Kerala Nut Food is part of the K.P.P group, who is one of the pioneers of cashew industry in India. Late K. Parameswaran Pillai founded the group in 1925. The group from a modest start with a single processing unit has today around 60 such units with over 17,500 employees in South India, thereby making it the second largest processor of blanched cashew kernels in the world. The group has not hence looked back and has been constantly been in the forefront of the Cashew trade..

KERALA NUT FOOD CO, was started in 1965 when the K.P.P group was bifurcated into four sister concerns with the four sons of Mr. K. Parameswaran Pillai at the helm each individual company.

Mr. P. Gangadharan Pillai, who is the eldest son of Mr. K. Parameswaran Pillai, is managing KERALA NUT FOOD CO. Mr. Gangadharan Pillai or Ganga as he is known to most of the trading community is one of the most experienced men in the cashew industry with over 55 years in the cashew trade. It was during this time that he built up a reputation for himself and the group with his untiring efforts. He has been the Chairman of the Cashew export promotion council for over 7 times and has also been The President of the Federation of Indian Export Organization (F.I.E.O), New Delhi. He was the Permanent Ambassador from India to the International Nut Council till he relinquished the post in the year 2000. His grandson Dr. S. Unnikrishnan is assisting him.