Milk has a unique identity: All others are clones and derivatives
The buzz around veganism and resurgent drive for pushing plant-based drinks have exposed the Indian dairy industry to a new potential risk. The risk is that of confusing consumers between milk as is conventionally known, and milk that is derived from plants and non-mammal sources. That could lead to misinformation and misunderstanding. While there is…
Amul campaigns to bust “myths” about non-dairy beverages
In a newspaper advertisement this week, dairy cooperative Amul sought to bust “myths” about non-dairy beverages that are alternative to milk. The advertisement states that the term “milk” is being encroached by plant-based beverages made from soya, almonds, oats and others, which Amul believes is misleading for consumers. Amul’s aggressive campaign Amul has been very aggressive in…
Dairy majors in India planning to set up buffalo mozzarella plants
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi gave its approval last year to introduce the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme in the food processing sector also . This scheme is for enhancing India’s Manufacturing Capabilities and Enhancing Exports under Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative. List of products under PLI The list of the products…
Early onset of summers will bring strong ice creams sales during season
The ‘warmest’ February and an early onset of summer is bringing cheer to ice-cream makers in India. After a nearly 90 percent drop in sales in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic, ice-cream makers are pinning their hopes on a strong summer season this year and have lined up new product launches. The lockdown, which was…
Amul exported 1124 MT of SMP in a single rail rake
The Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) that markets the brand Amul, was under pressure to pay a good price to Gujarat farmers following a glut of liquid milk during the pandemic over the past year. However, the export orders for skimmed milk powder (SMP) the dairy giant received over the past two months, will allow…
Milk prices moving up in Maharashtra as summer time is approaching
As the government started easing up the lockdown, demand made a slow but steady return and procurement prices started picking up across the state For dairy farmers, the pandemic induced slowdown is not only over but dairies have now started their farmers paying more than the pre-Covid milk procurement rates. With dairies now paying their…
IFFCO and Amul are top two largest cooperatives in the world
Besides IFFCO, World Cooperative Monitor report 2018 published by ICA has GCMMF popularly known by the brand name Amul also figuring in the top rank. The accompanying photograph shows GCMMF standing at 2nd position, just below IFFCO. Nonghyup, Zen-Noh and Copersucar which stand at third, fourth and fifth positions respectively, as is clear from the accompanying pic. These…
Amul to invest Rs 5000 Crores in next 5 years in dairy infrastructure
A drop was seen in the ice cream and fresh cream business that catered to the hotels, restaurants and catering segment. Amul is not worried about the commodity stock as it would be taken care of during summer, he said. Dairy major Amul expects to see an 8% growth in revenues in this financial year, driven…
With 14-15% growth Amul finds it easy to reach 100000 crores by 2025
After more than Rs 50,000 crore turnover last fiscal, the current fiscal is shadowed by the pandemic. How has been the performance of Amul so far? Pandemic has not impacted food consumption. As far as food is concerned, whether you were eating out or at home, consumption is same. If you look at dairy, it is very…
Amul spreads 1200 crore fresh investment from Gujarat to Kolkata
Milk processing facility to be set up in Rajkot in Gujarat, Kolkata to meet increase in demand Dairy major Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF), which markets Amul brand of food products, has lined up fresh investments to ramp up capacities in major markets including Kolkata and Andhra Pradesh besides its strong-hold Gujarat. The Federation is…