Dry Fruits and Nuts on Quick Commerce: A ₹1,140 Crore Category Split Between the Pantry and the Gift Box
Dry fruits and nuts generated about ₹1,140 Cr in quick commerce sales across Blinkit, Instamart and Zepto between July and September 2026. Sales rose every month, from ₹333 Cr in July to ₹418 Cr in September, a 26% increase that took the category to 3.1% of all quick commerce sales by September. The category now serves two purchase occasions at once: the everyday healthy snack and the festive gift.
The pantry carries the volume
Nuts and dates together account for 71% of quarterly sales. The sub-category split:
- Nuts: ₹487 Cr, 43% share
- Dates & Raisins: ₹315 Cr, 28% share
- Seeds & Makhana: ₹200 Cr, 18% share
- Mixed & Gift Packs: ₹136 Cr, 12% share
The single highest-selling product was Farmley’s no-added-sugar Date Bites at ₹19.4 Cr, and dates made up 41% of top-10 product sales. Trade data points the same way. India’s dry fruit and nut imports rose 54%, from ₹29,781 Cr in FY24 to ₹45,834 Cr in FY26, while imports of roasted and flavoured ready-to-eat nuts grew from ₹310 Cr to ₹1,424 Cr.
The gift box is gaining ground
Mixed & Gift Packs grew 63% within the quarter, from ₹32 Cr in July to ₹53 Cr in September, around Raksha Bandhan. Two RawFruit gift packs, priced between ₹1,100 and ₹1,700, entered the top 10 products. RawFruit’s monthly sales on Blinkit rose from ₹2.7 Cr to ₹9.5 Cr.
A Fragmented Market Where Platform Labels Are Climbing
- Blinkit (41%) and Instamart (40%) hold about 80% of category sales. Instamart grew fastest, up 30% from July to September.
- Zepto holds 19%, with nuts forming 57% of its dry fruit mix.
- No brand exceeds 11.2% share. Farmley leads at ₹128 Cr, with the lowest discounts among top-five sub-category players at 20% to 28%.
- Platform labels Whole Farm (Blinkit) and Supreme Harvest (Instamart) both rank in the top five. Supreme Harvest sales rose 114% from July to September, moving from #7 to #4.
- Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Mumbai contribute 52% of sales, with Delhi NCR alone at ₹232 Cr.
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Q3 FY27 is projected at ₹1,400 to 1,500 Cr, assuming 25 to 30% growth over Q2 through the festive and wedding season, which places the gift box at the centre of the next quarter. The full report tracks how pantry and gifting demand divide across four sub-categories, three platforms, the top 10 brands and four leading metros, including brand-level discounts and availability.
