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Themes / Food Processing

Food Processing

Packaged food, beverages, dairy, snacks, rice, and marine processing.

Food ProcessingAuto-built
Theme price path

Food Processing vs Nifty 500

Weekly basket performance over the latest 52 observations. Green is ahead of Nifty 500; red is behind.

Through 21 Oct 2026
Coverage healthy
Theme aheadTheme behindNifty 500Base 100 at the first visible weekLatest: Underperforming -0.7%
8388939810431 Oct 2025 | Food Processing 100.0 | Nifty 500 100.0 | In line 0.0% | breadth 50% | coverage 92%07 Nov 2025 | Food Processing 99.3 | Nifty 500 99.2 | Outperforming +0.1% | breadth 35% | coverage 92%14 Nov 2025 | Food Processing 99.7 | Nifty 500 100.5 | Underperforming -0.8% | breadth 46% | coverage 95%21 Nov 2025 | Food Processing 100.1 | Nifty 500 100.3 | Underperforming -0.2% | breadth 40% | coverage 95%28 Nov 2025 | Food Processing 100.1 | Nifty 500 100.9 | Underperforming -0.8% | breadth 46% | coverage 95%05 Dec 2025 | Food Processing 98.7 | Nifty 500 100.5 | Underperforming -1.8% | breadth 26% | coverage 95%12 Dec 2025 | Food Processing 97.9 | Nifty 500 100.1 | Underperforming -2.2% | breadth 31% | coverage 95%19 Dec 2025 | Food Processing 97.7 | Nifty 500 99.9 | Underperforming -2.2% | breadth 44% | coverage 97%26 Dec 2025 | Food Processing 97.9 | Nifty 500 100.3 | Underperforming -2.4% | breadth 47% | coverage 97%02 Jan 2026 | Food Processing 97.4 | Nifty 500 101.6 | Underperforming -4.1% | breadth 36% | coverage 97%09 Jan 2026 | Food Processing 93.8 | Nifty 500 99.0 | Underperforming -5.3% | breadth 19% | coverage 97%16 Jan 2026 | Food Processing 92.6 | Nifty 500 99.1 | Underperforming -6.6% | breadth 31% | coverage 97%23 Jan 2026 | Food Processing 88.4 | Nifty 500 95.8 | Underperforming -7.7% | breadth 11% | coverage 97%01 Feb 2026 | Food Processing 89.5 | Nifty 500 95.4 | Underperforming -6.2% | breadth 64% | coverage 97%06 Feb 2026 | Food Processing 91.2 | Nifty 500 98.8 | Underperforming -7.7% | breadth 53% | coverage 97%13 Feb 2026 | Food Processing 92.5 | Nifty 500 98.3 | Underperforming -5.9% | breadth 50% | coverage 97%20 Feb 2026 | Food Processing 92.4 | Nifty 500 98.7 | Underperforming -6.4% | breadth 38% | coverage 100%27 Feb 2026 | Food Processing 90.9 | Nifty 500 97.7 | Underperforming -7.0% | breadth 22% | coverage 100%06 Mar 2026 | Food Processing 88.8 | Nifty 500 94.8 | Underperforming -6.3% | breadth 24% | coverage 100%13 Mar 2026 | Food Processing 86.0 | Nifty 500 90.2 | Underperforming -4.7% | breadth 22% | coverage 100%20 Mar 2026 | Food Processing 86.7 | Nifty 500 90.0 | Underperforming -3.7% | breadth 54% | coverage 100%27 Mar 2026 | Food Processing 84.7 | Nifty 500 88.7 | Underperforming -4.5% | breadth 31% | coverage 97%02 Apr 2026 | Food Processing 87.1 | Nifty 500 88.3 | Underperforming -1.4% | breadth 69% | coverage 97%10 Apr 2026 | Food Processing 93.5 | Nifty 500 94.2 | Underperforming -0.7% | breadth 86% | coverage 97%17 Apr 2026 | Food Processing 96.6 | Nifty 500 96.5 | Outperforming +0.1% | breadth 72% | coverage 97%24 Apr 2026 | Food Processing 96.3 | Nifty 500 95.2 | Outperforming +1.2% | breadth 43% | coverage 100%30 Apr 2026 | Food Processing 97.2 | Nifty 500 95.7 | Outperforming +1.6% | breadth 61% | coverage 97%08 May 2026 | Food Processing 98.7 | Nifty 500 97.5 | Outperforming +1.2% | breadth 58% | coverage 97%15 May 2026 | Food Processing 97.0 | Nifty 500 95.0 | Outperforming +2.1% | breadth 33% | coverage 97%22 May 2026 | Food Processing 96.6 | Nifty 500 95.5 | Outperforming +1.2% | breadth 42% | coverage 97%29 May 2026 | Food Processing 96.9 | Nifty 500 95.6 | Outperforming +1.4% | breadth 36% | coverage 97%05 Jun 2026 | Food Processing 97.3 | Nifty 500 94.8 | Outperforming +2.6% | breadth 47% | coverage 97%12 Jun 2026 | Food Processing 95.6 | Nifty 500 95.3 | Outperforming +0.3% | breadth 39% | coverage 97%19 Jun 2026 | Food Processing 97.0 | Nifty 500 97.7 | Underperforming -0.7% | breadth 67% | coverage 97%26 Jun 2026 | Food Processing 97.8 | Nifty 500 97.5 | Outperforming +0.3% | breadth 41% | coverage 100%03 Jul 2026 | Food Processing 99.3 | Nifty 500 98.3 | Outperforming +1.0% | breadth 60% | coverage 100%10 Jul 2026 | Food Processing 97.8 | Nifty 500 98.5 | Underperforming -0.7% | breadth 25% | coverage 97%17 Jul 2026 | Food Processing 97.3 | Nifty 500 98.4 | Underperforming -1.1% | breadth 31% | coverage 97%24 Jul 2026 | Food Processing 96.4 | Nifty 500 96.7 | Underperforming -0.3% | breadth 28% | coverage 97%31 Jul 2026 | Food Processing 96.6 | Nifty 500 98.9 | Underperforming -2.3% | breadth 44% | coverage 97%07 Aug 2026 | Food Processing 98.1 | Nifty 500 100.0 | Underperforming -1.9% | breadth 67% | coverage 97%14 Aug 2026 | Food Processing 96.8 | Nifty 500 99.5 | Underperforming -2.7% | breadth 25% | coverage 97%21 Aug 2026 | Food Processing 96.3 | Nifty 500 99.1 | Underperforming -2.8% | breadth 33% | coverage 97%28 Aug 2026 | Food Processing 98.1 | Nifty 500 99.2 | Underperforming -1.1% | breadth 61% | coverage 97%04 Sept 2026 | Food Processing 96.8 | Nifty 500 98.1 | Underperforming -1.3% | breadth 28% | coverage 97%11 Sept 2026 | Food Processing 96.2 | Nifty 500 96.4 | Underperforming -0.2% | breadth 31% | coverage 97%18 Sept 2026 | Food Processing 94.8 | Nifty 500 96.3 | Underperforming -1.6% | breadth 42% | coverage 97%25 Sept 2026 | Food Processing 93.8 | Nifty 500 95.3 | Underperforming -1.6% | breadth 42% | coverage 97%01 Oct 2026 | Food Processing 91.1 | Nifty 500 92.2 | Underperforming -1.2% | breadth 19% | coverage 97%09 Oct 2026 | Food Processing 92.3 | Nifty 500 92.2 | Outperforming +0.1% | breadth 64% | coverage 97%16 Oct 2026 | Food Processing 93.7 | Nifty 500 93.9 | Underperforming -0.2% | breadth 53% | coverage 97%21 Oct 2026 | Food Processing 91.5 | Nifty 500 92.1 | Underperforming -0.7% | breadth 20% | coverage 95%Underperforming -0.7%31 Oct 202524 Apr 202621 Oct 2026
Theme return
-8.5%
Nifty 500
-7.9%
Vs Nifty 500
-0.7%
Latest coverage
35/37
How this plot is calculated

