Hindustan Unilever: version 1
Saved 2026-09-26 06:25 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added Vaseline Lip Therapy Original 4.5 g (8901030753336), the Indian twist-up stick named by family/vaseline-lip-therapy. Identity, size, description, benefits and directions come from Vaseline India. This is the current version.
Source of v1
# Hindustan Unilever <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Hindustan Unilever
disambiguation: Unilever's listed Indian subsidiary, based in Mumbai; not Unilever PLC, its British parent.
summary: Unilever's Indian consumer-goods subsidiary, headquartered in Mumbai and 61.90% held by the Unilever Group.
legal_name: Hindustan Unilever Limited
registered_address: Unilever House, B D Sawant Marg, Chakala, Mumbai 400099, Maharashtra, India
wikidata: Q1619376
country: IN
website: https://www.hul.co.in
register_ids: IN-CIN:L15140MH1933PLC002030, LEI:5493007IW5N37IKRPM32
gs1_prefixes_inferred: 8901030
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| -------- | ---------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/unilever | | | | | verified | ^secgroupcos | Unilever's group-companies list as at 31 December 2025 gives the group 61.90%, of which 47.43% is held directly by Unilever PLC; GLEIF also names Unilever PLC as direct and ultimate parent. |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| -------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Hindustan Unilever Limited | legal | en | 2007 | |
| HUL | name | en | | |
| Hindustan Lever Limited | legal | en | 1956 | 2007 |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- | ---------------------- | -------- |
| wikidatahul | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1619376 | Wikidata Q1619376: Hindustan Unilever | 2026-09-26 | Wikimedia Foundation | other | | Q1619376 | | CC0 | | |
| vasin | https://www.vaseline.com/in/en/p/vaseline-lip-therapy-original.html/08901030753336 | Vaseline India: Vaseline Lip therapy Original | 2026-09-26 | Unilever | manufacturer | | 08901030753336 | Size 4.5 g; Detail, Benefits and How to Use panels; retailer widget data-gtin 08901030753336 | | | |
| hulvas | https://www.hul.co.in/brands/beauty-wellbeing/vaseline/ | Hindustan Unilever: Vaseline brand page | 2026-09-26 | Hindustan Unilever | manufacturer | | | | | | |
| wikihul | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustan_Unilever | Wikipedia: Hindustan Unilever | 2026-09-26 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors | |
| gleifhul | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/5493007IW5N37IKRPM32 | GLEIF LEI record: HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED, LEI 5493007IW5N37IKRPM32 | 2026-09-26 | GLEIF | registry | | 5493007IW5N37IKRPM32 | registeredAs L15140MH1933PLC002030; legal address Unilever House, B D Sawant Marg, Chakala, Mumbai 400099; direct and ultimate parent Unilever PLC | CC0 | | |
| secgroupcos | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/217410/000021741026000007/a081-groupcompaniesappro.htm | Unilever PLC, Form 20-F for 2025, Exhibit 8.1: Group Companies as at 31 December 2025 | 2026-09-26 | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | registry | 2026-03-12 | 0000217410-26-000007 | India: Hindustan Unilever Limited (61.90); note: 47.43% directly held by PLC, 14.47% indirectly | public domain | | |
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## About <!--about-->
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is the Indian consumer-goods subsidiary of Unilever, headquartered in Mumbai, selling foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products.[^wikihul] Unilever's list of group companies as at 31 December 2025 records the group's holding as 61.90%, 47.43% held directly by Unilever PLC and the rest through other group companies,[^secgroupcos] and its LEI record, 5493007IW5N37IKRPM32, names Unilever PLC as both direct and ultimate parent, with the corporate identity number L15140MH1933PLC002030 and the registered office at Unilever House, Chakala, Mumbai.[^gleifhul] It markets Vaseline in India.[^hulvas]
The business began in 1931 as Hindustan Vanaspati Manufacturing Co., took the name Hindustan Lever Limited after a 1956 merger and became Hindustan Unilever Limited in June 2007; in April 2020 it completed its merger with GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare India.[^wikihul] GS1 company prefix 8901030 is inferred to be HUL's, not sourced: every named brand among the Open Food Facts packs under 8901030 read on 2026-09-26 is one HUL sells in India, among them Lipton, Knorr, Brooke Bond, Kissan, Horlicks, Boost, Pond's, Vaseline and Comfort, and Vaseline India lists this company's lip balm under 8901030753336.[^vasin] Wikidata holds the company as Q1619376.[^wikidatahul]
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