Product formulation
Recipes built around local grain, then tested for taste, shelf life and cost per serving before anyone tools up.
- Millet flour blends
- Ready-to-cook mixes
- Infant & toddler foods
Millet-first nutrition · Salem, Tamil Nadu · since 2022
Nutrition that grows where you do.
I formulate, test and label food using the grains Tamil Nadu already eats — kambu, thinai, ragi, samai, varagu. No imported superfood, no guesswork on the pack.
2,400+Families guided
38Products formulated
14Districts served
100%Lab-verified labels
Build a plate
Tap ingredients · watch one meal's nutrition fill up
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Balance score
Values per 100 g, indicative (IFCT-based)
What I do
Four services, one standard: the label must be true.
Through SAMRATHA I work with mills, FPOs, mid-day meal kitchens and small food brands across western Tamil Nadu — from the first recipe trial to the printed nutrition panel.
Lab testing & labelling
Proximate analysis through NABL-accredited partners, turned into an FSSAI-compliant panel you can defend.
- Nutrition panels
- Shelf-life studies
- Claim substantiation
Community programmes
Anaemia and growth-tracking camps run with anganwadis and schools, measured against a baseline, not a feeling.
- School meal audits
- Maternal nutrition
- Cook training
Family consultations
One-to-one plans in Tamil or English, built from what's already in your kitchen and your weekly market.
- Diabetes-friendly meals
- Child fussy-eating
- Elder nutrition
The grain shelf
Five millets I keep coming back to.
Each one is grown within a few hundred kilometres of my Salem kitchen. Pick one to see what it actually brings to a meal.
Plan a day
Daily targets to build your meals around.
A quick reference for the four nutrients Indian diets most often fall short on. Choose who you're cooking for.
Adult woman · Moderate
Suggested daily intake
55 gProtein
30 gFibre
29 mgIron
1000 mgCalcium
General guidance based on ICMR-NIN reference ranges. Not a substitute for advice from your doctor or a registered dietitian — bring it to your next consultation.
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Ms. Manisha Manasvini · Founder & CEO
Ms. Manisha Manasvini · Founder & CEO
Leadership
About Ms. Manisha Manasvini, Founder and CEO of SAMRATHA
“A nutrition label should read like a promise you can keep. That is the whole business.”
I founded SAMRATHA in Salem in 2022, after years of community nutrition work across the Kongu belt, where I kept meeting the same problem: good local grain, sold with nothing on the pack a mother could trust.
I split my week between the test kitchen and the districts I serve, and I handle every consultation and formulation myself — so the person who signs off on the label is the person you spoke to.
Founder & Chief Executive Officer · Salem, Tamil Nadu
Questions
Frequently asked questions.
The things people ask me most often before booking — about how consultations work, and about the grain itself.
Where is SAMRATHA located?
SAMRATHA operates from Fort Main Road, Shevapet, Salem 636002, Tamil Nadu. Consultations run in person at the Salem practice, and over WhatsApp or video call for clients elsewhere in Tamil Nadu.
How do I book a nutrition consultation?
Message +91 93636 49558 on WhatsApp with a short note about what you need help with. I reply within one working day and send you the available slots. Consultations run Monday to Saturday, 9:00 to 18:00 IST.
Do you consult in Tamil?
Yes. Consultations, diet plans and printed material are available in both Tamil and English, and you can switch between them freely during a session.
What happens in a family nutrition consultation?
We start with what you already cook and what your weekly market stocks, rather than a fixed diet chart. I look at your current meals, any medical reports you bring, and build a plan around local grain, dal and greens that your family will actually eat. Plans are reviewed at follow-ups and adjusted.
Are millets better than rice for diabetes?
Most millets digest more slowly than polished white rice and carry considerably more fibre, which is why they feature in diabetes-friendly meal planning. Kodo millet (varagu) is a common choice. Millets are not a treatment, though — if you are managing diabetes, any dietary change should be made alongside your doctor, especially where medication is involved.
Which millet has the most calcium and which has the most iron?
Finger millet (ragi) is by far the richest in calcium at roughly 344 mg per 100 g, which is more than an equivalent serving of milk. Little millet (samai) leads on iron at about 9.3 mg per 100 g, with pearl millet (kambu) close behind at 8.0 mg.
Do you create FSSAI nutrition labels for food products?
Yes. I arrange proximate analysis through NABL-accredited laboratories and turn the results into an FSSAI-compliant nutrition panel, along with shelf-life studies and substantiation for any claim you want to print on the pack.
Can you help with child nutrition and anaemia?
Child growth, fussy eating and iron-deficiency anaemia are a regular part of the practice, including programmes run with anganwadis and schools. Anaemia needs a blood test and a doctor's diagnosis behind it — my role is building the everyday meals that support the treatment, not replacing it.
Do you work with food brands and mills, or only with families?
Both. Roughly half the work is one-to-one family consultation; the rest is product formulation, lab testing and labelling for mills, FPOs, mid-day meal kitchens and small food brands across western Tamil Nadu.
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Come to the kitchen.
I see clients Monday to Saturday. WhatsApp is the fastest way to reach me — send a message and I’ll reply within one working day.
- Address
- SAMRATHA Foods & Nutrition
Fort Main Road, Shevapet
Salem 636002, Tamil Nadu - +91 93636 49558
- @nutrition.by.samratha
- Hours
- Mon–Sat, 9:00 – 18:00 IST
- Languages
- Tamil, English
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