The theme line is green when its cumulative rebased performance is above Nifty 500 and red when it is below. The chart callout shows the latest relative performance as the theme level divided by the benchmark level, minus one.

The basket uses the theme's current reviewed companies. For each available week, we calculate every valid constituent's close-to-close return and give each company the same weight. If a weekly rollup is missing or lags the daily series, the final available daily close in that week is used.

For baskets with at least 10 valid stocks, the highest and lowest 5% of weekly returns are trimmed to reduce split, corporate-action, and single-stock distortions. Weekly basket returns are then compounded and rebased to 100 beside the Nifty 500.

Breadth is the share of valid constituents that rose that week. Coverage is the number with usable aligned prices divided by current membership. Weekly moves above 80% are excluded as likely data or corporate-action outliers.

Limitation: this is a current-membership historical reconstruction, not a point-in-time investable index. It can contain survivorship bias and excludes costs, liquidity impact, dividends, and rebalancing turnover.

Model note: Current-member weekly equal-weight returns (5% tails trimmed for baskets of 10+), compounded and rebased to 100 against Nifty 500; lagging weekly rollups are patched with the final available daily close, and rotation uses 13-week excess return with four-week acceleration.

Theme scorecard

Measures whether this idea is investable today by blending cohort quality, valuation cushion, and price momentum. It is a research filter, not advice.

Build portfolio from this theme
Theme
46
Selective
Quality
37
Valuation
54
Momentum
50
Positive MoS
62%
P/E 31.1 · ROCE 17%
Curated research view

Food Processing

A focused investor view: high-conviction names first, then small/micro exposure only as controlled satellite risk. Live U-Score and MoS still come from the current database.

70/100
Theme score
Moderate-High
Investability
46.5
Live avg U
-265.5%
Live avg MoS

High-conviction shortlist

#1GOKULAGRO
Gokul Agro Resources Limited
77
U
MicroMoS +67.4%Piotroski 7/9
#2MODINATUR
Modi Naturals Limited
74
U
SmallMoS +72.2%Piotroski 8/9
#3TBI
TBI Corn Ltd.
72
U
SMEMoS +78.0%Piotroski 8/9
#4AVANTIFEED
Avanti Feeds Limited
69
U
MicroMoS +58.8%Piotroski 8/9
#5ITC
ITC Limited
69
U
LargeMoS +47.3%Piotroski 8/9
#6KRITINUT
Kriti Nutrients Limited
66
U
SmallMoS +66.9%Piotroski 7/9
#7MGEL
Mangalam Global Enterprise Limited
62
U
SmallMoS +56.3%Piotroski 6/9
#8JEYYAM
Jeyyam Global Foods Ltd.
60
U
SMEMoS +77.6%Piotroski 7/9
#9ANNAPURNA
Annapurna Swadisht Ltd.
60
U
SMEMoS +73.8%Piotroski 6/9
#10SSFL
Srivari Spices And Foods Ltd.
60
U
SMEMoS +54.4%Piotroski 6/9
#11SHIVASHRIT
Shivashrit Foods Ltd.
59
U
SMEMoS +55.2%Piotroski 6/9
#12LTFOODS
LT Foods Limited
57
U
LargeMoS +51.2%Piotroski 8/9

Curated company map

Names from the curated theme note. Solid chips are present in the live eligible cohort; dashed chips need membership review, ticker verification, or may be indirect/unlisted exposure.

11/11 live eligible
ITCVBLBRITANNIATATACONSUMAWLHATSUNBIKAJIDIAMONDYDLTFOODSAVANTIFEEDANNAPURNA
Core

Tier 1: Stable core

Large branded or scaled processors.

ITC69VBL49BRITANNIA48TATACONSUM32AWL47HATSUN25
Growth

Tier 2: Higher growth

Focused small/mid processors with brand or export hooks.

BIKAJI47DIAMONDYD22LTFOODS57AVANTIFEED69
High risk

Tier 3: High risk

SME/micro exposure only after liquidity and governance checks.

ANNAPURNA60

Investment thesis

Food processing benefits from urbanisation, convenience demand, organised retail, quick commerce, cold-chain expansion, and PLI support. It gives users a cleaner consumption theme than broad FMCG because the drivers are packaging, distribution, brands, and value-added processing.

1-2 year outlook: Positive. Large branded players provide stability, while smaller snack, dairy, rice, and marine names provide higher growth if cash conversion is healthy.
Recommended allocation: 6-10%; micro/SME names should stay capped at 1-2% each.

