Edible salt market will be 100% branded in the next 4-5 years and the market for value-added salt category, accelerated by the pandemic, will gain a lot more visibility now, said Tata Consumer Products. The maker of the eponymous salt brand Tata Salt and market leader in the category estimates the salt market growing at 2-4% driven by increasing consumer awareness about health and quality. Currently, about 7% of the salt market is accounted by unbranded players.“The desire to be healthy than just a tick mark on the checklist was the biggest trend this fiscal. There has been an actual shift than just talking the talk. Consumers are making more conscious choices,” Richa Arora, president, packaged foods - India at Tata Consumer Products, told ET. The FMCG company, that also sells packaged tea, pulses, spices and ready-to-cook meals, registered 11% growth in revenue in its salt division and gained market share in the second quarter ended September. Consumer reports and data … [Read more...] about Rising health awareness amid the pandemic to accelerate sale and visibility of premium salt segment; says Tata Salt
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