Pure Indian Foods

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Pure Indian Foods
Company typePrivate
Founded2008
FounderSandeep and Nalini Agarwal
Headquarters Princeton Junction, New Jersey
Website www.pureindianfoods.com

Pure Indian Foods is an organic, grass-fed herbal and spiced ghee manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Princeton Junction, New Jersey. [1] [2] [3] The company was founded by Sandeep Agarwal and his wife, Nalini, in 2008. [4] [5]

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History

Pure Indian Foods is based out of Princeton, New Jersey and owned by husband and wife team, Sandeep and Nalini Agarwal. In 1889, Nalini’s family founded a ghee business in northern India. [4] [5] [6] In 2008, the Agarwals established Pure Indian Foods to continue his family business in the United States. [4] [5] Previously, Sandeep worked as an IT specialist on Wall Street. [7]

In 2012, the company began shipping to Canada. [6] That October, Pure Indian Foods won two awards at the American Herbalist Guild Symposium. [7] The Whole Earth Center was the first store to carry the company’s ghee; later stores included Whole Foods Market and Amazon. [7]

In 2019, Agarwal won the Caspar Wistar Award for Growth. [8] He is also the founder of Butterworld, a traveling exhibition that highlights unique, rare, and historical dairy artifacts from around the world. [9]

Pure Indian Foods is a member of the Specialty Food Association. The Paleo diet also now endorses Pure Indian Foods ghee as a part of the lifestyle. [10]

Operations

Pure Indian Foods is based in Princeton Junction, New Jersey. [4] The company uses cream from free-ranging dairy herds in New Jersey for their products. [3] [4] [6] Additionally, Pure Indian Foods uses non-homogenized milk in the spring and fall when grass grows rapidly to give its products a high amount of fat-soluble vitamins and Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA). [11] Pure Indian Foods produces ghee, butter with the milk solids and water removed, in multiple variations including digestive, garlic, herbes de provence, Indian dessert, Italian and Niter Kebbeh. [6] [11]

Products

In addition to offering traditional ghee, oils, and spices, Pure Indian Foods has several products designed for specific uses.

References

  1. ↑ "Clarified butter". The Times of India . March 21, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Beyond Butter, Discovering Ghee". The Harvest Table. September 2010.
  3. 1 2 "ON FOOD: Area shop, website sell great ghee, oil, vinegar". November 1, 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ghee, Indian-Style Butter, With a Kick". The New York Times. July 10, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 "Power to the Pantry: Jersey-Made Products Abound". New Jersey Monthly. March 13, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "OMGhee: Is this clarified butter good or what?". The Globe and Mail. July 24, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 Stephaie Vaccaro (March 25, 2013). "It's like buttah!".
  8. ↑ "Immigrant Entrepreneur Awards". Einstein's Alley. 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  9. ↑ "Butterworld: Daily Artifacts From Around the World". www.butterworld.org. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  10. ↑ "A Brief History Of Ghee In The US". Forbes India. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  11. 1 2 "Review: Pure Indian Foods". January 5, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Fueled By Oiled Coffee". The Box. 2015-03-06. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  13. ↑ Kingsley, Maureen (9 May 2019). "Sleep and energy product trends". Nutritional Outlook. Nutritional Outlook Vol. 22 No. 2. 22. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  14. ↑ "Gorgeous Ghees". Clean Eating. 2018-04-02. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
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