Key triggers

  • PLI disbursements and processing capacity
  • Ready-to-eat, snacks, dairy, beverages growth
  • Rural recovery and cold-chain infrastructure
  • Export growth in spices, frozen foods, and marine products

Major risks

  • Raw-material volatility in wheat, milk, edible oil
  • Pricing pressure from intense competition
  • Food-standard and labelling regulation
  • Working-capital requirements
Small, micro, and SME names should be opt-in exposure. Suggested filters: U-Score above 65, positive MoS, Piotroski 7+, debt/equity below 0.8, promoter pledge below 10%, and enough traded value to exit without slippage.

Thesis

A data-generated Food Processing basket from tagged stocks. It captures organised food consumption and PLI-linked processing capacity.

  • ▸Convenience foods
  • ▸Cold chain and exports
  • ▸Commodity input risk

Top picks · ranked by U-Score within this cohort

#1GOKULAGROMicro
Gokul Agro Resources Limited
FMCG
DEEP VALUE

Direct packaged-food, dairy, edible-oil, grain, spice, seafood, snack, beverage, or food-processing operations; ambiguous cases were checked against issuer disclosures.

MoS: +67.4%Piotroski: 7/9ROCE: 37%P/E: 15.0D/E: 0.41
77
U-Score
₹204.76
Open →
#2MODINATURSmall
Modi Naturals Limited
Consumer
UNDERVALUED

Direct packaged-food, dairy, edible-oil, grain, spice, seafood, snack, beverage, or food-processing operations; ambiguous cases were checked against issuer disclosures.

MoS: +72.2%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 22%P/E: 8.9D/E: 0.94
74
U-Score
₹348.40
Open →
#3TBISME
TBI Corn Ltd.
Consumer
UNDERVALUED

Direct packaged-food, dairy, edible-oil, grain, spice, seafood, snack, beverage, or food-processing operations; ambiguous cases were checked against issuer disclosures.

MoS: +78.0%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 18%P/E: 7.3D/E: 0.59
72
U-Score
₹75.05
Open →

Full cohort

AVANTIFEEDMicro
Avanti Feeds Limited
FMCG
UNDERVALUED

Direct packaged-food, dairy, edible-oil, grain, spice, seafood, snack, beverage, or food-processing operations; ambiguous cases were checked against issuer disclosures.

MoS: +58.8%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 24%P/E: 18.3D/E: 0.00
69
U-Score
₹703.45
Open →
ITCLarge
ITC Limited
FMCG
UNDERVALUED

Direct packaged-food, dairy, edible-oil, grain, spice, seafood, snack, beverage, or food-processing operations; ambiguous cases were checked against issuer disclosures.

MoS: +47.3%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 39%P/E: 16.6D/E: 0.03
69
U-Score
₹262.00
Open →
KRITINUTSmall
Kriti Nutrients Limited
Consumer
UNDERVALUED

Direct packaged-food, dairy, edible-oil, grain, spice, seafood, snack, beverage, or food-processing operations; ambiguous cases were checked against issuer disclosures.

MoS: +66.9%Piotroski: 7/9ROCE: 20%P/E: 10.4D/E: 0.04
66
U-Score
₹67.13
Open →
MGELSmall
Mangalam Global Enterprise Limited
Consumer
UNDERVALUED

Direct packaged-food, dairy, edible-oil, grain, spice, seafood, snack, beverage, or food-processing operations; ambiguous cases were checked against issuer disclosures.

MoS: +56.3%Piotroski: 6/9ROCE: 17%P/E: 14.5D/E: 0.87
62
U-Score
₹17.05
Open →
JEYYAMSME
Jeyyam Global Foods Ltd.
Consumer
UNDERVALUED

Direct packaged-food, dairy, edible-oil, grain, spice, seafood, snack, beverage, or food-processing operations; ambiguous cases were checked against issuer disclosures.

MoS: +77.6%Piotroski: 7/9ROCE: 11%P/E: 8.6D/E: 0.38
60
U-Score
₹24.05
Open →
ANNAPURNASME
Annapurna Swadisht Ltd.
Consumer
UNDERVALUED

Direct packaged-food, dairy, edible-oil, grain, spice, seafood, snack, beverage, or food-processing operations; ambiguous cases were checked against issuer disclosures.

