Dairy manufacturer Sapins aims ₹100 crore biz, launches new products
Sapins, a leading dairy manufacturer in Kerala, has set a target of achieving ₹100 crore in 2022-23 on the back of launching news products. The company has also plans to launch flavoured yoghurts, dairy beverages and ice creams in 2022, said Gigi Thomas, Managing Director, Sapins Farm Products. It has unveiled a new corporate identity…
Milkymist plans ₹1,000 crore expansion in the next three years
Milky Mist Dairy Foods Pvt Ltd, a leading dairy based in Erode in western Tamil Nadu, has chalked out a ₹1,000 crore expansion plan in the next three years to double the plant’s capacity and foray into new products like dark chocolate and ice cream. The company, which had already invested ₹550 crore in its…
Unified quality logo for dairy sector will open up International markets
For India’s dairy sector, December 23, 2021, was a landmark day. On this day the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) with the help of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) issued a unified system for quality and safety of milk and dairy products across the country. The integrated logo of Kamdhenu Cow – a seal of…
Temples in TN to procure ghee and butter from Aavin only for prasadam
The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR and CE) department has directed temples under its purview to procure ghee and butter from Aavin to light lamps and make Neivedhyam (offering for the deities) and prasadam. In an order issued to temple joint commissioners and executive officers, Commissioner J. Kumaragurubaran said that this was to ensure quality of food…
Dairy farmers approach government for retail milk price increase by KMF
Milk producers in the State have yet again approached the Government to allow the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) to increase the retail price of milk, which has not been increased in the last two-and-a-half years. “The issue has been discussed in the Cabinet. A decision on the petition will be taken after the approval of…
India is producing 10 times more milk than it did in the mid-1970s
IT SURPRISED MANY WHEN – Verghese Kurien settled in a small village in Gujarat after his post-graduation from Michigan State University in 1949. He hailed from a reputed family in Kerala. His uncle John Matthai was India’s first railway minister and subsequent finance minister. Kurien but envisioned that the village can be the birthplace of India’s…
IBM-Airtel Business hybrid cloud solution for the benefit of dairy farmers
Airtel Business and IBM have collaborated to deploy a hybrid cloud solution for a group of Milk Producer Companies (MPCs) created by NDDB Dairy Services. The hybrid cloud solution that leverages Airtel Cloud and IBM Power servers, will host the ERP and other key applications to accelerate the digital transformation of the MPCs. These five…
Dairy sector is the top priority and cow is a sacred animal : PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that strengthening India’s dairy sector is one of the top priorities of the government and lauded the people of Uttar Pradesh for making it the largest milk-producing state in the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of ‘Banas Dairy Sankul’ at the Uttar Pradesh State…
PM Modi to launch a dedicated Dairy logo as mark of quality
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Varanasi on Thursday and launch multiple development initiatives, including inaugurating and laying the foundation stones of 22 projects worth over Rs 870 crore, his office said on Tuesday. It has been the constant endeavour of the prime minister to work for the development and economic progress of his Lok…
The Top 10 APAC food and beverage start-up stories in 2021
WATCH: ‘High quality, no alcohol’: UAE’s first non-alcoholic online drink marketplace Drink Dry takes first foray into supermarkets The UAE’s first premium non-alcoholic drinks online marketplace, Drink Dry, has entered the retail space with its first partner, supermarket chain Choithrams, with the firm exploiting a gap in the market for sophisticated booze-free offerings. The company…