Thermally processed curried vegetables are ready-to-eat vegetables prepared using heat to prevent spoilage. They are categorized based on the packaging material as canned or retort pouch. Major brands in India include Rasoi Magic, MTR, Maiyas, ITC, and Tastybite. The global retort packaging market is expected to reach $49.5 billion by 2022, driven by growth in Asia-Pacific. In India, the ready-to-eat curries industry is valued at INR 2,370 million and is growing at 22% annually, with ITC and MTR having the largest market shares. Equipment for thermal processing includes cleaners, slicers, steam blanchers,

1. THERMAL PROCESSED
CURRIES
Presented by
S.Keerthana
17FT1D7815

2. CONTENT
Variants/Varieties,
Manufacturing Technology (s)
Brands with market share, competitors
Status- National & International
Equipment-Type, Supplier
Packaging
Standards & Specifications
Videos on making

3. INTRODUCTION
Thermally Processed Curried Vegetables / Ready to Eat Vegetables
Def: The product which is prepared from fresh, dehydrated or frozen or previously
processed vegetables, legumes, cereals or pulses, whether whole or cut into pieces.
The vegetable(s), either singly or in combination, may be prepared in any suitable
style applicable for the respective vegetable in normal culinary preparation.
It may contain salt, nutritive sweeteners, spices and condiments, edible vegetable
oils and fats, milk fat and any other ingredients suitable to the product and
processed by heat, in an appropriate manner, before or after being- in a container,
so as to prevent spoilage

4. VARIETIES
They are categorized based on process of packaged material
 in can
In retort pouch

6. Manufacturing
technology

8. BRANDS
Rasoi Magic
MTR
MAIYAS
ITC
Priya ITC
Tastybite eatables
Kohinoor

9. INTERNATIONAL BRANDS
S&B FOODS INC. (US)
HOUSE FOOD GROUPS INC. (JAPAN)
THE AUTHENTIC CURRY COMPANY LTD (UK)
KIKKOMAN'S GROUPS INC. (US)
PREPARED FOODS LTD. (NZ)
RTC FOODS LTD.(AU)

10. COMPETITORS
MTR – top competitor Haldiram’s, maiyas
Maiyas - top competitor MTR
ADF - Tastybite, followed by Kohinoor
Kohinoor - ADF

11. STATUS IN NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL
According to Statistics MRC, the Global Retort Packaging market is estimated at $30.2 billion in 2015 and is
expected to reach $49.5 billion by 2022 growing at a CAGR of 7.3% during the forecast period 2015 to 2022.
Beverages
Healthcare
Food
Baby Food
Meals Ready-to-Eat (MRE)
Pet Food
Sea Food
Soups & Sauces
Other Foods
Pharmaceuticals
Personal Care
Other End Users

12. CONTD..
Asia-Pacific is expected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast
period, due to the rising demand for instant food and growing health
consciousness.
The retort packaging market is well-established in metropolitan cities and
is rising at a quick pace in developing economies such as China and India.
Food segment is expected to be fastest growing segment owing to its
growing usage of retort pouches for packaging curries, sauces, and other
ready-to-eat meals.

13. STATUS OF NATIONAL WIDE
India’s RTE curries food industry is valued at INR 2,370 million in FY 2014, of which the top-5
players account for 84% of the market share
ITC
MTR
Kohinoor Foods
GITS
 Tastybite Eatables
The industry is expected to grow at a CAGR of 22% and will be worth INR 6,405 million by FY 2019
The industry is largely export-driven with the domestic market contributing 40% to the total
revenues

14. CONTD..
ITC and MTR together contribute to about 49% of the market share,
while the other three players make up 35% of the total production of
heat and eat food.
Other players in the category include ADF Foods, Priya Foods and
Heinz who are relatively new entrants in the market with limited
product lines and have a regional presence.

15. EQUIPMENTS AND SUPPLIERS
Equipment Suppliers
Cleaners Sormac
Slicer/Dicer GEA Group, Sormac
Steam Blancher Meyers industries inc.
Blender GEA Group AG
Deep fat fryer Techmate industries
Autoclave Tuttnauer
Steam jacketed Kettle Groen- dorian
Hermetic sealer Amada miyachi
Water spray Retorts Allpax

16. SUPPLIERS MARKET SHARES
Suppliers Market share
Sormac total in global is 12% in that it has 1st
position
GEA Group total in global is 8% in that it has 4th
position
Meyers industries inc. Position in the world is second
Techmate industries ----
Tuttnauer In global wide-27 %
Groen- dorian ----
Amada miyachi In global – 5%
Allpax Market share - $1.5 billion

17. EQUIPMENTS FOR CANNING

18. Canning Unit Supplier Market share
Total canning line CASH GLOBAL CANNING
SOLUTIONS (CALIFORNIA)
In global- 30%

19. PACKAGING
Note: Because food packaged in the retort pouch
tastes much better than canned rations.
OTR: 0.0cc/100 sq in
WVTR: 0.0g/100 sq in
Heat Sealable range is 190-210ºC

20. STANDARDS FSSAI EU
(Regulation (EC)
No 178/2002)
Codex
Container with
product
Not less than 90 % of
water capacity of
container
Should not rose wood
and strawberry leaves,
may not have been
used for food
----
Micro organisms Should not contain
thermally resistant
spores
Should not contain
thermally resistant
spores
Listeria
monocytogenes -
Absence in 25 g (<
0.04 cfu/g)
Food additives Approved (GRAS) Approved (GRAS).
If flavourings produced
from non-food
material then should
get approval
Approved (GRAS)
Note: The water capacity of the container is the
volume of distilled water at 20ºC which the sealed container is capable of
holding when completely filled.

22. RECENT ADVANCES

25. CONTD..

26. ADVANCES IN GLOBAL MARKET OF
THERMAL PROCESSING