Farmer-owned cooperatives shielded dairy farmers
Like many other sectors in India, the dairy sector faced the heat of Covid-19. But farmer-owned cooperatives shielded dairy farmers from the brunt of a drop in demand from bulk consumers by absorbing the shock at a time when small and big private players, including milk processors, left the field waiting for the market to…
FSSAI will conduct pan India survey to check Khoa quality
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has decided to conduct a pan-India Khoa quality survey after industry stakeholders raised concerns on adulteration. Khoa, also known as mawa, is the main ingredient in an array of traditional Indian sweets such as barfis, milk cake and peda among others. “The Commissioner Food Safety of…
Amul launches camel milk ice-cream, milk powder
The humped ship of the desert will now help you remain cool in scorching heat. After introducing fresh and long-life camel milk apart from chocolates, home-grown dairy giant Amul has forayed further into value-added products with the launch of camel milk ice-cream and milk powder. A first even for India’s dairy major, camel milk has remained in…
Demand for UHT milk moves up as a new normal in consumer behaviour during Covid-19
The Covid pandemic has boosted demand for ultra high temperature (UHT) treated milk as people try to reduce the number of visits to milk parlours by stocking milk with longer shelf life. While dairies that have been present in this segment experienced a jump in demand, Maharashtra-based Gokul dairy, with an annual turnover of Rs…
Nestle Registers Single-Digit Growth In Indian Market For 2nd Quarter
Swiss food and drink company Nestle has reported a ‘mid-single-digit growth’ in the Indian market in the July-September quarter, helped by its popular brands Maggi, Nescafe and KitKat. Overall, the South Asian market has”continued to perform well”, Nestle said on Wednesday in its post earning statement. “India posted strong mid-single-digit growth, with good momentum in…
Prabhat Dairy share price up 13%
Prabhat Dairy’s share price surged 13 percent in the morning session on October 21, a day after the market regulator SEBI pulled up the company for not cooperating with the forensic auditor and asked it to deposit Rs 1,292 crore in a nationalised bank within seven days till the conclusion of the audit. The stock…
Amul launches Seltzer a healthy beverage with dairy and fruits
The company’s CMO Jayen Mehta talks about the new beverage, a daring carbonated cocktail of dairy products and fruit juice. When life gives you lemons, (you) make lemonade. Simple theory. But if the lemons come in contact with milk by accident, then it will cause an uproar in most Indian households, simply because “doodh phat…
Rs 8 per liter incentive to dairy farmers in Sikkim : CM Sikkim
Chief Minister P.S. Golay launched the new government scheme to provide incentive of Rs.8 per litre of milk to dairy farmers of the State, during a function at Chintan Bhawan here today. As per the new initiative, the incentive will be transferred to the dairy farmers’individualbank accounts by the State government in additionto the prescribed…
Dairy Entrepreneurship has huge potential in Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) in collaboration with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) organized a daylong webinar to promote dairy farming sector in the Union territory of Jammu & Kashmir. The webinar was presided over by Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, K.K. Sharma. It was attended by scores of young…
Stellapps launch mooPay a direct payment platform for milk payment
The direct payment platform will promote transparency in transferring money Digital technology solutions provider Stellapps announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind, fully-automated direct payment platform — ‘mooPay’ — for dairy farmers in Rajasthan. The platform is one of the fintech solutions the company has developed for dairies and dairy farmers. mooPay acts as a payment…