In FY 2024-25, we continued to transform our Foods portfolio and orient it towards premium and high-growth spaces, delivering better value to our consumers. In line with our ‘With India for India’ strategy, this year saw us make sharper portfolio choices, transforming our portfolio to address evolving consumer needs in India.
Revenue
Segment result
Segment margin
Coffee delivered double-digit growth
Tea maintained its value and volume market leadership
Contribution to
HUL's turnover
Healthy innovation drove growth in Ice Cream
Underlying Sales Growth
Robust growth in Packaged Foods led by Condiments and International Cuisine
As consumer tastes and preferences evolve, we are committed to transforming our portfolio. Our strategic focus is on high-growth segments and categories, with emphasis on premiumisation, innovation, and market development. By delivering organoleptically superior products, creating unmissable brands, building categories of the future, and desirability at scale, along with our formidable team and winning mindset, we aim to build HUL as a world-class foods company.
Executive Director, Foods
In Lifestyle Nutrition, consumers are seeking newer formats and specialised benefits. Boost has had an impressive entry in the fast-growing ready-to-drink space with the launch of Boost milkshake. In the Horlicks Plus range that offers specialised benefits for adults, we are building high science and expert credentials by having superior products and stronger claims. After a successful incubation, Strength Plus is now being rolled out nationally. Strength Plus is a specialised nutritional supplement designed to address the unique health challenges that come with ageing.
In Coffee, similar to Tea, we have customised blends for South and Rest of India given unique consumer preferences. Identifying aroma as one of the key preference drivers in South, we developed a proprietary aroma technology to cater to this need in the year.
We had several modern trade and e-commerce exclusive launches in the year led by Pukka herbal infusions, Bru cold coffee and Korean meal pots. We are partnering with customers for category management and building consumption occasions in newer categories. In our Unilever Food Solutions (UFS) business, our emphasis continues to be on blockbuster products with differentiated benefits, increasing our restaurant coverage and strengthening our partnership with chefs. We are also leveraging global expertise in UFS. Consequently, UFS delivered strong double-digit growth in the year.
