Nowadays, Frozen foods are becoming the hot favorite food to most of the Indian consumers particularly in the present busy scheduled of the people. This is because, there is a variety of frozen food available in the market that are ready-to-eat and these foods can be cooked at the least possible time. The majority of Indian middle-class households are turning towards frozen foods since they are being offered in different flavors.

The availability of frozen foods in the Indian market has brought about great change in the life-style of the people of India. Earlier, women were spending lots of time in the kitchen and with the introduction of frozen foods; they are able to prepare a variety of mouth-watering dishes within no time to meet the taste of their family members. Among the different reasons for the popularity of frozen foods in India, the improving standard of living of the middle-income grouped people in India has also contributed towards the development of companies in the frozen food industry in India.  The names of the companies that are leading the frozen food industry in India are given below:

Top five Frozen food companies:

• Forstar Frozen Foods Private Limited

• Sterling Foods

• Petonia Foods Private Limited

• Ovobel Foods

• Hak Agro Foods

To know more about these top players in the frozen foods industry in India, read on the content given below:

Forstar Frozen Foods Private Limited:

Forstar Frozen Foods Private Limited is operating from their registered office in the city of Mumbai and they have their plant in New Bombay. In the frozen food industry they are dealing with fish products and some of the products dealt by them are king fish, croaker, ribbon fish, pomfrets, octopus, cuttle fish, squids, lobsters and shrimps. Some of their ready-to-eat products are rice meals, seafood soups and fish curries.

Sterling Foods:

Sterling Foods has entered into agreement with international seafood export companies for the past 30 years with a view of creation and maintenance of international standards in the Marine food processing industry in India. In the frozen food sector, the company has established their own brands of seafood being David’s and Yacht not only in India, but also in foreign countries as well.

Petonia Foods Private Limited:

Petonia Foods Private Limited have made their market presence in the canned, cooked and ready-to-eat food sector and due to their maintenance of higher standards they have earned a competitive edge in the frozen food sector in India. Some of their products in the frozen food sector are instant snacks, south Indian dishes, parathas & chapatis, mithas frozen sweet dishes, instant food, frozen fruits, fresh & frozen vegetables and express veggies.

Ovobel Foods:

Ovobel Foods is operating from the city of Bangalore in Karnataka and they are mainly dealing with egg products in the frozen food category. Some of their products under this category are Hen Egg Yolk Powder and Hen Whole Egg Powder, Hen Egg Albumen Powder (High whip) Stabilized, Hen Egg Albumen Powder (High Gel) Stabilized, Pasteurized Frozen Hen Whole Egg, Pasteurized Frozen Hen Egg Yolk and pasteurized frozen hen egg albumen.

Hak Agro Foods:

Hak Agro Foods came into existence in the year 1998 and they are dealing with natural fruits and vegetables in the frozen foods sector. Some of the processed food offered by them are frozen green peas shelled corn, frozen sweet corn on cob, frozen sweet corn, frozen strawberry pulp, frozen totapuri pulp, frozen mango pulp, frozen fruit puree, frozen pomegranate, etc…

This industry is now becoming a demand-driven industry in India and according to a report more than 30 million Indian people are consuming packaged foods and this figure is expected to rise further in the coming years.