The Masala That Made Oats Taste Like India.
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The Problem Statement
Oats were healthy — and read as hospital food. The seasoning had to deliver punchy, regional Indian taste inside strict sodium and oil limits, stay stable for the full shelf-life, and dose perfectly on a high-speed sachet line.
Founders’ Involvement, Experience and Hack
Built a layered seasoning architecture — umami base, spice mid-notes, encapsulated volatile top-notes — mapped regional flavour preferences city by city with consumer sensory panels, and locked anti-caking and dosing specs for the line.
Commercial Scale & Impact
Masala Oats became the growth engine of the Saffola Oats platform — a bowl of health that finally tastes like home.
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