Deep Foods

It was founded in 1977 by Bhagwati Amin after the Gujarati delicacies she made became popular among her neighborhood families and local grocers. To meet the growing demand, Bhagwati and her husband, Arvind, began working on what is today Deep Foods Inc. They established a factory in Lyndhurst, NJ and named their company after their son, Deepak. In 1981, Arvind resigned from his accounting job to assist Bhagwati full time at Deep Foods.

As the population of Indian Americans increased, so did the demand for their products. They are currently one of the largest Indian food brands in the US. As of 2024, around 20,000 stores carried their products, and Bhagwati's son Deepak is the CEO.

Their first product was Hot Mix, which The New York Times described as "a spicy Indian trail mix of fried noodles made from chickpea flour and tossed with cashews, pistachios and spices".

The company specializes in frozen prepared Indian foods. The company also produces products such as frozen vegetarian naan pizzas, which are produced entirely in India, and 14 flavors of ice cream.

Around 2009, they launched their Tandoor Chef line of frozen food products, designed to appeal to non-Indian customers. Ten years later, they rebranded Tandoor Chef into Deep Indian Kitchen.

The company obtained Halal certification for its frozen chicken and lamb products in 2012.