Consumer & retail

Food & beverage. Packaging design, claims-checked content and quick-commerce listings.

Packs carry every mandatory declaration and still read as your brand.

We design pack systems, approved-claims libraries and quick-commerce content for packaged food, beverage and dairy brands. Packs are built to FSSAI labelling and claims rules and measured on time from brief to approved pack.

Main measure
Time from brief to approved pack
Where we work in food & beverage
  • Packaged foods & snacks
  • Beverages
  • Dairy
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Functional & plant-based foods
Rules listed
7 rules · 4 areas
Areas that lead
BrandCampaign
Standards we build to
DPDP Act 2023 — Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023WCAG 2.2 AA — Web Content Accessibility GuidelinesCore Web Vitals — Loading, interactivity and visual stability
Cones of ground spices and baskets of dried goods heaped on a market stall
Food & beverageEvery ingredient on the pack started somewhere like this.

Where rules matter mostMap of all forty-one industries

  • Claims Advertising & claims: Shapes most of the work
  • Regulator Sector regulator: Shapes most of the work
  • Payments Payments: Sometimes shapes the work
  • Data Personal data: Often shapes the work
  • Security Security & incidents: Sometimes shapes the work
  • Access Accessibility: Often shapes the work
  • AI Safe AI use: Sometimes shapes the work

What is shifting

The pack shrank to a thumbnail, and the rules came with it.

Shoppers meet the brand on a ten-minute delivery grid, in a search answer and in a creator’s reel before they hold the pack. Each shift names what it demands, with a fact you can check.

Green apples moving in rows along a long sorting line in a packing plant
Scale is the business; the label has to keep up with it.
  1. Quick-commerce apps and marketplaces show the pack as a thumbnail on a phone screen.

    What it needsPacks and listings that read at thumbnail size, with every declaration still shown online.

    EvidenceE-commerce listings must show the pack’s mandatory declarations under rule 6(10) of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011.

  2. Front-of-pack nutrition warnings are moving from proposal to rule.

    What it needsPack systems with room designed in for a front-of-pack panel, and recipes reviewed before it lands.

    EvidenceThe FSSAI has proposed red front-of-pack warnings for foods high in fat, sugar or salt, and the Supreme Court has been reviewing their rollout.

  3. “Natural”, “fresh” and “real” now come with conditions attached.

    What it needsA claims library that keeps each on-pack word with its condition and evidence.

    EvidenceThe FSS (Advertising and Claims) Regulations, 2018 allow words such as natural, fresh and real only when set conditions are met.

  4. Advertising aimed at children is scrutinised as closely as the product.

    What it needsCampaigns for family products written to the children’s-advertising conditions from the brief.

    EvidenceThe CCPA’s 2022 guidelines bar advertisements aimed at children from claiming health or nutritional benefits without adequate scientific substantiation.

The rulebook

Every declaration is mandatory. Every claim needs a reason.

The food regulator’s labelling and claims regulations, the weights-and-measures rules, the advertising codes and the data law, read for a packaged-food portfolio. Your regulatory team keeps sign-off; we design so their review is faster.

Standards we build to

  • DPDP Act 2023 — Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023
  • WCAG 2.2 AA — Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
  • Core Web Vitals — Loading, interactivity and visual stability

We design and build to these standards. This does not mean we are certified.

Advertising & claims

Shapes most of the work

  1. Central Consumer Protection Authority

    CCPA misleading-ads guidelines, 2022

    Claims must be substantiated; advertisements aimed at children may not claim health or nutritional benefits without adequate scientific substantiation; surrogate advertising is prohibited.

    We designChildren’s and family briefs carry the conditions as checks, and brand-extension work is screened for surrogate advertising.

    CCPA · Guidelines for Prevention of Misleading Advertisements and Endorsements, 9 June 2022 Official text: CCPA misleading-ads guidelines, 2022

  2. Advertising Standards Council of India

    ASCI Code — food and beverages

    Nutrition and health benefits must be substantiated, and advertising should not encourage excessive consumption, disparage good dietary practice or misrepresent the food.

    We designFood styling, portion sizes and benefit lines are checked against the guideline before a shoot is booked.

    ASCI · Code and Guidelines for Advertising of Food and Beverages Official text: ASCI Code — food and beverages

Sector regulator

Shapes most of the work

  1. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

    FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020

    What every pre-packaged food must declare: name, ingredients, nutrition information, the veg or non-veg symbol, allergens, the FSSAI logo and licence number, net quantity, date marking and consumer-care details.

