Lanka Spice (Pvt) Ltd.

What Lanka Spice (Pvt) Ltd. does

Lanka Spice (Pvt) Ltd. is a Sri Lankan, family-owned spice and ready-to-eat food manufacturer incorporated in 1984 and operating under the consumer brand "Mc Currie." The company runs two factories: a dry-products facility at Makumbura, Pannipitiya and an ultra-modern ready-to-eat jar products facility at the Nalanda Industrial Zone in Matale District (operated through wholly-owned subsidiary Mc Currie Green Foods). Core manufacturing capabilities include fumigation, classifying, roasting, grinding, blending, and packaging using Buhler (Swiss) cleaning equipment and Christy Norris (UK) pulverization machinery, supported by in-house R&D and quality testing laboratories accredited to ISO 22000:2018, ISO 14001:2015, HALAL, and SEDEX standards, with SGS used for compliance certification. The portfolio exceeds 200 products spanning whole spices, blends, crushed and powdered spices, pulses/cereals, and jar-format products including pastes, sauces, sambols, chutneys, baduns, pickles, and pre-cooked curries, plus a distinct Masala Range co-developed with Singapore's SISIR. The company also offers a vacuum packaging service used by customers shipping products abroad.

The company monetizes across eight distinct revenue streams: retail pouch and jar product sales; Modern Trade distribution through major supermarket chains (Cargills, Keells, Arpico, Laugfs, Sathosa) covering 1000+ outlets; industrial B2B bulk supply to manufacturers such as Unilever Ceylon, Pizza Hut, Ceylon Biscuits, Maliban Biscuits, Sri Lankan Airlines, and Prima Ceylon; HORECA direct sales to 100+ hotels, restaurants, and cafes across five provinces; export sales to 10+ countries (UK, USA, Canada, France, Germany, UAE, Australia, NZ, Singapore, Malaysia, Lebanon); customized/private label products developed via in-house R&D; franchise showroom revenue under a 250+ sq.ft / LKR 1M bank guarantee model; and two company restaurants at factory and showroom sites. Go-to-market combines product-led growth through the Mc Currie showroom chain, enterprise field sales for B2B/HORECA, channel partner distribution via supermarkets and global distributors, and event-driven demand generation through the Pro-food Exhibition in Colombo.

Name

Lanka Spice (Pvt) Ltd.

Legal name

Lanka Spice (Pvt) Ltd.

Website

https://mccurrie.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lanka Spice (Pvt) Ltd., operating as Mc Currie, is a family-owned Sri Lankan manufacturer and exporter of pure spices, spice blends, and ready-to-eat jar products, serving retail consumers via 1000+ supermarket outlets and five showrooms, B2B industrial clients including Unilever, and the Sri Lankan diaspora across 10+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Spices and Seasonings

NAICS

Spice and Extract Manufacturing (311942), Mayonnaise, Dressing, and Other Prepared Sauce Manufacturing (311941), Flavoring Syrup and Concentrate Manufacturing (31193), Food Manufacturing (311)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000), Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090), Canned, Frozen & Preservd Fruit, Veg & Food Specialties (2030)

akta.pro primary industry

Spice Blends & Seasoning Mixes (Dry Rubs, Marinade Mixes) (AFAJANAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Condiments, Sauces & Dressings (CRADAAAB), Wet Seasonings & Pastes (Curry Pastes, Harissa, Gochujang, Spice Pastes) (AFAJANAI), Specialty Condiments, Sauces & Pickles Wholesale (AFAIAIAJ)

Keywords

• Spice manufacturing
• Spice blends
• Ready-to-eat curries
• HORECA spice supply
• Private label spices

Headquarters

HQ city

Makumbura, Pannipitiya

HQ country

Sri Lanka

HQ region

Asia

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Retail Product Sales (Pouch & Jar): Sale of packaged spices, spice blends, powdered spices, and ready-to-eat jar products through supermarket chains and company-owned showrooms. Products include whole spices, crushed condiments, spice mixes, prepared curries, chutneys, baduns, pickles, sambols, sauces, and pastes.
2. Modern Trade / Supermarket Distribution: Products distributed through modern retail channels including Cargills (303 outlets), Keells, Arpico, Laugfs (131 outlets combined), and Sathosa (315 outlets) across Sri Lanka's 9 provinces and 26 districts.
3. Industrial B2B Supply: Bulk supply of spices and customized spice blends to food manufacturers, bakeries, confectioners, biscuit manufacturers, and processed meat product manufacturers. Includes multinational companies and local large manufacturers.
4. HORECA Supply: Supply to Hotels, Restaurants, and Cafes (HORECA) segment, providing spices, customised recipes and spice blends to their given specifications.
5. Export Sales: Export of whole and blended spices, chutneys, pickles, sauces, paste, baduns, pre-cooked sauces (masalas), and curries to UK, USA, Canada, France, Germany, UAE, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, and other countries.
6. Customized/Private Label Products: Customized products developed through R&D for specific customer requirements, supplied mainly to institutional customers in bulk formats. Private labeling available.
7. Franchise Showroom Revenue: Revenue from franchised Mc Currie showrooms. Franchisees require showroom space of not less than 250 sq.ft and Rs. 1,000,000 bank guarantee.
8. Restaurant/Dining: Two company restaurants — one at factory premises in Makumbura and another adjoining Mount Lavinia showroom — serving exclusively products manufactured by the company.

