Indian Salt

As an established family business, the company's core business model is founded on unwavering ethical practices and a personalized customer approach. The company has an extensive export footprint, including countries such as Japan, Guyana, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Solomon Island, and Fiji, and seeks to cast its net to the wider global market.

The company operates a covered warehouse in Tuticorin, where products are manually and machine packed in a variety of sizes, including small retail packs of 200g and 250g sizes. Container shipment by sea is the company's preferred mode of export, and initial orders are fulfilled within 3 to 4 weeks from initiation.

The company adheres to a strict zero-defect quality policy and this has led to repeat orders from buyers and to an array of global accreditation, including HACCP, ISO 9001:2015, HALAL & AEO. The company also maintains membership with recognized bodies, such as ICCI & TUTICORIN.

The company operates a large 150-acre salt production facility in Tuticorin, South India. Hydraulic salt mining (Solution mining) techniques are used to extract natural salt brine from the ocean to the surface, a solar evaporation process furthers this process to create edible sea salt and further processing results in iodized salt. The company employs 50 people during the manual harvesting process, which lasts from March to December every year, producing an annual yield of 10,000 tons of sea salt and 10,000 tons of refined iodized salt, of which up to 500 tons are exported yearly.

V.A.S. Palappa Nadar Sons offers an extensive portfolio of salt products, with a special focus on white refined iodized fine salt, and the increasingly popular sea salt variety, which offers amazing mineral content, electrolytes and a plethora of health benefits. Conventional cultivation methods are utilized, producing high-quality products, with great taste and salinity, possessing a shelf life of 2 years. The company has one of the most competitive prices on the market and provides samples upon request.