India, Aug. 13 -- For years, cookware shopping in India has largely revolved around price, size, material and brand name. But as consumers become more conscious of what goes into their food, another question is beginning to enter the conversation: what exactly are we cooking our food in?

For Niharika Joshi, founder of Cumin Co., this question sits at the heart of the brand. What began as an attempt to rethink cookware for the modern Indian kitchen has evolved into a larger conversation around health, durability, transparency and even the way we use our kitchens.

Cumin Co. describes itself as a health-first kitchen ecosystem for the modern Indian household, with its range extending beyond cookware into kitchen tools, storage and other ca...