page_title: Britannia Industries
section_title: Businesses
hierarchical_section_title: Britannia Industries / Businesses
caption_attribution_description: English: Photoed using Samsung Wave 525.
context_page_description: Britannia Industries Limited is an Indian food and beverage company. Founded in 1892 and headquartered in Kolkata, it is one of India's oldest existing companies. It is now part of the Wadia Group headed by Nusli Wadia. The company sells its Britannia and Tiger brands of biscuits, breads and dairy products throughout India and in more than 60 countries across the world. Beginning with the circumstances of its takeover by the Wadia group in the early 1990s, the company has been mired in several controversies connected to its management.
context_section_description: The company's principal activity is the manufacture and sale of biscuits, bread, rusk, cakes and dairy products.
caption: Britannia Little Hearts
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