High growth for sports nutrition is to fuel the lactose demand

The rising demand for sports nutrition products is expected to fuel the lactose market growth. Sports nutrition items are meant to help athletes improve their performance, support muscular growth, and/or aid recuperation after a workout. They can be protein-based or contain other basic ingredients and are available in a variety of forms, such as snack…

High growth for sports nutrition is to fuel the lactose demand

The rising demand for sports nutrition products is expected to fuel the lactose market growth. Sports nutrition items are meant to help athletes improve their performance, support muscular growth, and/or aid recuperation after a workout. They can be protein-based or contain other basic ingredients and are available in a variety of forms, such as snack…

Milk can be sold in any size of packaging from April 2022-Metrology dept

In its bid to empower consumers to make informed decisions before buying any packaged item, the government will implement new packaging norms from next April. The manufacturers will have to make additional declarations to MRP by mentioning the price of the commodity per unit — per kg or litre for items weighing more than a…

Hatsun doesn’t pay minimum wages and forces employees to resign

With a massive turnover of Rs 5,500 crore at the end of the 2021 fiscal, Hatsun Agro Products (HAP), the country’s largest private dairy products company, reported a massive 25% increase in net profit for the second quarter as against the same period in the previous year. Around the time the company planned an additional…

Dairytech startup Stellapps completes first close of pre-Series C round

Ranjith Mukundan, CEO of Stellapps India’s leading dairy-tech startup Stellapps was founded in 2011 by five technology industry veterans who believed that IoT could transform rural India. Its award-winning smartMoo technology solutions enhance productivity, milk quality, and enable traceability. By enabling ecosystem partnerships through its online platform, Stellapps empowers farmers by providing access to financial…

India’s large dairies taking notice of Plant based alternatives to milk

Country’s Big Dairy Companies such as Amul, Mother Dairy , and other national and local milk co-operative brands that dominate India’s dairy sector has taken notice of the rising popularity, if not success, of soy, oat, and other alternatives to milk. As per The Economic Times report, India’s market for plant-based milk and meat replacements is quite tiny,…

SBI provides YONO Krishi Safal Dairy Loan for the dairy farmers

YONO Krishi Dairy Loan Scheme The State Bank of India (SBI) provides a financial armoury for the dairy farmers. The SBI aims to fulfill the farmers’ wish with the YONO Krishi Safal Dairy Loan. The interested farmers can apply for the loan through SBI YONO. For further details on the Krishi loans, one can login…

Eating locally grown foods seasonally is more environment friendly

The climate crisis is well and truly here, as we all know, and it’s only natural to wonder how we are all contributing to it. What we eat has far-reaching effects on the environment and the journeys our foods undertake to get to our plates can tell us a lot about climate change. From the…

Chief Secy request boost sales of Aavin sweets during diwali

As on November 2, sales of Aavin’s Diwali sweets increased by 44 per cent to 389 tonnes as against last year’s sales of 272 tonnes It has been bumper Diwali for Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation Ltd (Aavin) with an all-time record in sales of sweets. A circular by Chief Secretary V Irai Anbu…

Canadian Dairy Commission recommends large increase in milk prices

Milk and dairy prices are expected to jump next year after the Canadian Dairy Commission recommended an 8.4 per cent increase in farm gate milk prices. The higher price, which works out to an extra six cents a litre, is intended to help offset rising production costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including soaring feed, energy and fertilizer costs,…