Hindustan Unilever Limited has raised prices across its entire detergent portfolio in October, including Wheel, Rin and Surf Excel Easy Wash, Surf Excel bars and Surf Excel Quick Wash, with Surf Excel Easy Wash 1 kg moving to Rs 172 and Wheel 1 kg to Rs 93, to pass through higher palm oil, crude oil and packaging costs.

Hindustan Unilever Limited changed its beauty playbook after launching digital-first brands like Love, Beauty, and Planet and Acne Squad, acquiring Minimalist and OZiva and rolling OZiva under a newly instituted Beauty and Wellbeing vertical to keep pace with India's beauty market.

Hindustan Unilever Limited spent Rs 164 crore on research and development in 2025-26 against revenue of more than Rs 61,975 crore, illustrating low R&D intensity among Indian consumer companies.

Hindustan Unilever Limited has launched Horlicks Protein in powder and ready-to-drink formats using fermented yeast protein, pricing sachets at about Rs 83 per serving and shakes at Rs 120 to expand protein consumption beyond sports users, citing yeast protein's quality, cost and digestibility advantages over whey.

Hindustan Unilever Limited was included among Nuvama Institutional Equities' top BUY picks for Q2FY27 and was flagged by My Advisor Alpha as trading near long-term support zones and showing relative strength against the weak Nifty FMCG index.