full stage · save ₹1,000

Complete Market Research Report

All three activities delivered as one consolidated written report with a clear go / no-go recommendation.

₹8,5002–3 weeks · vs ₹9,500 separately

An idea is not a concept. Our product team converts the research findings into defined product concepts — each with an intended format, target cost, key claim and rough ingredient direction — then screens them so you spend your formulation budget on the one concept most likely to survive contact with a factory and a price tag.

  • Concept generation aligned to the specific gaps identified in research
  • Each concept defined by format, target COGS band, core claim and processing route
  • Shortlisting against feasibility, cost and differentiation criteria

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Concept Generation Workshop

A working session plus written output: 5–7 defined product concepts built against your market gap.

₹4,0001 session + 5 working days

Concept Screening & Shortlisting

Your concepts scored on a feasibility / cost / differentiation matrix, with a recommended concept to take forward.

₹3,5004–5 working days
Full stage · save ₹1,000

Complete Ideation Sprint

Generation and screening run end to end, ending with one recommended concept and a formulation brief.

₹6,5002 weeks · vs ₹7,500 separately

This is the heaviest stage and the one worth investing in properly. Our formulation specialists design the recipe against a written brief — target taste, texture, shelf-life and cost per unit — then run bench-scale trials and iterate. Sensory panels replace guesswork about whether it tastes right. You end with a locked formulation, a process sheet and a costed bill of materials.

  • Formulation designed to brief: taste, texture, shelf-life and cost targets
  • Bench-scale trial runs with documented iteration cycles
  • Sensory evaluation and panel feedback integrated into the next iteration
  • Final locked formulation, process parameters and bill of materials

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Formulation Design (on paper)

A complete written formulation and process route against your brief — no trials. Useful if you have your own kitchen or co-packer.

₹12,0002 weeks

Bench-Scale Trial Cycles

Three documented trial-and-iteration cycles with samples, observations and revised formulations.

₹25,0004–5 weeks · 3 iterations

Sensory Evaluation & Panel

Structured sensory panel on your samples with scored attribute feedback and a reformulation direction.

₹8,0001–2 weeks
Full stage · save ₹5,000

Complete Formulation Development

Design, three trial cycles and sensory evaluation — ending in a locked, costed, reproducible formulation.

₹40,0006–8 weeks · vs ₹45,000 separately

Every number on a label is a legal claim. Our analysis team calculates the nutritional composition, converts it into declarable label values, works out how long the product genuinely holds, and breaks down what a unit actually costs to make. Where a NABL-accredited lab report is required, we coordinate the testing and interpret the result.

  • Nutritional composition and label-value calculation
  • NABL lab panel coordination and interpretation where required
  • Shelf-life and stability assessment guidance
  • Ingredient and cost-of-goods breakdown per unit

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Nutritional Composition & Label Values

Calculated nutritional panel derived from your locked formulation, formatted for the pack.

₹4,5004–5 working days

Lab-Verified Nutritional Panel

Sample coordinated through a NABL-accredited lab, result interpreted and converted into a compliant panel.

₹9,0002–3 weeks · lab fee at actuals

Shelf-Life & Stability Guidance

Storage-condition study design, protocol and interpretation to arrive at a defensible best-before date.

₹7,5002–3 weeks · ASLT lab fee at actuals

Cost-of-Goods Breakdown

Per-unit ingredient, packaging and process cost model, with margin sensitivity across MRP options.

₹5,0001 week
Full stage · save ₹4,000

Complete Analysis Pack

All four activities — the full evidence set behind your label, your shelf-life and your pricing.

₹22,0003–4 weeks · vs ₹26,000 separately

Our regulatory team identifies the correct FSSAI licence category for your scale and product, prepares and files the application, reviews your label against the labelling regulations before it goes to print, and builds the food safety documentation an inspector will ask for. Doing this after printing 10,000 pouches is the expensive way.