MoS: +73.8%Piotroski: 6/9ROCE: 12%P/E: 7.8D/E: 0.76
60
U-Score
₹123.96
Open →
SSFLSME
Srivari Spices And Foods Ltd.
Consumer
UNDERVALUED

Direct packaged-food, dairy, edible-oil, grain, spice, seafood, snack, beverage, or food-processing operations; ambiguous cases were checked against issuer disclosures.

MoS: +54.4%Piotroski: 6/9ROCE: 29%P/E: 15.1D/E: 0.45
60
U-Score
₹287.25
Open →
SHIVASHRITSME
Shivashrit Foods Ltd.
Consumer
FAIR VALUE

Direct packaged-food, dairy, edible-oil, grain, spice, seafood, snack, beverage, or food-processing operations; ambiguous cases were checked against issuer disclosures.

MoS: +55.2%Piotroski: 6/9ROCE: 19%P/E: 15.1D/E: 0.47
59
U-Score
₹110.00
Open →
LTFOODSLarge
LT Foods Limited
FMCG
FAIR VALUE

Auto-included from the Food Processing tag. Use the scorecard and metrics to decide whether it fits your thesis.

MoS: +51.2%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 18%P/E: 22.7D/E: 0.36
57
U-Score
₹394.75
Open →
KRBLMicro
KRBL Limited
FMCG
FAIR VALUE

Direct packaged-food, dairy, edible-oil, grain, spice, seafood, snack, beverage, or food-processing operations; ambiguous cases were checked against issuer disclosures.

MoS: -16.0%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 15%P/E: 12.0D/E: 0.03
57
U-Score
₹362.40
Open →
SAWALIYASME
Sawaliya Food Products Ltd.
Consumer
FAIR VALUE

Direct packaged-food, dairy, edible-oil, grain, spice, seafood, snack, beverage, or food-processing operations; ambiguous cases were checked against issuer disclosures.

MoS: +31.4%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 25%P/E: 23.4D/E: 0.31
54
U-Score
₹187.55
Open →
ORKLAINDIAMicro
Orkla India Limited
FMCG
FAIR VALUE

Direct packaged-food, dairy, edible-oil, grain, spice, seafood, snack, beverage, or food-processing operations; ambiguous cases were checked against issuer disclosures.

MoS: +43.6%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 15%P/E: 24.5D/E: 0.02
53
U-Score
₹543.45
Open →
COASTCORPSmall
Coastal Corporation Limited
Consumer
FAIR VALUE

Direct packaged-food, dairy, edible-oil, grain, spice, seafood, snack, beverage, or food-processing operations; ambiguous cases were checked against issuer disclosures.

MoS: +62.3%Piotroski: 3/9ROCE: 10%P/E: 7.4D/E: 1.70
50
U-Score
₹35.17
Open →
ITALIANESME
Italian Edibles Ltd.
Consumer
FAIR VALUE

Direct packaged-food, dairy, edible-oil, grain, spice, seafood, snack, beverage, or food-processing operations; ambiguous cases were checked against issuer disclosures.

MoS: +67.3%Piotroski: 5/9ROCE: 11%P/E: 11.2D/E: 0.79
49
U-Score
₹29.70
Open →
SCPLSmall
Sheetal Cool Products Limited
Consumer
FAIR VALUE

Direct packaged-food, dairy, edible-oil, grain, spice, seafood, snack, beverage, or food-processing operations; ambiguous cases were checked against issuer disclosures.

MoS: +8.3%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 17%P/E: 31.2D/E: 0.32
49
U-Score
₹573.55
Open →
VBLLarge
Varun Beverages Limited
FMCG
FAIR VALUE

Auto-included from the Food Processing tag. Use the scorecard and metrics to decide whether it fits your thesis.

MoS: +6.6%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 20%P/E: 42.9D/E: 0.13
49
U-Score
₹408.40
Open →
MADHUSUDANSME
Madhusudan Masala Ltd.
Consumer
FAIR VALUE

Direct packaged-food, dairy, edible-oil, grain, spice, seafood, snack, beverage, or food-processing operations; ambiguous cases were checked against issuer disclosures.

MoS: +40.5%Piotroski: 6/9ROCE: 17%P/E: 20.1D/E: 0.68
48
U-Score
₹256.00
Open →
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