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Lanka Spice (Pvt) Ltd. manufactures and sells a portfolio of over 200 Mc Currie-branded spice products including whole spices, herbs, spice blends, crushed and powdered spices, plus ready-to-eat jar products (sauces, sambols, chutneys, baduns, pickles, pastes and pre-cooked curries). The company serves retail consumers through its own showrooms, supermarket chains and the PickMe delivery app, while supplying bulk and customized spice blends to HORECA customers, food manufacturers, and export markets in 10+ countries.

Product overview

Lanka Spice (Pvt) Ltd. operates as a single-brand spice company under the 'Mc Currie' brand. The product portfolio consists of two main categories: (1) Dry Product Range featuring whole spices, herbs, blended spice mixes, crushed condiments, powdered spices, and pulses/cereals sold in pouch packaging with vacuum packaging technology; and (2) Ready-to-Eat Jar Product Range including pastes, sauces, sambols, chutneys, baduns (fried accompaniments), pickles, and pre-cooked curries. The company also offers a Masala Range of pre-cooked curry sauces as a distinct sub-brand developed in partnership with SISIR. Additional services include vacuum packaging for export customers and franchise opportunities for showroom expansion.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mc Currie Whole Spices Range of whole spices including cardamom, whole chillie, cinnamon quills, cloves, coriander seed, cumin seed, fennel seed, fenugreek, goraka, mustard seed, nutmeg, pepper corns, tamarind and mace, sold in retail pouches and bulk for industrial customers.
• Mc Currie Herbs Fresh and dried herbs including curry leaves, rampe/pandan leaves, and lemongrass (sera) leaves in various package sizes for retail and foodservice.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1000 outlets across Sri Lanka
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (SISIR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with SISIR to develop the Masala range of pre-cooked curry sauces. The SISIR team worked tirelessly for over 6 months, testing and trying out the curries, to emerge with a unique concept of serving curries to be cooked at home in a matter of minutes. This was a co-development partnership resulting in a unique product line.
• SGS Certification AgencycoreTechnology or IntegrationSGS is the world-leading certification service that enables the company to demonstrate compliance with national and international regulations and standards.
• PickMeminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership with PickMe delivery app to enable customers to order Mc Currie products for doorstep delivery, particularly promoted during COVID-19 curfew periods.
• FranchiseesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFranchise program inviting prospective businesses or individuals to join the Mc Currie showroom network. Franchisees need showroom space of not less than 250 sq.ft and Rs. 1,000,000 bank guarantee.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Shan Foods: Pakistani leader in spice mixes and ready-to-cook curry/sauce products. Highly comparable to Mc Currie's positioning—blended spices plus ready-to-cook gravies and Masala-style products targeting diaspora and ethnic retail channels in UK, North America, Middle East, and Australia.
• MDH (Mahashian Di Hatti): India's largest branded spice company, dominant in ground/blended spices and curry powders. Comparable as a South Asian family-owned spice manufacturer with strong diaspora distribution and the exact Indian competitor Mc Currie identifies as dominating its target export markets.
• Everest Spices: Leading Indian blended-spice brand (masalas, curry powders). Comparable as a direct branded competitor in the South Asian ethnic-spice category with overlapping SKU mix (curry powders, biriyani mixes, meat masalas) and similar diaspora-focused distribution model.
• Elephant House (Ceylon Cold Stores): Sri Lanka's largest domestic food conglomerate, including sauces, condiments, and preserved products. Comparable as a domestic Sri Lankan packaged-food peer sharing the same supermarket channels (Cargills, Keells, Arpico, Laugfs, Sathosa) and HORECA customers.

Broad incumbents

• McCormick & Company: Global spice, seasoning, and flavorings leader. Comparable as the largest pure-play branded spice manufacturer; overlaps with Mc Currie in whole spices, blended mixes, and B2B ingredient supply, though McCormick operates at vastly greater scale and broader geographic reach.
• Kikkoman: Global leader in sauces and seasonings, including soy sauce and Asian cooking sauces. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the sauces/condiments category where Mc Currie's jar sauces, chutneys, and pre-cooked curry sauces compete.
• Ajinomoto (Aji-No-Moto / Aji products): Global seasoning, flavor, and packaged-food conglomerate with South Asian culinary seasoning lines (Aji brand curry mixes and biriyani masalas). Comparable as a broad incumbent offering competing blended-spice and seasoning products in the same South Asian and diaspora channels.

Others

• Unilever Food Solutions (Knorr/Royco): Industrial food-service brand of Unilever, which is also Mc Currie's named B2B customer. Comparable as an HORECA and industrial spice-blend supplier to the same restaurants and caterers that Mc Currie serves in Sri Lanka, and as a downstream/adjacent participant in the regional spice supply chain.

Regional players

• Pride of Ceylon Tea & Spices: Sri Lankan-origin spice and tea exporter with strong UK and European distribution. Comparable as a country-of-origin branded spice exporter leveraging Sri Lanka's provenance story, though focused more on tea than spice blends.

Emerging players

• Kohinoor Foods: Indian ethnic ready-to-eat and spice-blend manufacturer with presence in UK, US, and Gulf. Comparable as a peer in the diaspora-targeted South Asian RTE/sauce category that competes for similar shelf space and HORECA customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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