Sh R S Dixit Ananda Dairy conferred with Atal Seva Shri Shikhar Samman
On the occasion of the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on December 25 ,the Founder and Chairman of Ananda dairy was conferred with Atal Seva Shri Shikhar Samman 2021. He was one amongst the 25 other noted dignitaries from other fields who were selected for this coveted prize. This prize was…
Will oppose any move to throw open dairy sector to Australia: BKU
Indian farmers will oppose the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) between India and Australia if it throws open the country’s dairy sector for Australian dairy majors, the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) has said. India and Australia have been in discussion since October for concluding a “full” CECA by the end of 2022, but both sides…
Dairy manufacturer Sapins aims ₹100 crore biz, launches new products
Sapins, a leading dairy manufacturer in Kerala, has set a target of achieving ₹100 crore in 2022-23 on the back of launching news products. The company has also plans to launch flavoured yoghurts, dairy beverages and ice creams in 2022, said Gigi Thomas, Managing Director, Sapins Farm Products. It has unveiled a new corporate identity…
Milkymist plans ₹1,000 crore expansion in the next three years
Milky Mist Dairy Foods Pvt Ltd, a leading dairy based in Erode in western Tamil Nadu, has chalked out a ₹1,000 crore expansion plan in the next three years to double the plant’s capacity and foray into new products like dark chocolate and ice cream. The company, which had already invested ₹550 crore in its…
Unified quality logo for dairy sector will open up International markets
For India’s dairy sector, December 23, 2021, was a landmark day. On this day the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) with the help of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) issued a unified system for quality and safety of milk and dairy products across the country. The integrated logo of Kamdhenu Cow – a seal of…
Use of casein micelles with Pea proteins -a high protein functional food
The dairy industry struggles to maintain consumer attention in the midst of declining fluid milk sales. Current trends create an opportunity to incorporate plantbased proteins with milk to produce a high-protein, multisourced, functional food product. Plant-based proteins, such as those in peas, can be challenging to use in food systems because of their low solubility…
Use of casein micelles with Pea proteins -a high protein functional food
The dairy industry struggles to maintain consumer attention in the midst of declining fluid milk sales. Current trends create an opportunity to incorporate plantbased proteins with milk to produce a high-protein, multisourced, functional food product. Plant-based proteins, such as those in peas, can be challenging to use in food systems because of their low solubility…
Dairy farmers approach government for retail milk price increase by KMF
Milk producers in the State have yet again approached the Government to allow the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) to increase the retail price of milk, which has not been increased in the last two-and-a-half years. “The issue has been discussed in the Cabinet. A decision on the petition will be taken after the approval of…
India is producing 10 times more milk than it did in the mid-1970s
IT SURPRISED MANY WHEN – Verghese Kurien settled in a small village in Gujarat after his post-graduation from Michigan State University in 1949. He hailed from a reputed family in Kerala. His uncle John Matthai was India’s first railway minister and subsequent finance minister. Kurien but envisioned that the village can be the birthplace of India’s…
IBM-Airtel Business hybrid cloud solution for the benefit of dairy farmers
Airtel Business and IBM have collaborated to deploy a hybrid cloud solution for a group of Milk Producer Companies (MPCs) created by NDDB Dairy Services. The hybrid cloud solution that leverages Airtel Cloud and IBM Power servers, will host the ERP and other key applications to accelerate the digital transformation of the MPCs. These five…