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            Value Chain
 Fermentation Prebiotics

 At Tata Chemicals, our prebiotics   Business Overview
 portfolio division, under the brand   During the year, we continued the growth journey despite
 name Tata NQ, leverages the advances   challenging business environment. We consolidated our
 in precision fermentation to offer   position in existing customer segments and developed   Raw materials   Processing  Products  Packaging
 specialised, nature-inspired and   newer segments.     Ÿ Sucrose    Ÿ Bio transformation    Ÿ FOS - short chain     Ÿ Jerry can
 science-backed ingredients and     Ÿ Microorganisms              fructooligosaccharide     Ÿ Pails
 formulations for human and animal     Ÿ Growth media                                       Ÿ IBC (Intermediate
 nutrition.                                                                                 Bulk Container)
 Existing Segments  New Segments
                                                                                            Ÿ Paper bags
 Scaling the Health Quotient    Ÿ We added several new     Ÿ We continued to
 key accounts, from whom   progress on the
 Our flagship product - FOSSENCE® is short   we are receiving repeat   development of
 chain Fructooligosaccharides, commonly   orders – an endorsement   formulations designed
 referred to as FOS or oligofructose.   of the quality of our   to replace sugar, while
 products, services and
 maintaining the taste
 Manufactured using precision   customer delight  and texture profiles of   End use  Distribution  Logistics
 fermentation of sucrose at our state-  the final product
 of-the-art facility in Mambattu, Andhra     Ÿ While existing distributors     Ÿ We witnessed opening     Ÿ Infant nutrition    Ÿ Direct engagement with     Ÿ Road
 enhanced their reach
 Pradesh, it finds application in food and   through better coverage   up of the animal     Ÿ Food & beverages  key accounts    Ÿ Sea
 beverage formulations, infant nutrition,   initiatives, new territories   nutrition segment with     Ÿ Dietary supplements    Ÿ Network of distributors    Ÿ Air
 nutraceuticals and in animal nutrition. Our   were opened with   the commencement     Ÿ Animal nutrition    Ÿ Warehousing at multiple
 Mambattu facility is FSSC22000-certified   the appointment of   of exports in the feed   locations
 and IGBC gold-rated.  additional channel   segment in South East
 partners  Asia
 We have a multi-disciplinary team of
 scientists working on microbiome
 science (the core science platform)
 and fermentation technology (the   The business showed strong growth on the back
 of increasing short chain Fructooligosaccharide
 manufacturing platform).
 demand, and focussed application development
 efforts. The Global industry is estimated to be
 growing at 7.5-10% CAGR, with higher growth rate
 in certain markets.



























            Location: Mambattu Plant


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