Darika’s Food and Beverages

Darika’s business journey started from year 2005 by range of products like Homemade Pickles, Jam,Jelly and Squash made with local products like Passion Fruits,Mango,Jujubee,Olive,Gooseberry,Jackfruit,Bamboo Shoots,Elephant apples etc from different types of local Fruits. There are varieties of indigenous fruits available in Assam which are not amply utilized. These are wasted without consumption instead of their rich food value. That is why with an aim to preserve and utilized these fruits we start to make different types of Pickles, Jam, Jelly, Squash, Health Drinks, Wine, Dry Fruits etc with a vision to deliver authentic localized processed food to your homes, keeping in mind the diverse culinary palate of Assam.

Darika’s Food and Beverage bridges the gap between the wide array of fruits and vegetables growing naturally in Assam and the consumption of it. For almost two decades, Darika’s has produced homemade pickles made with local products with local fruits & vegetables.Since 2018, Darika’s has also ventured into wine making– turning home grown fruits into fruit wine. All of the products are handcrafted and tested by a government authorised chemical testing centre.

Entrepreneurial Journey

Born and brought up in Duliajan of Upper Assam, Aditi Buragohain’s had a Dream to spread and popularize the food products of Darika’s and to establish the products in National and Regional markets.As an enterprising women entrepreneur with a vision to create awareness in this sector and to inspire the ladies and self help groups towards the women empowerment and become self reliant allowing for the profits to go back into the hands of the local people.We make pickles and jams out of a diverse selection of locally available and indigenous fruits and vegetables, many of which are home grown.
All of our products are hand-made and organic without the involvement of heavy machinery. Darika’s primary product is fruit wines, made from a variety of fruits like passionfruit, blackberry, guava and jackfruit. In addition, we also sell squash and other seasonal fruit drinks.

Darika’s has tapped into a relatively under-promoted industry– tons of local fruits and vegetables grown in Assam go unconsumed.Everything we make is free from harmful artificial chemicals and pesticides and we take care to handcraft our wines without any additives to speed up the process. Our process of wine making is done with natural antioxidants (polyphenols).

Our first Fruit Wine was made from Homegrown Passion Fruit, which received a lot of positive feedback about its taste from our Family and Friends. Since than throughout the pandemic, we have expanded to making Wine from Elephant Apple,Guava, Black Berry, Mulberry,Pineapple, Burmese Grape, Pomelo, Gooseberry, Olive, Pear, Banana,Peach,Ginger,Black Rice etc thirty different Fruits and much more. Our Wine has also undergone Chemical tests at a Government authorized Chemical Testing Centre, as directed by the Assam Excise Department. After receiving all these encouragement, we decided to start a Fruit Processing Industry producing Food and Beverages without the usages of harmful Chemicals and Preservative, adds Aditi Buragohain

Products under Darika’s Food and Beverages

PICKLES
JAM & JELLY
SQUASHES & JUICES
SNACKS & BAKERY PRODUCTS
LOCAL FRUIT WINES

Supply Chain & Distribution System

Darika’s have built a reliable network of consumers, especially for fruit wines, in Guwahati.They also have booths at local exhibitions, which have greatly helped us in expanding our network and familiarising the drinks and snacks to the local people.

Our pickles and jams,jelly,squashs,baking food items are also sold in grocery and departmental stores throughout the city, which has helped in exposure.Through participation in Exhibitions, Trade Fairs at different place of the country and north east region also we are distributing our products throughout the country and north eastern cities/towns.