Who moved Mozzarella cheese and ghee into the PLI scheme for dairy ?
We are the world’s largest producer of milk, oilseeds, pulses, cotton, mangoes, papayas and bananas. Globally, India is the second-largest producer of rice, sugar, tea, vegetables and fish also. This makes food processing a priority sector for the policy makers. .The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to introduce…
Amul slams companies selling Protein based beverages as milk
Amul is strongly opposing companies that are selling almond, soya, oats and rice beverages as milk and could be considering taking them to court to stop this practice. “Ten crore dairy farmers for whom milk is an instrument of socio-economic development are going to fight this misinformation campaign done by some companies and NGOs (non-governmental organisations)…
Lactalis India eyes Rs 4,500 Cr revenue in FY21-22
French firm – Groupe Lactalis, owners of popular dairy brand Lactel — has forayed into the domestic market with the launch of UHT toned milk pack. It has set a target of generating Rs 4,500 crore revenue by 2021-22 in the Indian market, Lactalis India managing director Rahul Kumar said on Thursday. “For this year,…
SEBI’s order directing Prabhat Dairy to deposit Rs 1,292 crore quashed
“The direction of the WTM to deposit a sum of Rs 1,292.46 crore is wholly arbitrary and has been passed without any application of mind,” the tribunal said. The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) on November 9 quashed an order, passed by markets regulator Sebi, asking Prabhat Dairy to deposit over Rs 1,292 crore, and also directed…
Sales of liquid milk to grow 4-5 pc in FY21
Even as institutional sales for dairy products have been impacted due to COVID-19 related disruptions, liquid milk sales are expected to grow by 4-5 per cent in 2020-21, while those of value added dairy products (VADP) will remain flat, according to a report. The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdowns globally impacted the dairy supply chain,…
NDDB Dairy Services develops indigenous sex-sorted semen technology
The field trials of the technology were encouraging and the first female calf from the sex-sorted semen dose, produced at Alamadhi Semen Station (Tamil Nadu), was born in a farm near Chennai in October 2020, it said in a statement. Currently, sex-sorted semen technologies are proprietary to a few multi-national companies, which makes the technology…
Amul’s Honest ingredients inside campaign for Indian sweets launched
The Indian traditional sweets market is dominated by local halwais .And Amul is investing its milk muscle to get a piece of the ‘Mithai’ business. Top dairy brand Amul is upping its presence in the mithai (traditional sweets) market in India. Amul’s Mithai portfolio currently has close to 30 products, around eight of which were introduced in the last…
Ananda launched Ready to eat Paneer tikka for the first time in India
“Iss Diwali ki mithaas ke beech, lagaye Ananda ka tadka! Ananda has launched a Ready-to-eat Paneer Tikka for the first time in India. The timing of launch is well synchronised with Diwali festivities. The product is available in a retort pack . The slogan tells you about the way it has to be served and…
Ananda and Amul stood first in cow ghee quality
The past 5/6 months have seen Indian consumers eating dairy products more including ghee, reports a media daily. Thanks to the lockdown period, Indian consumers had rustled up their culinary experience and reason being there was an uptick of ghee consumption besides other dairy products. Where milk and dairy products are a major supplier of…
Food adulteration cases doubles in last 8 years: FSSAI
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has made a big disclosure in its annual report on food adulteration. It says that cases of adulteration in food have doubled in the last 8 years. In the year 2012-12 conducted by FSSAI, 15% food samples were adulterated, while in the year 2018-19 it has increased…