Clarification Regarding Import of Dairy Products
The Government of India is well aware and considerate of the fact that dairying has been a major source of livelihood for millions of dairy farmers in the country and all the schemes/ programmes of the Government are aimed at further strengthening it. However, this is a fact that there has been some demand and…
Amul’s plan to enter Bengaluru market ruffles feathers
The milk industry behemoth Amul’s announcement of their plan to enter the Bengaluru market to supply milk and curd through online portals has ruffled the feathers of Kannadigas on social media, where users used #gobackAMUL hashtag on Thursday (April 6). The announcement by Amul on Wednesday (April 5) was being seen as another attempt to…
Reliance’s FMCG arm to launch ice cream brand “Independence”
Reliance Consumer Products, a fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company backed by Reliance Retail Ventures, is reportedly exploring the possibility of entering the burgeoning ice cream market with its brand “Independence,” which was launched in Gujarat last year. According to sources familiar with the matter, Reliance Consumer Products, a FMCG company backed by Reliance Retail Ventures,…
Milk prices up by 10.5% from a year ago
Inflation in the prices of milk and milk products has accelerated almost continuously for the last 20 months and, in the last five months, it has consistently surpassed the overall level of price rise in the country. The reason for this, according to people closely associated with the milk industry, could be a combination of…
Tetra Pak highlights recycling initiatives in honor of Earth Day
In 2022, Tetra Pak put nearly 30 million euros into projects worldwide, with plans to go further and invest up to 40 million euros annually over the next years, in line with its targets on collection and recycling of beverage cartons. Terpa Pak is highlighting some of its recent recycling initiatives that are helping to…
Amul has been consistently growing at 15-18% in last decade
“The kind of outlook that we have for adding more products in our portfolio, working on developing the organic products business and a lot of other opportunities in expanding the cooperative network across the country, all this will help in maintaining, in fact, expediting the growth rate in the times to come,” says Jayen Mehta,…
Centre foresees ‘stagnation’ in milk production
The Centre is foreseeing “stagnation” in milk production and a possible scarcity in the availability of ghee and butter as an impact of the Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) that took the lives of about 1.89 lakh cattle recently. Union Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying Rajesh Kumar Singh said all options, including import of certain milk products, would…
Global Dairy prices down-Indian dairy products get uncompetitive
The index of prices for the Global Dairy Trading platform fell 4.7% in Tuesday’s trading session. It’s the fourth drop in a row and the sixth drop in the last eight trading sessions. Anhydrous milk fat had the largest price loss, down 7.2% at $4,736 per metric ton or $2.14 per pound. Whole milk powder…
R S Sodhi to ‘advise’ Reliance to scale heights in retail business
After retiring from ‘Amul’, country’s largest dairy brand, its former Managing Director R S Sodhi will now advise Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Group on developing its consumer business that has a focus on fresh products, including vegetables and fruits under the group’s subsidiary Reliance Consumer Products Limited (RCPL). Reliance Group did not respond to the queries…
AnimStok.com launch online trade services in animal science
AnimStok.com, an online marketplace in the entire animal science economy — dairy, livestock, poultry, and fisheries — will likely start commercial operation in two weeks. It will offer services in B2B, B2C and C2C segments. “We incorporated Animpet Ecomm in April 2021 and registered it as a 360-degree start-up after nine months. Now that our…