Hanging Sword Of Climate Change On Economy
EL-NINO is expected to come this year from MAY to JULY. EL NINO is a geographical phenomenon which may affect Indian Economy as well. Due to EL NINO, the water of West Coast near Southern American Continent is getting warmer than normal, causing more rainfall in Latin America. Opposite to that, Countries like India, Australia,…
State sponsored subsidies for dairy farmers is like a cancer
At a time when India collectively opposed the dumping of subsidised dairy products from overseas, there is also a big threat to the dairy trade from within through the State-sponsored subsidies. A few States have subsidies for dairy farmers which experts feel is a cancer that weakens the dairy trade from the core, making it…
Social media is a bane disguised as boon, Or is it the opposite ?
Sugar is not the problem with Bournvita. 200 ml of milk with one serving of Bournvita contains 6.5-7.5 gms of added sugar only .Which is far less than sugar found (14-20 gms) in 200 ml of other drinks including fruit juice drinks sold in local markets. Social media is a part of our lives now….
Four large supermarkets cut price of milk for first time
Tesco, Aldi, SuperValu and Lidl have all announced a reduction in the price of milk. On Friday evening Lidl became the first large supermarket since the start of the cost of living crisis more than 18 months ago to reduce the cost of its milk. The German discounter announced that it was rolling out a…
Amul identifies land in Telangana to set up 5 Lakh LPD milk plant
The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF), the marketer of Amul on Saturday said it has identified land at Vargal near Hyderabad to set up a milk processing plant with a capacity of 5 lakh litres per day (LLPD). The upcoming plant will be done through one of the 18 GCMMF member dairy unions,…
9 Killed In Ludhiana Gas Leak, Victims’ Kin Narrate Horror
In a tragic incident, at least nine people died and eleven people were hospitalised after a gas leak incident at a factory in the Giaspura area of Ludhiana in Punjab on Sunday morning. The affected area was cordoned off. A team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) was rushed to the spot, and doctors, ambulances, and a fire brigade team are…
Amul Dairy directors were not part of New Zealand delegation
Three days after the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd denied that two members of a dairy delegation from Gujarat had harassed a woman while on a study tour to New Zealand , Vipul Patel, Chairman of Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Limited – the oldest milk cooperative of Gujarat known as Amul Dairy…
Tetra Pak with Disney and Marvel to revitalise its dairy drinks
Food processing and packaging company Tetra Pak has teamed up with The Walt Disney Company (Disney) to revitalise its dairy drinks categories. As part of the partnership, beverage cartons of Swiss retailer Coop Group (Coop) will adopt characters inspired by Disney and Marvel. According to Tetra Pak, 80 Disney and Marvel-inspired designs will feature on the packaging of…
Danone invests in animal-free dairy startup Imagindairy
Danone’s corporate venture arm Danone Manifesto Ventures has taken a minority stake in Imagindairy, an Israeli startup making ‘animal-free’ dairy proteins via precision fermentation (using microbes instead of cows). While Danone is heavily invested in plant-based dairy through brands such as Silk, Alpro and So Delicious, this is its first move into the animal-free dairy space, whereby firms engineer fungi or yeast to make dairy proteins such as…
Remilk Is the First Precision Fermentation Dairy Approval In Israel
The Rehovot-based Remilk can now bring its non-animal dairy products to market, says the Israeli Ministry of Health. The approval follows Remilk’s regulatory approval from the Singapore Food Authority (SFA) and a “no questions letter” from the U.S. FDA earlier this year. ‘A defining moment’ “This is a defining moment, not only for Remilk but for the…