  • Licence category identification — Basic, State or Central
  • End-to-end FSSAI application preparation and filing
  • FSSAI-compliant label review: mandatory declarations, nutrition panel, claims
  • Food Safety Management Plan and audit-readiness documentation

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Licence Category & Pathway Advisory

Which licence you need, which business structure fits, and the exact document checklist to assemble.

₹1,5002 working days

FSSAI Basic Registration

Full application handled end to end for small-scale operations, including the government fee.

₹2,5001–2 weeks · govt fee included

FSSAI State Licence

Application, documentation and follow-up through to grant, for mid-scale manufacturing.

₹8,0003–5 weeks · govt fee at actuals

FSSAI Central Licence

Full central licence handling for larger operations, importers and multi-state distribution.

₹12,0004–6 weeks · govt fee at actuals

Label Review & Correction

Your artwork checked line by line against labelling regulations, returned with marked corrections.

₹4,5003–5 working days

Food Safety Management Plan

The FSMP document set required at application and asked for at audit, written for your process.

₹6,0001–2 weeks
Full stage · save ₹3,500

Complete Certification Pack

Advisory, State licence filing, label review and FSMP — everything needed to sell legally.

₹18,0004–6 weeks · vs ₹21,500 · govt fee at actuals

A compliant product still needs to clear a platform's onboarding requirements and a retailer's margin expectations. Our commercial team audits whether your packaging, pricing, artwork and documentation meet what quick-commerce and modern trade actually require, then guides the onboarding process itself.

  • Platform-readiness assessment: packaging, pricing, listing and documentation requirements
  • Quick-commerce and e-commerce onboarding process guidance
  • End-to-end roadmap and milestone plan for first-time food entrepreneurs
  • Pre-launch readiness audit across product, pack, price and paperwork

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Food Business Orientation

For first-timers: the full roadmap from where you are now to a shelf-ready product, with milestones.

₹5,0001 session + written plan

Quick-Commerce Readiness Assessment

Your pack, price and listing assets audited against what quick-commerce platforms require.

₹5,0001 week

Platform Onboarding Guidance

Guided onboarding for quick-commerce and e-commerce channels — documentation, listing and pricing setup.

₹8,0002–3 weeks
Full stage · save ₹3,000

Complete Launch Pack

Orientation, readiness assessment and onboarding guidance — through to a live listing.

₹15,0003–4 weeks · vs ₹18,000 separately
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Market Research Category map, demand signals, positioning — ending in a go / no-go call. Weeks 1–3
₹8,500from ₹2,500
02
Product Ideation Concepts generated and screened down to one formulation brief. Weeks 3–5
₹6,500from ₹3,500
03
Formulation Development & Trials Recipe designed, three bench-scale trial cycles, sensory panel, formulation locked. Weeks 5–13
₹40,000from ₹8,000
04
Formulation Analysis Nutritional panel, shelf-life, cost of goods. Runs partly alongside stage 3. Weeks 12–16
₹22,000from ₹4,500
05
Licensing & Certification FSSAI licence filed, label reviewed, food safety documentation prepared. Weeks 14–18
₹18,000from ₹1,500
06
Market Launch Platform readiness, onboarding, first listing live. Weeks 18–22
₹15,000from ₹5,000
Full journey: ~22 weeks · ₹1,10,000 if bought stage by stage Hand the whole thing over instead and it's ₹85,000 — see the Concept-to-Shelf package below.
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Confidentiality first. Before any activity begins — and before the free call, if you prefer — we sign a mutual non-disclosure agreement. Your recipes, concepts, supplier details, costings and brand plans are never disclosed to anyone outside the team working on your project, and are never reused for another client.

How pricing works. Every price above is a starting fee for a written, defined deliverable, based on a standard-complexity product. Complex, fortified or novel-ingredient products are quoted after a free call. Government licence fees, NABL laboratory testing charges and raw-material or packaging costs for trials are billed separately at actuals, with no markup. Timelines assume samples and inputs reach us on schedule. Every engagement starts with a written scope you approve before any payment.

Outsource the whole thing

Or hand the entire product over to our team.

