Hamdard Laboratories

Name

Hamdard Laboratories

Legal name

Hamdard Laboratories (India)

Website

https://hamdard.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1906

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Herbal Healthcare and Food Products

NAICS

Food Manufacturing (311), Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing (325411), Cookie, Cracker, and Pasta Manufacturing (31182)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000), Medicinal Chemicals & Botanical Products (2833), Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)

akta.pro primary industry

Cold, Flu, Cough & Allergy Remedies (Decongestants, Antihistamines, Cough Syrups, Lozenges) (CRADAMAD)

Keywords

• Herbal healthcare products
• Unani medicine manufacturing
• Natural food beverages
• Herbal sharbat products
• Ayush pharmaceutical products

Headquarters

HQ city

New Delhi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Food & Beverage Products: Revenue from branded food and beverage products including RoohAfza syrup, RoohAfza Lite, RoohAfza Fusion, Lassi, Milkshakes, Nariyal Paani, Glucose-D, Honey, Spices, Edible Oils, Vermicelli, and Soya products. The flagship RoohAfza brand holds approximately 40% share of the company's portfolio.
2. Unani Medicines & Healthcare Products: Sale of natural and herb-based Unani pharmaceutical products including Safi, Joshina, Sualin, Cinkara, Chyawanprash, and other proprietary Unani formulations for various ailments.
3. Export Revenue: Products exported to over 75 countries worldwide including USA, Canada, Nepal, Australia, Mauritius, Kenya, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Japan, Singapore, and New Zealand. Key export products include Sharbat RoohAfza, Safi, Hamdard Gripe Water, Roghan Badam Shirin, Chyawanprash, Sualin, Joshina, and other Unani medicines.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Hamdard Laboratories manufactures and sells Unani (Greco-Arab) herbal pharmaceutical products and natural food & beverage items. Its flagship product RoohAfza, a herbal sharbat introduced in 1907, anchors a portfolio that spans Unani formulations (Safi, Joshina, Sualin, Cinkara, Chyawanprash), edible oils, honey, spices, squash, glucose drinks, coconut water, and soya chunks. Products are manufactured in-house at GMP/ISO/HACCP certified facilities and distributed through 5,00,000+ retail outlets in India and exports to 75+ countries.

Product overview

Hamdard Laboratories operates as a diversified health and wellness company offering a unified portfolio of Unani medicines, food & beverage products, and health supplements. The core products include Rooh Afza (herbal sharbat introduced 1907) and its extended sub-brands (RoohAfza Lite, RoohAfza Lassi, RoohAfza Milkshake, RoohAfza Fusion, Rooh Afza Sachet), alongside food products (Khaalis spice range including Hing and Saffron, edible oils, honey, soya chunks, vermicelli, ginger garlic paste), health beverages (Glucose-D, Squash, Jam-e-Shirin, Nariyal Paani), and wellness supplements (Sat Isabgol). The company also maintains a range of Unani medicines including Safi, Joshina, Sualin, Cinkara, Jigreen, Chyawanprash, and others. Products are distributed across over 500,000 outlets in India and exported to more than 75 countries worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hamdard Khaalis: Spice range including saffron, hing, and vermicelli products under the Khaalis sub-brand, ode to Hamdard's heritage with purity as cornerstone.
• Hamdard Soya Magic
• Hamdard Select
• Hamdard Refresh

Products and services

• Rooh Afza Sharbat Rooh Afza is a fruit-filled herbal sharbat (sherbet) made from herbs including mint, rose petals and khas. Used as a thirst-quenching summer drink diluted with water or milk, in mocktails, and desserts; available in 30ML sachets, 250ML, 750ML, and 1.5L bottles.
• RoohAfza Lite

Quantifiable outcome

• Revenue of ₹300 crore last fiscal with target of ₹470 crore this fiscal
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Reliance Industries Limited (Model Economic Township Ltd)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 January 2023Hamdard signed a definitive agreement with Model Economic Township Ltd (MET City), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, to develop a world-class manufacturing facility (Hamdard Food Park Cluster) on approximately 10 acres of land at MET City in Jhajjar, Haryana. The Rs 100-150 crore first phase will include honey processing, spices manufacturing (Hamdard Khaalis range), edible oil processing and filling facilities, extruded products (vermicelli, soya chunks), and beverages filling/packing facilities. This represents a significant backward integration and capacity expansion initiative.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Patanjali Ayurved: Patanjali Ayurved is India's largest homegrown herbal/ayurvedic CPG company, offering a directly overlapping portfolio of FMCG products including honey, ghee, chyawanprash, herbal juices, and traditional remedies — making it the closest comparable in size, channel mix, and product positioning to Hamdard.
• Dabur India: Dabur India is a leading Indian traditional-medicine and natural CPG company with overlapping categories including Chyawanprash, honey, Ayurvedic medicines, and health supplements. Its scale, listed governance, and direct competition in the herbal consumer health space make it Hamdard's most established direct peer.
• Baidyanath: Baidyanath is one of India's oldest Ayurvedic and traditional-medicine manufacturers, directly comparable to Hamdard's Unani portfolio across herbal remedies, health tonics, and OTC consumer health products. Like Hamdard, it operates as a multi-generational family-owned enterprise with deep distribution into general trade.
• Himalaya Wellness (Himalaya Drug Company): Himalaya Wellness is a major Indian herbal pharmaceutical and personal-care CPG company with extensive overlap in herbal healthcare, OTC remedies, and natural consumer health products. Its portfolio breadth, modern retail presence, and global distribution make it a direct comparable for Hamdard's Unani medicine and wellness lines.
• Emami Limited: Emami is a leading Indian consumer healthcare and personal-care CPG company with a significant portfolio of Ayurvedic and herbal products (Zandu, Boroline, Mentho Plus). Its positioning in herbal health remedies and OTC consumer health products makes it directly comparable to Hamdard's medicines and traditional F&B categories.
• Zandu (Emami subsidiary): Zandu is Emami's flagship Ayurvedic health brand offering directly overlapping products like Chyawanprash, Pancharishta, and other traditional remedies. Comparable in product positioning, target consumer, and channel strategy to Hamdard's Safi, Cinkara, and Jigreen.

Broad incumbents

• Marico Limited: Marico is a major Indian consumer products company with significant overlap in edible oils (Saffola, Kachi Ghani mustard oil), honey (Saffola Honey), and health foods — directly comparable to Hamdard Select, Hamdard Kachi Ghani Mustard Oil, and Hamdard Honey lines. Larger scale and listed governance make it a broad incumbent comparable.
• ITC Limited (Foods Division): ITC Foods is a broad Indian FMCG incumbent with a wide portfolio including Aashirvaad atta, spices, and ready-to-eat categories. It competes with Hamdard in staples, spices (Khaalis range), and packaged foods at scale, and has substantially larger distribution and marketing budgets.
• Tata Consumer Products: Tata Consumer Products is a broad Indian and global CPG incumbent (Tata Tea, Tetley, Tata Salt, Soulfull) with deep distribution in India and abroad. Its Himalaya and Soulfull brands intersect with Hamdard's health-food positioning, and its scale, governance, and e-commerce maturity make it a relevant broad incumbent comparable.

Regional players

• Varun Beverages: Varun Beverages is one of India's largest bottlers and producers of beverages (PepsiCo franchisee plus owned brands). While primarily a bottler, its owned beverage brands compete in the fruit drink and refreshment segments where RoohAfza and Hamdard squash are positioned, making it a relevant Indian beverage-market peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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