Dabur adds ethnic flavour to Réal

Increasing popularity of Paper Boat, the packaged ethnic flavored drinks brand from start-up Hector Beverages Pvt Ltd, is driving the big firms to enter the segment, despite ethnic flavored beverages still being a small fraction of the country’s estimated Rs2,000 crore packaged juice market.

Home-grown Dabur India Ltd has decided to add ethnic flavors such as Masala Guava, Masala Pomegranate and Alphonso Mango to Réal – currently the country’s largest juice brand. Dabur has been selling fruit juices and nectars under Réal brand for the past two decades.

Réal ethnic range will be available in 1-litre Tetra Pak format. The Masala Guava will be priced Rs99 and the other two ethnic drinks will be priced Rs109.

“India has a rich history of traditional and ethnic beverages. We are bringing the same taste in an attractive, ready-to-use format under the brand Réal. The range is made of fruits, which Indian consumers love and have grown up relishing with the added dash of masala,” said Mayank Kumar, marketing head (foods), Dabur India.

Interestingly, this is not Dabur’s first foray into ethnic flavors. It has earlier tried to make inroads into this segment with the launch of Hajmola Yardley in July 2015.

With its growing popularity, Coca-Cola India Pvt Ltd, the local unit of American beverages maker Coca-Cola Co., has also been looking at the segment. T. Krishnakumar, president for the company’s India and South West Asia operations, had in an interview to Mint

in 2017 said that the company has revived RimZim, originally a masala soda brand acquired from Ramesh Chauhan along with Thums Up, Maaza and Limca, to launch ethnic flavored beverages such as jal jeera. The company is also extending its water brand Kinley to a range of aerated drinks with flavors more suited to Indian tastes, such as jeera, lemon, and orange.

Coca-Cola’s rival PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt Ltd, the local unit of American food and beverage maker PepsiCo Inc., also announced earlier that the fizzy version of its juice brand Slice will come in ethnic flavors like jeera and guava chili, besides mainstream flavors like apple, lemon, orange and clear lime.

Source:-https://www.livemint.com/Industry/J8As16Zt4Igf3qkpKHnnJN/Dabur-adds-ethnic-flavour-to-Ral.html

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