    We designPack templates reserve a panel for every declaration, filled from one master record per SKU.

    FSSAI · Labelling and Display Regulations, notified 17 November 2020 (compendium of September 2025) Official text: FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020

  2. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

    FSS (Advertising and Claims) Regulations, 2018

    Nutrition and health claims need substantiation, claims to prevent or cure disease are not allowed, and words such as natural, fresh and authentic need their conditions met.

    We designEvery on-pack and in-ad claim is drawn from an approved library that holds its condition and its evidence.

    FSS (Advertising and Claims) Regulations, 2018 Official text: FSS (Advertising and Claims) Regulations, 2018

  3. Department of Consumer Affairs

    Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011

    Retail sale price, net quantity, manufacturer and consumer-care details on every pack; e-commerce listings must show the same declarations.

    We designListing feeds publish only when every declaration is filled from the SKU master.

    LMPC Rules, 2011 · rule 6, including rule 6(10) for e-commerce

Personal data

Often shapes the work

  1. Ministry of Electronics and IT

    DPDP Act, 2023 and DPDP Rules, 2025

    Consent for each purpose in loyalty, contests and sampling; verifiable parental consent before processing a child’s data, and no targeted advertising directed at children.

    We designContest and loyalty journeys capture consent per purpose and keep children out of profiling by design.

    DPDP Act, 2023 · section 9 · DPDP Rules, 2025 (core obligations from 13 May 2027) Official text: DPDP Act, 2023 and DPDP Rules, 2025

Accessibility

Often shapes the work

  1. W3C

    WCAG 2.2 AA

    Brand sites, recipe hubs and D2C stores usable with a keyboard, a screen reader and zoom.

    We designProduct finders and nutrition tables use proper HTML tables and controls that screen readers can read.

    W3C · WCAG 2.2 Official text: WCAG 2.2 AA

Updated 3 October 2026. Our reading of typical projects, not legal advice. Rules change, so your lawyer confirms how each applies to you.

Challenges

Where food & beverage loses customers and time.

What comes up first when we talk to food & beverage teams, from the screens customers use to your back office.

Your customers

  1. Clear labels

    Ingredients, allergens and nutrition readable in a second, on pack and on screen.

  2. Believable claims

    Words like natural or high-protein that mean what the shopper thinks they mean.

  3. Accurate quick-commerce listings

    The right pack, price and picture on every delivery app and marketplace.

A worker in a hairnet, mask and blue gloves lifts a handful of coated sweets from a polishing pan
Quality is checked by hand before it is checked by the regulator.

Your operation

  1. Hundreds of SKUs

    Every variant, pack size and market carries its own declarations, so one change touches many packs.

  2. Slow claims review

    Regulatory and legal review sets the pace of every pack, listing and campaign.

  3. Content for every retail screen

    Marketplaces, delivery apps and retail media each want their own images, copy and formats.

What we build

A pack system first, then the content and commerce around it.

The pack is the most regulated piece of media a food brand owns, so the brand system and the content line lead. Every line links to the capability that does the work.

Leads Core Supports Share of a typical project, by role · illustrative
  1. 01

    Brand Design

    Leads

    Pack architecture, identity and label templates that stay legible at thumbnail size.

  2. Claims-checked campaigns, retail-media creative and content for every marketplace and delivery app.

  3. Fast D2C stores and structured product data that search engines and AI assistants can read.

  4. 04

    AI Design

    Core

    AI drafts listing copy and product images from approved data, and every draft gets a claims check.

  5. Product data feeds, consented loyalty and sampling programmes on one customer record.

  6. Recipe hubs, product finders and subscription journeys tested with shoppers.

Projects

Where to start, and what follows.

Each project shows its plan, typical length and main measure. Lengths are typical. We agree yours on the first call.

First project

Pack and listing diagnostic

We check a sample of packs and listings against the labelling, claims and weights-and-measures rules, and show where review stalls and where risk sits.

Plan
Sprint · Fixed fee
Typical length
2–3 weeks
It measures
First-time approval of packs and listings, as a baseline
  • Brand review
  • Technical & code audit

What you get

  • A declarations gap register, pack by pack and listing by listing
  • A claims inventory with the evidence each claim needs
  • A plan for one SKU master that feeds packs and listings
Start a project
  1. 02Milestone · 4–8 months

    Pack system and label architecture

    One pack system for every range and size, with a panel for each declaration and room designed in for front-of-pack labelling.

