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Bansi · About

A pantry built on patience.

BANSI FOOD AND BEVERAGES LIMITED is what happens when a 90-year-old recipe ledger meets twelve years of disciplined, modern production. This is who we are, and how we got here.

Mission

To make heritage flavour available to the world — without diluting it.

We exist to keep the slow methods alive. The 14-hour stone-grind. The clay-pot ferment. The single-estate harvest that closes a region's calendar. These are not nostalgia — they are the techniques that make food taste like food. We have built Bansi as the operational backbone that lets these methods scale across borders without being flattened by them.

Every product launched under the Bansi name carries three commitments: traceable origin, artisanal method, and uncompromising taste. If a recipe cannot meet all three, we do not ship it.

Spice market Tea ceremony Pickles in jars
Our Values

Six commitments we will not negotiate.

These principles were drafted in 2014 — before we had a single international shipment — and they have not been amended since.

01

Source First

If we don't know the farmer, we don't carry the ingredient. Every Bansi SKU traces back to a contracted estate or co-operative.

02

Method Over Margin

If a recipe asks for 14 hours of slow-roasting, it gets 14 hours. We adjust price, not process.

03

Honest Labels

Every ingredient declared. No “natural flavours” catch-all, no permitted-additive shortcuts. The label is the recipe.

04

Pay The Land

We pay 18–22% above market floor to our farmer partners and ring-fence 1.5% of revenue for soil-regeneration grants.

05

Stay Curious

Our R&D team travels six weeks a year — pickling in Naga kitchens, pressing oils in Kerala, foraging in Meghalaya. The catalogue grows from listening.

06

Carry The Story

Every package carries a QR code linking back to the harvest, the maker, and the family. Heritage travels with the product.

Timeline

Twelve years, written one harvest at a time.

2013

A Mumbai pantry

Aarav Mehra and Padma Devi bottle the first 240 jars of Bansi Sindhi Garam Masala from a Bandra kitchen. They sell out in nine days.

2015

The Pune blending studio

First dedicated facility opens with stone-grinding and convection roasting lines. Twelve-person team.

2017

First export window

Distribution agreements signed in the UK and UAE. Bansi Estate Teas launches as our second pillar.

2019

Public listing & ISO 22000

BANSI FOOD AND BEVERAGES becomes a public limited company. Quality systems certified under ISO 22000:2018.

2021

Cold-Pressed beverage line

Acquisition of the Pune-based Hridaya Beverages Co. brings cold-pressed kefirs and tonics into the Bansi family.

2024

Singapore & Dubai hubs

Regional warehousing opens in Jebel Ali and Tuas. Bansi now serves 38 countries through certified distribution partners.

2026

The Soil-Forward Initiative

Bansi commits 1.5% of annual revenue to regenerative-agriculture grants across our supplier network.

Bansi blending studio
Leadership

A small board of operators, builders and tasters.

Our leadership team blends three decades of food-industry experience with hands-on craft. Half the board has worked a harvest.

Aarav Mehra
Aarav Mehra
Founder · Managing Director
Sara Linden
Sara Linden
Chief Operating Officer
James Holt
James Holt
Head of Sourcing
Lina Kapoor
Lina Kapoor
Director, Beverage R&D
Certifications

Every batch, audited.

We invest heavily in third-party certification because trust at scale cannot be self-attested.

FSSAI

License No. 10013022001234

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India — central license for manufacture, repackaging and export.

ISO 22000:2018

Food Safety Management

Audited annually by Bureau Veritas — covering all blending, packing and beverage production lines.

Spices Board of India

Registered Exporter

Certificate of Registration as Exporter of Spices (CRES) under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry.

USDA Organic

Tea & Spice Lines

Certified for the Bansi Estate Teas range and the Heirloom Single-Origin Spice Series.

FairTrade

Sourcing Partner

Recognised supplier for FairTrade-certified estates across Darjeeling, Assam, Karnataka and Kerala.

FDA Registered

U.S. Facility Number

Registered U.S. Food Facility — eligible for direct export to North American distribution partners.

Work With Us

Stocking, sourcing, or simply curious about the recipes?

Wholesale buyers, distribution partners, food media and prospective collaborators — we read every message ourselves and reply within one business day.

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