Bel adds more alternative dairy products to portfolio
The Bel Group and Bel Brands USA announced Dec. 8 the launch of two new alternative dairy options: Nurishh animal-free cream cheese spread and The Laughing Cow Plant-Based. Bel created its Nurishh Incredible Dairy Animal Free Cream Cheese Spread Alternative in collaboration with Perfect Day, Berkeley, Calif., which developed a precision-fermented protein for use in…
Assam: Purabi Dairy hikes milk procurement rate
Bringing cheers to thousands of dairy farmers, West Assam Milk Producers’ Cooperative Union Ltd (WAMUL) on Monday said it has hiked the milk procurement rate by Rs 2 per kg with immediate effect. The decision by the Guwahati-based cooperative, which markets milk and milk products under the Purabi Dairy brand, will directly benefit around 25,000…
Parle Agro’s quest for ₹10 price point in scaling dairy milk beverages
In 2021, home-grown beverage manufacturer, Parle Agro (maker of Frooti and Appy Fizz) entered the dairy-based beverage business with the launch of Smoodh, its flavoured milk brand. Not only has the company extended Smoodh to yogurt-based beverages, joint managing director Nadia Chauhan is confident that her portfolio of dairy beverages would contribute 50% of the…
What’s behind the rise in milk prices across the country? | Dairy | Inflation |
Milk production may have increased, but the prices have risen sharply too. What’s behind the rise in milk prices this year? https://youtu.be/jGuGy38mKEI Watch insights sharing by Mayank Jalan , CII and R S Sodhi MD GCMMF. Source : Business Standard Youtube Channel 12th Dec 2022
Half naked woman in a bathtub making Welsh cheese win
Nearly four decades ago, Thelma Adams sat half naked in a bathtub of cold milk wearing a Cleopatra-style wig and was towed through the streets of a Welsh town. At the time the stunt – designed to to highlight an unfolding crisis in the farming industry – brought Carmarthen town to a standstill but did…
Babies at risk of black market breast milk in Australia
A growing trend for black market breast milk may be putting babies at risk, prompting Australian researchers to call for the establishment of regulated ‘milk banks’. The benefits of breast milk have been expounded for years, with a limited number of milk banks operating across Australia for premature or sick babies. But not all milk…
Badri cow breed of Uttarakhand to get a genetic boost
To increase the productivity of its indigenous Badri cow, which grazes on herbs that grow in the Himalayas, Uttarakhand is now planning for its genetic enhancement. At the recent chintan shivir (brainstorming session) that Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami had with senior officials of the State, the Animal Husbandry Department proposed to use sex-sorted semen…
Should you skip dairy? Experts weigh in
The debate whether dairy should be a part of one’s diet has been going on for a while. A lot of people talk about how cutting off dairy completely can cause significant improvement in health. But, is this a myth or a reality? Nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar weighed in on whether this is a wise thing to do….
RS: Shah gives details of co-op societies in agri, dairy & fisheries
There are nearly 95,000 Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACS); 1,99,182 primary dairy cooperative societies and 25,297 primary fishery cooperative societies as against 2,55,643 Panchayats and 6,62,750 villages in the country. As per the Allocation of Business Rules, 1961, one of the mandates of the Ministry is “Strengthening of cooperative movement in the country and deepening…
Sids Farm: Trailblazing on Milky Path from Hyderabad to Bengaluru
Sids Farm, a premium D2C dairy brand based in Telangana, has announced its launch in Bengaluru and availability of its products on leading e-commerce sites such as Milk Basket, Big Basket, Zepto, SuprDaily and Fresh to Home. Bengaluru with a population of 8Mill+ which is third highest in India (25% urban, > 50% migrated) and…