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Sweet Meets Strange

Your sweet tooth didn’t see this coming.

Sweet, salty, sour and spicy, in combinations that shouldn’t work.

35 discoveries

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Sweet, salty, sour, spicy and everything in between: desserts, candies and treats built on flavour pairings that shouldn’t work, but somehow do.

Next in signature shelves Made in India, Made Different Homegrown. Unexpected. Explore the shelf

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Signature Shelves

  1. 01 India’s Snack Revolution Reinvented banana chips, odd popcorn and makhana that went somewhere new. 29 discoveries
  2. 02 Not Your Usual Mithai Mithai and Indian sweets that refuse to play by the rules. 28 discoveries
  3. 03 The Indian Chocolate Lab Single-origin cacao and bars infused with very Indian ingredients. 24 discoveries
  4. 04 Masala Gone Wild Hot sauces, chili oils and condiments that don’t behave. 32 discoveries
  5. 05 Sweet Meets Strange Sweet, salty, sour and spicy, in combinations that shouldn’t work. 35 discoveries
  6. 06 Made in India, Made Different Indian brands making genuinely new things. 43 discoveries
  7. 07 Around the World, Available in India Japanese, Korean and European oddities you can actually buy in India. 18 discoveries
  8. 08 The Crunch Club Crispy, crackly, puffed and roasted: a shelf for texture. 26 discoveries
  9. 09 The 3 AM Snack Shelf Sweet then spicy, crunchy then chocolate: late-night logic. 22 discoveries

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