India’s Premium Roasted Makhana
Roasted in pure desi ghee with authentic Indian flavours. Rich in protein. Gluten free. No preservatives.
All flavours · 90 g ₹199 · 45 g ₹100
Air Roasted
Never fried
Protein
13.5 g / 100 g
Gluten
Free by nature
Origin
Ujjain, M.P.
Batch No. 041
Roasted, graded and sealed in Ujjain.
Our Story
Snacky Nuts began in a single kitchen in Ujjain, on the banks of the Shipra — a city that has fed pilgrims for two thousand years and has opinions about how a thing should taste.
We buy fox nuts by grade, not by weight. We roast in ghee because oil flattens the spice. And we keep the batches small enough that someone is always listening to the drum.
Fox nuts are graded by hand for size and colour. Only the largest, whitest pops make the cut — roughly a third of what arrives.
Air-roasted, never deep-fried, then finished in pure desi ghee. It is the ghee that carries the spice into the nut.
Twelve kilos at a time. Small enough that one person can hear when the drum sounds right and pull it early.
Nitrogen-flushed and packed in jars within hours of roasting, so the fourth handful is as crisp as the first.
FSSAI Licence
21426000000615
Origin
Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
Batch Size
12 kg
The Collection
All begin with the same hand-graded fox nut and the same ghee. Everything after that is a question of what you want the afternoon to taste like.
MRP · 90 g
₹199
Roasted Makhana
Highland mint folded through fox nuts roasted in pure desi ghee. Bright, cooling and unmistakably Indian — the pack you reach for at four in the afternoon.
Nutritional values per 100 g · jar weight shown separately
MRP · 90 g
₹199
Roasted Makhana
The house masala of Ujjain — roasted whole, ground fresh, and folded into fox nuts still warm from the drum. Deep, savoury and quietly hot.
Nutritional values per 100 g · jar weight shown separately
MRP · 90 g
₹199
Vrat Special · Roasted Makhana
Roasted makhana with desi ghee, black pepper and Himalayan pink salt. Our Vrat Special brings a simple, savoury crunch in a PET jar with a black cap.
Nutritional values per 100 g · jar weight shown separately
The Duo Box
One 90 g jar of each classic flavour, in a sleeved box with a printed card. Minimum fifty for corporate orders.
₹348
EnquireChapter Two
The oldest snack in India, and the one best suited to how people eat now.
01 —
Fox nuts are the seed of the prickly water lily, harvested by hand from ponds in Bihar and eastern India. Divers bring the pods up from the silt; the seeds are washed, dried in the sun, and graded by size before anyone thinks about heat.
02 —
Tempered seeds are heated until the starch inside flashes and bursts the shell — the same physics as popcorn, at a fraction of the speed. What blooms out is white, light, and almost entirely air.
13.5g
Protein
6.5g
Fibre
0mg
Cholesterol
03 —
13.5 g of protein and 6.5 g of fibre per 100 g, with no cholesterol and no trans fat. Air roasting keeps total fat at 14.6 g where a fried namkeen sits closer to 38 g.
04 —
Makhana is what Indian households have eaten during fasts for centuries — permitted, light, and filling. We have not reinvented it. We have simply refused to fry it.
Why Snacky Nuts
Five of these appear on our labels. The other three are simply true, and we would rather say them than not.
Never fried. Hot air and a slow drum, so the nut keeps its structure.
13.5 g per 100 g — a plant protein that happens to be a snack.
No wheat, no barley, no rye. Naturally, not by substitution.
Nothing added to extend shelf life. Freshness is a packing problem.
Zero cholesterol, zero trans fat, and 6.5 g of dietary fibre.
Pure desi ghee, whole spices, black salt. A short, readable list.
Sourced, roasted, seasoned and packed entirely within the country.
One kitchen, in the city on the Shipra. Every batch, since day one.
Nutrition
Every figure below is per 100 g. Ours comes off the back of the jar.
Higher is better
Snacky NutsRoasted makhana
13.5g
Potato ChipsFried, salted
6.6g
Fried NamkeenBesan sev mix
17.2g
PopcornButter, microwave
9.1g
Snacky Nuts comparison values are from the Pudina and Ujjaini Masala pack panels. Vrat Special has different values; select its label below. Comparison figures for other snacks are indicative reference values per 100 g and will vary by brand and preparation. Health Score is our own editorial index weighting protein and fibre against total fat and energy — it is not a regulated measure.
Nutritional Information
Approximate values per 100 g
*Approx. values. Natural variation may occur.
Ingredients
Roasted Fox Nuts (Makhana), Desi Ghee, Spice Seasoning (Mixed Spices, Iodized Salt, Sugar, Starch, Garlic, Onion, Natural Flavouring Substances, Acidity Regulator (INS 330), Flavour Enhancer (INS 635), Thickener (INS 508), Black Salt).
Allergen Information
The Experience
Desk, gym, chai, aisle seat. Every flavour comes in a 90 g or 45 g PET jar with a black cap for a little crunch along the way.
16:00
The hour when the meeting runs long and the canteen is shut. One pack, no crumbs on the keyboard.
07:30
13.5 g of protein per 100 g, and light enough that it does not sit on a morning session.
18:00
Black salt and pudina against milk tea. The pairing this whole flavour was built around.
22:45
Resealable, gluten free, and it survives a cabin bag better than anything in the terminal.
Reviews
4.9 average · 282 verified reviews
I have replaced my 5pm biscuit habit entirely. The pudina is genuinely fresh — you can smell it before the pack is fully open.
The Journal
Batch 041 · pulled early
The Shipra, before six
Ujjain · 05:40
Foil test, third pass
Pudina, front of pack
Ujjaini Masala, out of the drum
Grade A, hand sorted
Masala, front of pack
Nature's perfect snack
The house line
Pudina, straight off the drum
Questions
Still unsure which flavour to start with?
Write to us. Someone who has actually stood at the roaster will answer.
Looking for ingredients and allergens? The full printed panel is above.
Three flavours, roasted in small batches in Ujjain. Complimentary shipping on orders over ₹499.
Air Roasted · Gluten Free · No Added Preservatives