Vegetable Products

What Vegetable Products does

Vegetable Products Ltd. (VPL) is a Kolkata-based, publicly listed Indian company (BSE: 53780; CSE: 10032034) incorporated in 1953 that manufactures and sells vegetable edible oil products under the single proprietary brand PRATAP VANASPATI. The company operates with a small team of 11–50 employees, has no disclosed subsidiaries, no parent entity, and reports through a six-member Board comprising one Managing Director (Mr. Tanmoy Mondal), two Non-Executive Directors including one woman director, and three Non-Executive Independent Directors, supported by a CFO (Mr. Utpal Dey) and a Company Secretary & Compliance Officer (Ms. Shivani Khanna). Its core product portfolio is a single category — edible oils — marketed to mass-market Indian household consumers, with stated popularity concentrated in West Bengal and other Indian states.

The business model is straightforward consumer goods manufacturing: VPL produces branded edible oil, distributes it through traditional Indian wholesale/retail channels (specific channel partners and pricing are not publicly disclosed), and earns revenue from product sales at market-determined prices. No pricing model, customer logos, distribution contracts, or channel-level economics are publicly available. The company maintains an investor-relations function with annual reports published through FY2017 and quarterly results through March 2018, indicating ongoing but limited disclosure frequency. There is no disclosed technology platform, no APIs, no digital product surface, and no e-commerce integration in the available sources.

On its website, the company has stated a strategic aspiration to (i) foray into a wider range of agro products beyond edible oils and (ii) reach the top 10 in the Indian vegetable edible oil industry (originally targeted by 2020). No execution milestones, M&A activity, funding rounds, partnerships (other than statutory auditor, registrar, and exchange listings), or product launches beyond the legacy brand have been disclosed in the available data. Registered office is at Subol Dutt Building, 6th Floor, 13, Brabourne Road, Kolkata 700 001.

Name

Vegetable Products

Legal name

M/s Vegetable Products Ltd.

Website

https://vegetableindia.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1953

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Vegetable Products Ltd. is a publicly listed Indian edible-oil manufacturer, founded in 1953 and headquartered in Kolkata, that produces vegetable edible oils under the single PRATAP VANASPATI brand for mass-market Indian household consumers, with strongest presence in West Bengal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Edible Oils

NAICS

Starch and Vegetable Fats and Oils Manufacturing (31122)

SIC

Fats & Oils (2070)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFAKAEAA

Vegetable Oil Crushing & Refining (Soy, Canola/Rapeseed, Sunflower, Corn, Cottonseed)

Agriculture & Food Production/Food Processing & Manufacturing/Edible Oils, Fats & Margarine Manufacturing

Keywords

• Vegetable edible oil
• Vanaspati ghee
• Cooking oil manufacturing
• Agro products
• Edible oil brand

Headquarters

HQ city

Kolkata

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Core offering

Vegetable Products Ltd. manufactures and sells vegetable edible oil products under the 'PRATAP VANASPATI' brand, established in 1953. The company produces a range of edible oils targeted at Indian household consumers for traditional cooking, with stated plans to expand into a wider range of agro products beyond edible oils.

Product overview

Vegetable Products Ltd. operates as a single-product edible oil company, manufacturing vegetable edible oils under the PRATAP VANASPATI brand name since 1953. The company has Six Directors on its Board and is professionally managed with a focus on quality control. The product portfolio consists exclusively of edible oils, with stated plans to expand into a wider range of agro products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PRATAP VANASPATI: Vegetable edible oil products manufactured by Vegetable Products Ltd.

Products and services

• PRATAP VANASPATI Vegetable edible oil brand manufactured by Vegetable Products Ltd. since 1953. The brand offers a range of edible oils targeted at Indian household consumers for traditional Indian cooking, with the company emphasizing quality control as a mission and a commitment to uncompromised health. The brand is popular in West Bengal and other Indian states.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered operational and regulatory.

• M/s. ABS Consultant Private LimitedoperationalOthersRegistrar and Share Transfer Agent for Vegetable Products Ltd. Located at Stephen House, 6th Floor, Room No.99, 4, B. B. Bag (East), Kolkata- 700 001. Handles share transfer, transmission, and investor services.
• M/s. Maroti & AssociatesoperationalOthersStatutory Auditors of Vegetable Products Ltd. Located at Mercantile Building, E Block, 3rd Floor, Suit No. 2, 9/12, Lal Bazar Street, Kolkata – 700001. Provides audit and financial reporting services.
• BSE LimitedregulatoryOthersStock exchange where Vegetable Products Ltd. is listed. Script Code: 53780. Located at P.J. Towers, Dalal Street, Mumbai – 400 001.
• The Calcutta Stock Exchange LimitedregulatoryOthersRegional stock exchange where Vegetable Products Ltd. is listed. Script Code: 10032034. Located at 7, Lyons range, Kolkata- 700 001.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Bunge India: Global oilseed processor with Indian refining and branded oil operations (e.g., Dalda, Masterline). Competes in the same refined vegetable oil manufacturing space that VPL occupies.
• ITC: Markets Sundrop and Aashirvaad Svasti edible oils. A diversified conglomerate offering branded refined oils across India, competing for the same household consumer wallet as PRATAP VANASPATI.
• Adani Wilmar: Largest Indian branded edible oil player with Fortune and King's brands. Competes with Vegetable Products in the same consumer vegetable oil category but at vastly greater national scale and distribution depth.
• Marico: Saffola brand owner; sells refined edible oils targeted at health-conscious Indian households — the same positioning VPL claims. Operates across personal care and edible oils with substantially larger scale.
• Patanjali Foods: Acquirer of Ruchi Soya; one of India's largest edible oil refiners and branded oil marketers. Directly comparable category (refined vegetable oils) but with national distribution and FMCG scale orders of magnitude larger than VPL.
• Cargill India: Global agribusiness with significant Indian refined oil and food ingredients presence. Competes as both supplier and branded player in the Indian vegetable oil value chain that VPL operates in.

Direct peers

• Gemini Edibles & Fats: Mid-scale Indian edible oil refiner and marketer (Freedom, Priya brands). Closest scale and category peer to VPL — both are branded refined vegetable oil companies competing in South/East India with comparable product mix.
• Emami Agrotech: Edible oil and vanaspati manufacturer (Emami Healthy & Tasty brand). Operates in the refined vegetable oil category with similar product positioning and a regional-to-national growth trajectory comparable to VPL.

Regional players

• Kaleesuwari Refined Oils: South India-focused refined edible oil manufacturer. Comparable in scale and regional brand orientation to VPL, but geographically focused on Tamil Nadu rather than West Bengal.
• Vijay Solvex: North India-based edible oil manufacturer. Comparable product category and small-to-mid scale, but operates in a different regional market from VPL.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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