India scales frozen fruit
India’s food market is seeing faster adoption of frozen fruit for year‑round smoothies, bowls and desserts, and FRUT is expanding nationwide to meet that demand for consistent, nutritious ingredients. The move signals ingredient availability catching up with plant‑forward culinary trends. (aninews.in)
FRUT reports 28 years in business, says it serves roughly 650 clients and lists an annual turnover of about ₹25 crore. (tribuneindia.com) The company names major HoReCa and retail clients including Country Delight, Paper Boat, Third Wave Coffee, Taj Hotels, ITC Hotels, JW Marriott, Hyatt and The Oberoi Group among its account list. (tribuneindia.com) FRUT supplies multiple frozen formats—Individually Quick Frozen (IQF) berries, frozen fruits, pulps and purees—and also produces value formats such as sauces and bakery fillings for commercial customers. (tribuneindia.com) The brand offers retail and B2B options (including a 1kg retail pack and same‑day delivery above minimum order thresholds in Bengaluru) and promotes a frozen Alphonso mango puree and IQF imported berries on its digital channels. (youtube.com) India’s frozen‑fruit market measured in hundreds of thousands of tonnes—IndexBox reports domestic consumption of 956,000 tonnes and production of 985,000 tonnes in 2024—underscoring the scale behind rising ingredient adoption. (indexbox.io) Market research places the sector’s 2024 value at roughly USD 567 million and projects growth to about USD 1.05 billion by 2035 (CAGR ≈5.7%), a trajectory that supports more national distribution and cold‑chain investment. (marketresearchfuture.com)
