Paprika Oleos (India) Ltd is a family-owned enterprise and part of the VPSA Paramasiva Nadar group of companies based in Virudhunagar, Tamilnadu India. The company has been among the first exporters of stemless chillies and is today among the largest traders, processors and exporters of dry red chillies from India. From humble beginnings with the trade in chillies, the company is now a manufacturer and processor of value-added spice products ranging from pure spice powders, blended spice powders and oleoresins. The company has over 200 man-years experience in the trading and procurement of spices making it a leader with unmatched procurement capabilities that so crucial to the spice business. The company operates a deep procurement network across all the major growing centres for major spices such as dry red chillies in Guntur, Khammam, Warangal, Erode, Salem, Sangli. The company also has its own cold storage warehouses to ensure that raw material is stored in a safe manner and ensures a continuity in supplies right through the year. All manufacturing facilities are certified for food safety and quality. The facilities have their own laboratories that are able to test products for safety and quality on a continuous basis to ensure compliance to ever increasing regulations. Sustainability has always been a part of the company’s core and there is always more to do. The efforts on use of renewable energy, saving rainwater and adopting a zero discharge policy have been i