Revant Himatsingka
Revant Himatsingka, known as Food Pharmer, uses humour and food label explainers to build health literacy in India and is the founder of Only What’s Needed.
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Overview
- Also known as
- Food Pharmer
- Hometown
- Kolkata, India
- Education
- NYU Stern graduate; MBA, Wharton
- Before Food Pharmer
- Management consultant at McKinsey & Company
- Breakout
- April 2023: a viral video questioning Bournvita’s sugar content and marketing
- Founder
- Only What’s Needed, a food brand built with audience input
Mini bio
Before the label videos.
Revant grew up in Kolkata and studied finance and management at NYU Stern. Before his Wharton MBA, he worked in finance, helped lead the London food business Inito and wrote Selfienomics, a humorous guide to life for young adults.
Finding Food Pharmer.
His interest in nutrition grew while he was living in the US and reading ingredient lists during grocery trips. He became a certified health coach in 2015, later worked at McKinsey, and returned to India to focus on health literacy. An April 2023 video questioning Bournvita’s sugar content and marketing brought him wide attention, along with a legal notice from Mondelez.
Making label reading a habit.
Through Label Padhega India, he encourages people to look beyond the front of a packet and understand its ingredient list. His Sugar Board movement uses displays showing the sugar in familiar drinks to start conversations with schoolchildren. His own brand’s story also describes the Indian Protein School and a chaas distribution drive.
Building with his audience.
In 2025, Revant moved into food entrepreneurship with Only What’s Needed. The brand says it asks followers to help choose products and ingredients, puts nutrition information on the front of packs and publishes testing information. Alongside the business, he continues making food comparisons, lab visits and interviews, and runs Better for You, a website of food alternatives reviewed with nutrition experts and researchers.
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Videos and public appearances
- 2026Don’t Buy Toothpaste & Toothbrush before watching this video!Host; conversation with Puneet Nanda
- 2026Did Bittu Tabahi Clean Rivers For Views?Host; beach cleanup podcast
- 2025Pariksha Pe Charcha, episode 4Guest speaker
Campaigns and entrepreneurship
- 2025Only What’s NeededFounder
- 2024Label Padhega IndiaCampaign creator
Awards
Quotes
I have only one goal in life, to make India healthliterate.Revant Himatsingka, The Economic Times
In his 2025 ET 40 Under Forty profile, he explained what success means to him.
Trivia
- Before business school, he helped lead Inito, a fast-casual Indian food chain in London.
- He enjoys Wordle, word scramble and walks at night.
- He said his brand was initially called Take Charge India; audience feedback helped change it to Only What’s Needed.
- The publisher’s author biography says he helped rebuild a village in Nepal after the 2015 earthquake.
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