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…
Journal of Dairy Science: Milk’s Packaging Influences Its Flavor
The dairy industry strives to preserve the quality and safety of milk products while maintaining the freshest possible taste for consumers. To date, the industry has largely focused on packaging milk in light-blocking containers to preserve freshness, but little has been understood about how the packaging itself influences milk flavor. However, a new study in the Journal of Dairy Science®,…
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…
DSM World Mycotoxin Survey 2023
Mycotoxins continued to provide the cereals sector with considerable challenges last year as producers turned to cheaper products to manage risks. The Covid-19 pandemic affected logistics and availability of feed materials. This coupled with increased input and energy costs caused by the war in Ukraine meant significantly higher costs for producers. As a result, some…
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…
Animal Equality Investigating and Exposing Abuse to Buffaloes
From 2021 to 2022 Animal Equality has conducted an extensive investigation into 27 small and medium farms, 6 animal markets and 2 slaughterhouses in the states of Bihar, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Telangana and West Bengal. In 2017 Animal Equality introduced its first nationwide investigation into dairy farms documenting illegal practices routinely conducted for the production of…
Why plant based alternatives are shaking up the dairy sector
In recent years the refrigerated aisles across the UK’s supermarkets have seen quite the shake-up. With sustainability at the forefront of many shoppers minds, we’ve seen the evolution of the vegan conscious consumer, which has come with it a flurry of plant-based milk alternatives. Plant-based milk, which now includes variants made from coconut, soya, rice,…
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