Masoom Group · Srirangapatna, Karnataka · 1976 – 2026
India's first sunflower oil refined without caustic or sulphuric acid — made in plants powered by our own wind turbines, which produce more than twelve times the energy we use.
About the group
The group's first venture into oil was in 1976. Fifty years and a number of industries later, one idea still runs through everything we build.
meaningAn innocent — someone who deserves to be guided toward the best, and given the quality they are owed.
We believe the customer is a Masoom. Not naïve — but trusting, and too often deceived about what goes into the products they use every day.
So the group's focus is not on selling what we make. It is on educating customers about what they have been sold, and offering an alternative built on quality and, above all, value.
That is why our oil is refined without the acids the industry treats as standard, why our plants run on wind, and why a share of what the group earns goes back into schools, hospitals and homes around Srirangapatna. Giving back more than we take is not a slogan we chose; it is the way the numbers work.
Technology
Conventional refining strips oil with caustic soda and acids, then adds preservatives to put shelf-life back. We took a different route — and had it checked against European standards.
Only the highest-grade sunflower seed enters the plant. Quality starts before the first press.
Our turbines generate more than twelve times the electricity the group consumes — the refining runs on green power.
No caustic soda. No sulphuric acid. No phosphoric acid. The oil keeps its natural goodness instead of having it stripped and re-added.
In-house labs staffed by chemists 24 hours a day hold every batch to a uniform standard, and run R&D on cutting effluent further.
Preservative-free, sold as Sunpure. What's in the bottle is oil — nothing else.
The process was developed with experts from the United States, in consultation with the Sunflower Association of the USA, and raised to European-level standards using equipment sourced worldwide.
Every plant has a full laboratory, and a standing R&D programme on reducing the effluents refining can produce.
| Stage | Conventional refining | Masoom process |
|---|---|---|
| Neutralisation | Caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) | No caustic |
| Acid treatment | Sulphuric and phosphoric acid | No sulphuric, no phosphoric |
| Shelf-life | Synthetic preservatives added | Preservative-free |
| Power source | Grid electricity | Wind — 12×+ surplus |
| Quality control | Periodic batch sampling | Chemists on shift 24/7 |
Businesses
Food is where we started. Wind is how we power it. Infrastructure is where the group's discipline for detail went next.
Food division · est. 1976
Industry leaders in edible-oil refining and pioneers of chemical-free processing. Whole-wheat atta milled with Swiss technology, sugar processed without sulphur, and deep roots in animal feed.
Wind energy
Windmills across several locations produce more than twelve times the energy the group consumes — a conscious decision about power, taken long before it was fashionable. Clean electricity from moving air, with no pollution.
Infrastructure
Modern architecture built with an eye on detail — luxury in every particle. Projects range from port storage and warehousing to residential developments.
Corporate social responsibility
Four commitments, worked out in real places — schools, hospitals, police stations and neighbourhoods across Mandya district and Mysuru.
Improved school buildings, skill training, teaching equipment, book giveaways, computer labs and library programmes — a lasting investment in the district's future citizens.
Access to better healthcare facilities, medicine and sanitation — dialysis, health camps, oncology support and periodic monetary aid.
Programmes across ages and communities that strengthen the bonds between cultures — and back the young people and institutions that hold a town together.
Toward a society with no hunger, malnutrition or poverty: nutrition kits, public infrastructure, drinking-water access and marriage aid for the under-privileged.
Project names as documented in the group's public CSR galleries.
Contact
Distribution, institutional supply, careers, or a community project you think we should see — write to us, or call the Srirangapatna office.