If you'd rather not manage six stages yourself, we run the whole journey under one scope, one point of contact and one fee. You give us a category and a budget; we hand back a compliant, costed, listed product. Every package starts with the same free call — we won't sell you one you don't need.

Validate

Research + ideation. Find out if it's worth building before you spend on it.

₹13,000Stages 1–2 · ~5 weeks · vs ₹15,000 separately
  • Complete market research report
  • Complete ideation sprint
  • One recommended concept
  • A formulation brief you can take anywhere
Most complete

Concept to Shelf

Everything. Research through to a live listing, run by our team end to end.

₹85,000All 6 stages · ~22 weeks · vs ₹1,10,000 separately
  • Market research report and go / no-go call
  • Ideation sprint and concept selection
  • Full formulation development, trials and sensory
  • Complete analysis pack: nutrition, shelf-life, COGS
  • FSSAI licence filed and label reviewed
  • Quick-commerce onboarding to first live listing
  • Single point of contact throughout

Product Ready

You already know what to build. We build and prove it.

₹58,000Stages 3–5 · ~14 weeks · vs ₹80,000 separately
  • Full formulation development and trials
  • Sensory evaluation and panel feedback
  • Complete analysis pack
  • FSSAI licence and label review
  • Ready to manufacture and sell legally

Package terms. Every package runs under a signed mutual NDA, and all formulations, reports and data created for you transfer to you on final payment. Package fees are professional fees only. Government licence fees, NABL laboratory charges and trial material costs are additional, at actuals. Packages are payable in stage-linked instalments, not upfront. Complex or novel categories — functional, fortified, infant, or products requiring novel-ingredient approval — are quoted individually after a free scoping call.

Who works on your product

A team, not a single consultant.

Food product development fails when one generalist tries to cover research, chemistry and regulation at once. Every engagement here is staffed by the specialists the stage actually needs, coordinated through one point of contact so you brief once. Every person who touches your project is bound by the same confidentiality undertaking we sign with you.

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Research analysts

Category mapping, competitive audits, demand-signal reads and positioning work across stages 1 and 2.

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Formulation specialists

Recipe design, bench-scale trials, iteration and process definition — the people who make it actually taste right and hold up.

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Analytical team

Nutritional composition, label-value calculation, shelf-life study design and cost-of-goods modelling.

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Regulatory specialists

FSSAI licence categorisation and filing, labelling and claims review, food safety documentation and audit readiness.

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Commercial & launch team

Platform readiness, quick-commerce and modern-trade onboarding, pricing and margin structure.

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Engagement lead

Your single point of contact. Holds the scope, the timeline and the handover between every stage.

Confidentiality

We strictly sign NDAs with every brand and company we work with.

Your product, your formulation and your brand plans are not ours to talk about. We sign a mutual non-disclosure agreement with every client — brands, startups and established companies alike — before any information changes hands. Nothing you share is disclosed outside the team working on your project, and nothing is ever reused for another client.

  • NDA before the first call. You don't have to describe your concept on trust. Ask and we send the agreement first — signed, before you say a word about the product.
  • Nothing leaves the project team. Access to your recipes, costings, supplier names and brand plans is limited to the specialists actually working on your engagement.
  • Your category is never resold. We do not repackage your research, formulation or findings for another client, and we do not use your work as a case study without written permission.
  • Everyone is bound, not just the company. Every team member, analyst and associate is under the same written confidentiality undertaking we give you.
  • You own what we build for you. On final payment, the formulation, reports and data created for your project transfer to you in full.
  • It survives the engagement. Confidentiality obligations continue after the project ends — they do not expire when the invoice is settled.

Get started

Tell us about your product.

The first scoping call is free. Tell us the category and where you are — an idea, a kitchen recipe, or a product that needs to clear compliance — and our team will tell you which stage is worth paying for next. If it's none of them, we'll say that too. We send our standard NDA before the call — you never have to disclose a recipe, a concept or a brand plan on trust alone.

We reply within one working day. Everything you send is treated as confidential from the moment it arrives, and is never shared outside our team. Read our confidentiality policy.