    MeasureTime from brief to approved pack

    Services: Packaging design · Logo & brand identity · Brand guidelines

    Enquire about Pack system and label architecture
  2. 03Project · 6–10 weeks

    Quick-commerce product data and listings

    Complete, structured product data and listing content that marketplaces, delivery apps and AI assistants can read and cite.

    MeasureListing completeness across marketplaces

    Services: Reusable content system · Ads built from your products · Named in AI answers

    Enquire about Quick-commerce product data and listings
  3. 04Retainer · Ongoing

    Claims-checked content production with AI

    AI drafts campaign and retail-media assets from approved claims and brand rules, and a person approves every one.

    MeasureShare of assets passing claims review first time

    Services: Content studio set-up · Monthly content production · Brand check

    Enquire about Claims-checked content production with AI

How success is measured

Main measureTime from brief to approved pack

  • Time from brief to approved pack
  • Share of packs and listings passing regulatory review first time
  • Listing completeness across marketplaces and delivery apps
  • Share of search and AI answers citing the brand correctly

AI, under the rules

AI writes listings from approved data, and never invents a claim.

Each use case runs inside automatic checks built from the labelling and claims rules, with a regulatory reviewer approving what matters and a log of what was produced.

AI job 01

Listing copy from the SKU master

Measured byListings approved without edits

Tested forOWASP LLM09 · Misinformation

agent / listing-copy-from-the-sku-master Checked
  1. TaskDrafts marketplace and delivery-app listing copy from the approved product record and claims library.
  2. CheckRestricted words are blocked unless the SKU meets their condition, and only health claims held in the library are used.
  3. ApproverA regulatory reviewer approves before a listing goes live.
  4. LogEach listing stores the SKU record and the claim IDs it was written from.

Goes live only after testing, with safety checks and a named owner

AI job 02

Artwork declaration check

Measured byDeclaration errors caught before print

Tested forOWASP LLM05 · Improper output handling

agent / artwork-declaration-check Checked
  1. TaskReads pack artwork and compares every declaration with the SKU master before it goes to print.
  2. CheckIt flags mismatches and cannot approve artwork.
  3. ApproverPackaging and regulatory leads sign off each proof.
  4. LogEvery mismatch found, and how it was resolved.

Goes live only after testing, with safety checks and a named owner

AI job 03

Recipe and product assistant

Measured byAnswer accuracy on an agreed evaluation set

Tested forOWASP LLM01 · Prompt injection

agent / recipe-and-product-assistant Checked
  1. TaskAnswers shopper questions about ingredients, allergens and recipes from approved content.
  2. CheckRefuses medical and diet-treatment questions and points to a professional; allergen answers quote the label.
  3. ApproverThe consumer-care team reviews flagged conversations every day.
  4. LogQuestions, sources cited and refusals, without personal identifiers.

Goes live only after testing, with safety checks and a named owner

Work and insights

Case studies stay private until a client approves them.

No food & beverage client is named or described without written approval. Here is what we have written on related topics.

A typical project · example

A packaged-snacks portfolio moved every range onto one pack system and one approved-claims library, so each new flavour launches with its declarations and claims in place.

An example of the shape a project takes, without client names.

Questions

What brand, regulatory and e-commerce teams ask us first.

Something else on your mind? Ask us directly

Q.01Do you design packaging artwork?

Yes. We design pack architecture, master artwork and the templates that adapt it across ranges and sizes. Print production stays with your converters, who run the artwork we hand over.

Q.02Can you tell us whether a claim is allowed?

No, that judgement and the sign-off stay with your regulatory team. We design and build to the FSSAI regulations and advertising codes, and prepare the evidence they need.

Q.03Do you work with alcoholic-beverage brands?

Yes, on brand, packaging and owned experiences, within the advertising restrictions. We do not make surrogate campaigns that promote a liquor brand through another product.

Q.04How do you keep marketplace listings consistent?

From one product record. Declarations, images and approved copy flow from it to every marketplace and delivery app, so each change is made once.

Tell us what you need built.

You will talk to the lead who would run your work.

Book a call

Three ways to start

  1. 01About 2 minutes

    A quick question

    You get A reply from a named lead

  2. 02About 8 minutesRecommended

    Your project details

    You get Options and prices after one call

  3. 03About 15 minutes

    A request for a quote

    You get Confirmation and a named lead

We always agree a written scope and price before work begins. How each plan is priced