Zydus Wellness (previously Carnation Nutra-Analogue Foods) is an Indian

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company headquartered in

Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per t ...

, which produces

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and

skincare Skin care is a range of practices that support skin integrity, enhance its appearance, and relieve skin conditions. They can include nutrition, avoidance of excessive sun exposure, and appropriate use of emollients. Practices that enhance appea ...

products. It is a subsidiary of the pharmaceutical company

Zydus Lifesciences Zydus Lifesciences Limited, formerly known as Cadila Healthcare Limited, is an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Ahmedabad, which is primarily engaged in the manufacture of generic drugs. It ranked 100th in the Fortu ...

(formerly known as Cadila Healthcare). Its brands include Glucon-D, Sugar Free, EverYuth Scrub, Peel-off,

Complan Complan Foods is a British company that makes powdered milk energy drinks. It was acquired by Danone in 2011. In India the Complan brand is owned by the Zydus Wellness. History Complan was launched by Glaxo in 1954. As part of Glaxo's Farley's, F ...

and Nycil. The company operates three manufacturing plants, one in

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

and 2 in

Sikkim Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Siligur ...

History

Carnation Nutra-Analogue Foods was founded in 1994 as a producer of dairy substitutes. Over the next decade, its

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product Nutralite became the largest selling margarine brand in India. In 2006,

Cadila Healthcare Zydus Lifesciences Limited, formerly known as Cadila Healthcare Limited, is an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Ahmedabad, which is primarily engaged in the manufacture of generic drugs. It ranked 100th in the Fortu ...

acquired a 14.96% stake in the company. Cadila's stake in the company increased to over 70% in 2008, after the merger of Cadila's consumer goods business, which included

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brand Sugar Free and EverYuth range of skincare products, into Carnation. The merged entity was then named as Zydus Wellness Limited in January 2009. In 2009, the company began manufacturing men's grooming and skincare products. In 2011, Zydus Wellness launched its milk additive brand Actilife. In 2017, Zydus Wellness developed

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products as part of its sugar substitute business. In 2018, it launched its second sugar substitute brand called Sugarlite. In January 2019, Zydus Wellness acquired a part of Heinz India's business for , which included the health drink brand

, glucose-based energy drink additive Glucon D,

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brand Nycil and Sampriti Ghee. It also took over Heinz India's manufacturing facilities in

Aligarh Aligarh (; formerly known as Allygarh, and Kol) is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Aligarh district, and lies northwest of state capital Lucknow and approximately southeast of the capita ...

and

Sitarganj Sitarganj is a city and a municipal board in Udham Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Now it is home to the Integrated Industrial Estate Sitarganj (IIE) being developed by State Industrial Development Corporation of Uttarak ...

. In 2020, Zydus Wellness began to sell

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s and chocolate products.

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