India, say cheese: Mozzarella cheese leads the product diversity in dairy
(Mozzarella cheese is not a local product, nor widely consumed in India outside our metros, or even widely produced in India. Essentially a milk-paneer-butter country, our per capita annual consumption of cheese is less than 200gm, compared to a global average of 7kg per annum. So, it puzzled observers when the Union cabinet rolled out…
Exports of Indian dairy products top $500-million mark, hit eight-year high
Indian dairy exports are estimated at an eight-year high in FY22 on strong demand, helped by higher global prices. Provisional data for the first eleven months, from April 2021 to February 2022, indicates that shipments have touched 1.70 lakh tons valued at more than 552 million dollars, a growth of 93% in value and 63%…
Amul dairy braces for sales disruption due to straw ban
India’s US$8bil (RM33.8bil) Amul dairy group is bracing for disruptions and higher input costs for some products from July when the government’s ban on plastic straws kicks in. India last week refused to waive an impending ban on straws that are packaged with small juice and milk beverage packs, stoking fears in the US$790mil (RM3.3bil) industry that…
From lassi to cookies: Amul building a protein portfolio-Business Journal
Giving a protein punch to its consumers from the natural source of milk, Amul marketer, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (GCMMF), is now developing a portfolio of protein products, starting with the recently-launched Amul Protein Lassi and Amul Protein Buttermilk (Chhas). Driven by the rise in post-Covid health-conscious consumer class, Amul has developed a…
Milk subsidy to the farmers : A tool for development or a weapon to kill
The Meteorological Department has said that there is a possibility of severe heat in most parts of the country; this year between March and May. The IMD said that areas from west to central and northwest India will have a heat-surge between March and May;and the temperatures will go above normal. In other words, this…
Goa Dairy mulls hike in milk rates from Apr 16 after Amul’s raise
After the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) hiked the price of its milk brand Amul , Goa Dairy is also likely to follow suit and increase its rates from April 16. The administrators’ committee of Goa Dairy, that had met on Thursday, has resolved to raise the milk price. Farmers who supply milk to Goa Dairy…
Amul set to taste Rs 60,000-crore-sales mark in FY22
Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets its products under the Amul brand, will cross the Rs 60,000-crore mark in total sales this fiscal, up 13% on year. RS Sodhi, managing director, GCMMF, told FE that the jump in sales would be on the back of products like butter, cheese, milk, curd, ice creams and other…
Amul enters fresh milk market in Andhra Pradesh
The Andhra Pradesh Dairy Development Cooperative Federation Managing Director Babu. A launched the Amul fresh milk and curd products in the city on Thursday along with the officials of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF Ltd), which sells milk and a range of milk products under the brand name Amul. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Babu…
Amul expects an 18 % growth in its sales in FY22 to around Rs 46,000 Crs
India’s leading dairy cooperative GCMMF, which markets dairy products under the Amul brand, is expecting an 18 per cent growth in its turnover this fiscal year to around Rs 46,000 crore on better demand, its Managing Director R S Sodhi said. Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF) had posted a marginal growth of 2 per cent…
Happy Shivratri ! Amul increases milk prices by Rs 2 per liter
The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) has increased the price of milk by Rs 2 per litre in all markets across India. The new prices will be effective from Tuesday. This is the second time this fiscal that the price of milk is being hiked. In June 2021, GCMMF raised the price by Rs…