Vitamin B, D2 to be added to Aavin milk: T.N. Dairy Minister
Tamil Nadu Minister for Dairy Development Mano Thangaraj on Thursday, November 2, 2023, said milk major Aavin will primarily focus on supplying three milk variants to consumers – the purple packet with 3.5% fat, milk with 3% fat in blue packets and milk with 6% fat in orange packets. Speaking to mediapersons after holding a […]
Aavin sees 20% increase in sale of sweets this Deepavali
Dairy Development Minister Mano Thangaraj on Monday said there had been a 20% increase in orders of Deepavali sweets manufactured by Aavin this year when compared to last year. Orders worth ₹149 crore have been made this year as against ₹115 crore last year. Sweets worth ₹36.24 crore had been supplied already, he said. Addressing […]
Rumours about procurement dip at Aavin to promote pvt brands
Minister for Milk and Dairy Development T Mano Thangaraj on Monday dismissed claims that there is a decline in milk procurement at Aavin, low quantity of milk in sachets, and poor quality of plastic was being used for packaging. He said a few people not affiliated with the diary industry are spreading falsehoods to promote […]
Uniform price of Aavin dairy products sought for Nilgiris residents
The Coonoor Consumer Protection Association has appealed to the management of Aavin to sell milk and other dairy products in the Nilgiris district at prices affixed across Tamil Nadu. S. Manogaran, president of the Coonoor Consumer Protection Association, said the dairy products in the Nilgiris, including milk and curd, were being sold at prices at […]
Will Aavin’s price be increased in Tamil Nadu ?
Reportedly Karnataka’s Nandini Milk Company is planning to expand its business in tamil Nadu and has created a stir. Milk and milk products are sold under the name Nandini on behalf of the karnataka Milk Cooperative. Like Aavin in Tamilnadu, Amul in Gujarat, Nandini in Karnataka. During the last karnataka state assembly elections, the campaign to save Nandini was heavily promoted. The reason is that […]
No bid to monopolise-Jayen Mehta on Nandini-Aavin row
Amul, which recently faced a political backlash in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu for trying to sell dairy products in these states, said on Tuesday that there was “no attempt to monopolise or dominate” the local milk cooperative brands like Nandini and Aavin. Jayen Mehta, in charge managing director of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) — an […]
Consumers raise a stink over quality of Aavin milk in city
Several Aavin consumers have complained about milk in sachets not being reconstituted properly and having milk solids, the shelf life getting shorter and below-par quality of curd made using the milk. An official of the dairy major, however, said it could be because of inadequate cold storage facilities at the retailer’s end. Indira Lakshman, a […]
Farmers association urges govt to hike Milk procurement price
The Tamizhaga Vivasayigal Sangam has urged the State government to hike the procurement price of milk to protect the interests of milk producers supplying to the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers Federation (Aavin). The association urged the government to hike the price of milk procured through the milk producers’ cooperative societies to ₹41.75 per litre […]
TN Govt hikes procurement price for high fat milk
In a significant move, the Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday announced that it has decided to increase the procurement price for the maximum fat content of milk which is sold by the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers Federation Limited (TNCMPFL) under the brand name of Aavin. “Testing of milk samples from some of the TNCMPFL […]
Aavin directed to submit action plan on recycling used milk sachets
The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed milk major Aavin, to file an action plan to handle empty milk sachets and recycle them, as per the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulation. During an inspection by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), following a direction by the NGT, it was found that […]