History Of Pan Bahar

DFM FOODS LIMITED was incorporated in the state of Delhi on 17th March, 1993 as a Public Ltd. Company. The Company obtained the certificate for commencement of business on 31st March, 1993.DFM Foods Ltd. has been promoted by The Delhi Flour Mills Co.Ltd., Shri R.P. Jain and Shri Mohit Jain. The Company was incorporated with the object of engaging in Flour Milling and manufacture of snack food products.The Company has since purchased two undertakings namely Jawala Flour Mills and Flavour Foods Division as running concerns from the promoter Company The Delhi Flour Mills Co.Ltd. The present installed capacity at Jawala Flour Mills and Flavour Foods Division is 1,50,000 tpa and 2808 tpa respectively.Jawala Flour Mills was originally owned by Dhanpat Mal Jawala Dass, a partnership firm. In the year 1989, the promoter Company The Delhi Flour Mills Co.Ltd. purchased the said mill from them and subsequently, in the year 1990-91 extensively modernized it.

The Flavour Foods Division which is engaged in the manufacture of extruded Snack Foods was established by The Delhi Flour Mills Co.Ltd. in the Year 1984. These undertakings have been transferred to DFM Foods Ltd. w.e.f. 1st October, 1993. The performance of these divisions till the time they were spun off is as under : PRESENT BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY The company is engaged in the business of Flour Milling and Extruded Snack Foods. Flour Milling The Flour Milling industry is an old established industry in the country. The industry consists of about 600 mills located all over the country with an estimated installed capacity of about 10 million tonnes per annum. Wheat is the only raw material and the industry processes wheat into wheat products such as maida, rawa/suji, atta and bran. Maida, which is the principal product of the industry is used by the bakery industry for the manufacture of bread, biscuit, confectionery and various other bakery products. Besides the industrial use of maida by the bakery sector there is a fair amount of direct household consumption as well. Rawa/Suji is mainly used by the household sector and there is an increasing usage in the industrial sector for the manufacture of pasta products such as vermicelli, noodles etc. Atta is consumed by the household sector as well as by the restaurants, hotels and dhabas. Atta is the staple cereal diet in North India.