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…
Dairy is growing too fast: Lets put a few speed breakers
Milk is the single largest food consumed by Indians in terms of volumes and value. Dairy sector has outpaced the population growth by over 4.5 times since 2000. Everyone is talking about the intrinsic nature of this sector to double farmer’s income. Dairy business is amongst the quickest generator of cashflow for the farmers. There…
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…
How could export of SMP save the dairy farmer and the industry
Milk cooperatives in Gujarat are of late finding it difficult to sell the 90,000 metric tonnes of skimmed milk powder, worth Rs 1,850 crore, they have in stock. On October 13, the state government came forward to offer an export assistance of Rs 150 crore which will provide Rs 50 for every kilogram of milk…
Lumpy skin disease Spreaded its wings over a dozen states
The viral lumpy pores and skin illness (LSD) has unfold to cattle and buffalo in a couple of dozen huge Indian states triggering considerations amongst 1000’s of dairy farmers. The illness — attributable to the pox virus — impacts cattle and buffalo and is believed to be spreading by way of blood feeding bugs. Originated…