Bakery and dairy products maker Britannia Industries on Tuesday opened an R&D centre and a manufacturing unit at an investment of ₹200 crore.
The centre houses analytical, sensory, microbiology labs, in addition to pilot plants for its core product portfolio which includes biscuits, cakes rusk, breads and dairy.
“Our market leadership in bakery today is firm and growing. We aim to be a total foods company in five years serving over a billion Indians four times a day,” Britannia Industries’ Managing Director Varun Berry said at the launch of the R&D Centre.
The Britannia-owned manufacturing facility, built adjacent to the R&D centre is also equipped with high speed processing machinery plans to seamlessly channel the innovations from the centre to markets across the country. Currently, the facility employs over 800 employees and will expand to 1,350 employees when it reaches 100 per cent capacity.
Britannia started its research and development centre in 1970 in Mumbai.
The new centre near Bengaluru is a consolidated facility that houses latest capability in diverse areas, including analytical excellence lab, product development, packaging development, scientific regulatory affairs, nutrition, R&D Excellence Capability building and dairy development.