FrieslandCampina shares key industry trends for 2023

FrieslandCampina Ingredients, the global innovator in healthy and functional ingredients, has announced the release of its third annual magazine detailing five key trends that will drive the evolution of food, drink and supplement industries in 2023. The magazine, titled ‘Shaping the future of Nutrition 2023’, offers expert insights into current consumer drivers to help brands…

Heritage Foods: What lies ahead after a soft quarter?

Highlights Higher raw milk prices impacted the performance Value-added products saw higher growth The March 23 quarter performance also likely to be impacted Investors with a longer-term view can add and accumulate on declines The December ’22 quarter results of Heritage Foods (HFL; CMP: Rs171) were below expectations. Companies in the dairy segment continued to remain impacted…

Anand Kumar takes charge as chairman of Visakha Dairy

Adari Anand Kumar was appointed as chairman of Visakha Dairy here on Thursday. The decision was made in the dairy’s board of directors meeting. Senior director Reddy Ramakrishna proposed the name of Adari Anand Kumar as the next chairman of the dairy, while the board and other directors unanimously approved his name. It may be…

In Gujarat’s dairy world, BJP gets the cream of the crop

Seventeen years ago, an anguished Dr Verghese Kurien, pre-empting his removal, had stepped down as founder-chairman of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) — the umbrella body of dairy co-operatives based in Anand that owns the iconic Amul brand. Announcing his resignation on March 6, 2006, at the Indian Institute of Rural Management (IRMA), another institution he…

FSSAI asks to check on products being sold as plant-based ghee

In its latest order, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has asked food safety commissioners to take “enforcement action” against companies that are selling plant-based ghee and butter. In its order dated January 23, it said that such products are of non-animal origin and are blends and mixtures of edible oils and hydrogenated…

Amul elections: Shamal Patel to continue as GCMMF chairman

Shamal Patel was re-elected as the chairman of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), the umbrella body of milk cooperatives in Gujarat which owns the brand Amul, Tuesday. Valamji Humbal was also elected as the GCMMF vice-chairman for the second time in the election that took place in Anand in presence of the heads of all…

Dodla Dairies looking at expanding into new geographies

Watch Mr Sunil Reddy Dodla sharing his growth plans in Eastern African block along with valuable insights on current dairy scenario and future dairy outlook in FY 24. https://youtu.be/5gkycYbHtew Source : CNBC TV 18 Youtube Channel Jan 24th 2023

Online Open Course on dairy farming by NDRI Karnal for all

It give us immense pleasure in informing you all that ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal is going to introduce Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) in Commercial Dairy Farming from 1st February 2023 in collaboration with ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), Hyderabad. It is a two month online course open to all. It’s registration…

How Hatsun Agro is growing byte-by-byte

Hatsun Agro Product Ltd has an asset that you can never find in its balance sheet, nor does it find a mention in any of its annual reports. The company has just begun to use it. “Data is Hatsun’s hidden asset,” says R G Chandramogan, Chairman of the ₹6,500-crore dairy products company, the biggest in…

Transporters’ strike on, Bengalureans’ milk supply hit

Mounting woes for Bengalureans, milk supply was disrupted in the city as transporters continued their strike in front of Karnataka Milk Federation offices across the city on Sunday. The strike, headed by the Federation of Karnataka State Lorry Owners and Agents’ Association, was launched over growing demand by transporters to revise costs and a new…