Instant Dry Rice
Plain and flavoured variants. 3-5 minute rehydration with hot water. 15 MT/day capacity. Under 50% the cost of freeze-dried rice. MOQ 1 MT standard, 5 MT custom.
Formats Available
Basmati Instant Dry Rice
Biryani
Pulao
Solution
Ready Meals That Ship Without a Cold Chain
Instant dry rice. Retort pasta and rice in pouches. Quick-cook pasta. 24-month ambient. No freezer at destination.
3-5 min
Hot Water Rehydration
24 mo.
Retort Shelf Life
10 MT/day
Retort Pouches
30 MT/day
Quick-Cook Pasta
The Problem
What buyers come to us for
You are building a meal that has to ship and store at ambient temperature - across India, across sea-freight, across a defence supply chain. Freeze-dried is too expensive. Imports are slow and unreliable. You need a domestic manufacturer that handles ready-to-eat retort pouches AND dry instant formats, with bulk B2B and retail-ready packaging on the same line.
Shelf-stable speed without freeze-drying cost or imports. Built for ready-meal brands, MRE and defence buyers, exporters, travel-retail, and cup-format snack brands - products that cook in 3-5 minutes from a sealed pack, or open-and-eat from a retort pouch. No cold chain at destination, no freezer logistics.
Products in this solution
Pick the format that fits your spec
Retort Pasta and Quick-Cook Pasta
Retort pasta in pouches and trays with 12-24 month ambient shelf life for ready-meal brands and export. Plain retort pasta as a heat-and-serve base, or with sauce as a ready-to-eat meal. Pre-gelatinised quick-cook pasta for cup-noodle style applications. Same Pavan/Fava precook lines (30 MT/day) feeding into the retort lines.
Formats Available
Retort Pasta - Plain
Retort Pasta with Sauce
Instant Pasta (Cup Format)
Quick-Cook Mini Pasta
Retort Chaap and Plant Protein
Marinated soya chaap in retort pouches - 24-month ambient shelf life, no cold chain. For ready-meal brands building a vegetarian or plant-protein SKU that ships without a freezer. Cross-listed from Plant Protein solution.
Formats Available
Marinated Retort Chaap
Canned Soya Chaap
Use cases
Who this is built for
Ready-Meal and MRE Brands
Retort pouches and trays of pasta, rice, or chaap meals with full sauce or seasoning to your spec. 12-24 month ambient shelf life. No cold chain, no freezer. Single supplier for the protein, the carb, and the sauce.
Cloud Kitchen and QSR Speed Menus
Instant rice as the base of a 5-minute rice bowl. Quick-cook pasta for cup formats. Cuts kitchen time per order without compromising on grain or pasta quality.
Export and Travel-Retail
Ambient stable, ships dry or in retort, no freezer requirement at destination. Shelf life supports long sea-freight cycles. Domestic Indian alternative to imported instant rice, retort pasta, and ready meals.
Defence and Institutional Supply
Bulk meal-format ready supply for institutional buyers. Long shelf life, single-pack rehydration or open-and-eat retort, no field cooking required.
The numbers
Specs that matter for this solution
Rehydration
3-5 minutes hot water; 3 min microwave
Water Absorption
>150% of dry weight
Shelf Life
Ambient, no cold chain - 12 months pasta/rice; 24 months retort
Instant Dry Rice Capacity
15 MT/day
Quick-Cook Pasta Capacity
30 MT/day across two steam-tunnel lines (~15 MT/day per tunnel)
Retort Capacity
10 MT/day pouches and trays (pasta, rice, and protein formats)
Cost vs Freeze-Dried
Under 50% the cost of freeze-dried rice
MOQ
1 MT standard, 5 MT custom
Go deeper
Related reading
Want to talk about your spec?
Send your product brief, target volumes, and timing. We will come back with a feasibility note and a sample plan.
Get in touch