Starbucks India To Introduce Oat Milk As A Plant-Based Alternative
Coffee giant Starbucks is quickly adapting to shifts in consumer trends globally, evident in the launch of multiple plant-based options on their menu across the U.K., as well as their recent all vegan test site in Seattle. With the growing demand for plant-based alternatives in India, Starbucks India will be adding Oatly’s oat drink to their…
Dairy Cooperative hikes Rs 3 per litre to dairy farmers in Kerala state
Ernakulam Region Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union (ERCMPU) has decided to pay farmers an additional ₹3 a litre for milk being collected by the union from March 1, 2021. The cooperative has been paying an additional ₹1.50 per litre to its farmers since February 1 this year. Chairman of the Ernakulam region John Theruvath said that…
Hatsun dairy begins commercial production at Solapur Maharashtra
Hatsun Agro Product has announced commercial production at its newly set up modern greenfield dairy processing plant in Solapur, Maharashtra. The plant is the 19 manufacturing location for HAP that has a network of plants in four states of Tamil Nadu, AP, Telangana and Karnataka. The fully automated dairy plant, one of the technologically superior…
Stellapps, IPPB tie up to drive financial inclusion for dairy farmers
Dairy-tech start-up Stellapps has tied up with India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) to digitise the milk procurement value chain and promote banking facilities at milk collection centres. As part of memorandum of understanding, a pilot project has been launched in four villages with 200 farmers at a greenfield dairy in Tamil Nadu’s Dharmapuri district. Through…
Milk prices may rise by Rs 12 per litre from March 1
In another major blow to the common man, milk prices are likely to get high as producers in some villages of Ratlam have decided to hike the prices. In wake of the increase in petrol and diesel prices, LPG cylinders and vegetables, milk producers from 25 villages attended a meeting held at the Ram Mandir…
CAVINKARE LAUNCHES FARM-TO-TABLE MILK BRAND – HMILK
The launch aims to further strengthen Cavin Kare’s diary offering nationally In an effort to offer consumers unparalleled quality products, CavinKare under its dairy wing announced the launch of a new milk brand – H-Milk. Bringing to retail format for the first time in India, the brand offers bottled cow milk with no cream removed…
Milk prices moving up across India as a post-covid effect
Milk prices generally rise during summers, when buffaloes and cows produce less, and ease during the winter-spring months, when they calve and reach peak lactation. This natural cycle has, however, reversed in 2020-21. Sanjay Belhe is today receiving Rs 26 per litre for cow milk with 3.5% fat and 8.5% SNF (solids-not-fat) content that he…
5 lakh students to appear in Cow Science exam: Nothing unscientific..
More than 5 lakh people in the country will take an online exam on the “holy cow” on Thursday. The University Grants Commission has written to Vice Chancellors of 900 universitites in the country to encourage the students to write the Central government’s “indigenous cow science” examination. The brainchild of the Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog set…
Economic Rationale of Slaughter and Beef Ban in Karnataka
Livestock markets have fallen eerily silent ever since Karnataka passed a law preventing cattle slaughter. The beef industry of Karnataka, valued at Rs. 500 crore and employing nearly 40 lakh families is set for an unprecedented crisis. SAGARI R RAMDAS writes about who really benefits from it. WITH Karnataka passing the Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of…
Heritage Foods launches French Yoghurt brand Mamie Yova in India
Heritage Foods surged 8.93% to Rs 301.20 after the Indo French joint venture between the company and Novandie Foods launched French Yoghurt brand Mamie Yova in India.Heritage Novandie Foods, a joint venture between Heritage Foods and Novandie Foods, a subsidiary of Andros, France, started in 2017, today announced their entry in the Indian market with…