Milk prices unlikely to witness further spike: NDDB chief
Milk prices are unlikely to witness spikes in the coming months due to cooler temperature in April and parts of May, which has delayed the onset of ‘lean’ season, when milk production usually drops, according to Meenesh Shah, chairman & managing director, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). “The end of the flush season when milk…
NDDB Dairy Services helping UP govt set up 3 women-led firms
Uttar Pradesh government has mandated NDDB Dairy Services (NDS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) to promote women empowerment and entrepreneurship by setting up women-owned milk producer companies to harness the dairying potential of the state’s 17 districts. A milk producer company is a farmer producer organisation (FPO) which embodies principles that are similar to cooperative societies….
EU Parliament votes against plant-based milks in schools
Members of the European Parliament has voted not to include plant-based drinks in schools, in a “significant blow” to children who cannot or do not want to consume milk. According to a report by food awareness organisation Proveg International , the majority of Members of the European Parliament failed to include plant-based drinks within their…
No, the USDA hasn’t banned chocolate milk in schools
Chocolate milk has long been a staple beverage in school cafeterias, but recent stories about a potential U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ban on chocolate milk in schools has some people wondering if that’s changed. Currently, “chocolate milk ban” is a top Google search. THE QUESTION Has the USDA banned chocolate milk in schools? No,…
Mountaineer Megha dropped as Sanchi’s brand ambassador
A week after Mountaineer Megha Parmar was removed as brand ambassador of ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ campaign in Madhya Pradesh, she has now been dropped as the brand ambassador of State Cooperative Dairy Federation. The Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led BJP government took this step after she joined the Congress on May 9. Parmar, 28, had been…
Centre pushes vaccination as lumpy skin disease ravages again
With Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Karnataka and Sikkim reporting fresh cases of lumpy skin disease in May, the Union Ministry of Animal Husbandry reviewed the situation, concluding that the situation was under control despite 10,000 cases in the last two weeks. Noting that there was no need to panic, it urged that vaccination be increased. After a…
Aavin to improve processing capacity to 70 lakh LPD, says Minister
Minister for Dairy Development Mano Thangaraj on Thursday said that steps will be taken to increase the processing capacity of Aavin to 70 lakh litres per day (LLPD). Addressing presspersons before a review meeting with the regional deputy general managers at Aavin Illam, he said that at present the processing capacity was 45 lakh litres…
Smoodh: Milking a growing market of Dairy beverages
Parle Agro has embarked on a mission to make its flavoured milk Smoodh a Rs 5,000-crore brand by 2025. Launched two years ago, the manufacturer of fruit drinks Frooti and Appy made its re-entry into the dairy beverages market in 2021 with Smoodh, which now has a turnover of Rs 685 crore. Smoodh is one…
Is ghee pure any more ? The story of ghee less marriages.
This year started with a lot of hopes for commodity traders. Raw milk prices were high due to scarcity and the companies were building stocks of SMP and Butter. We gave a checklist of 23 questions in the first dairy blog this year to find out the future trends. Subsequently all the factors were in…
Danone-backed yoghurt maker Epigamia shelves plan to sell
Indian yoghurt maker Epigamia, backed by French dairy giant Danone , has shelved plans to sell its inflation-hit business and is now looking to expand to new markets, its CEO said in an interview. Founded in 2015 and backed also by Belgian investor Verlinvest, Epigamia is a small Indian startup which became popular in urban centres…