Future Milk Availability: 4 Critical Challenges Facing the Global and Indian Dairy Industry
Recently, I came across an insightful infographic by A Insights highlighting four pivotal challenges facing the global dairy industry. Intrigued, I delved deeper to understand the impact of these challenges on our ambitious forecast of around 660 billion liters of milk production and 800 ml of per capita availability by 2047, coinciding with India’s centenary […]
the idea of veganism is considered too “militant” for many
There it sits, in all its flaky glory, with a crust the colour of autumn leaves, and two plump claws almost begging to be torn off and devoured. Light as air and as French as the guillotine. One impeccable croissant. But this particular pastry – among dozens crowding a display shelf in an unremarkable looking boulangerie in […]
Big dairy is distorting the milk market
Sticklers for spelling may wish to steer clear of supermarkets right now. Newfangled products with names like ‘cheeze’, ‘m*lk’ and even ‘cre&m’ are increasingly prominent in vegan food aisles, with no punctuation marks left behind. Other brands are finding further ways to wink at conventional dairy terms, branding their offerings as ‘not milk’, ‘cheddar-type’ or […]
Nourish You acquires vegan dairy brand One Good
Superfood brand Nourish You has acquired vegan dairy brand One Good. Following the acquisition, Nourish You and One Good products are available on the former’s website. Co-founded in 2016 under the name Goodmylk by Radhika Datt, Abhay Rangan and Veena Sudharshanchar, One Good offers a wide range of vegan dairy products like milks, cheese, chocolates, […]
No one is Too Dumb To Understand That Vegan ‘Milk’ Isn’t Dairy
Last week, Sen. John Fetterman (D–Pa.) wrote in a viral tweet that “Pennsylvania’s dairy farmers are at the heart of our community and critical to our economy,” adding that he’s working to pass the DAIRY PRIDE Act, which would “protect our dairy farmers by prohibiting non-dairy products from using dairy names.” However, many quickly pointed […]
Say ‘Cheese!’: PETA to Dairy Summit With Vegan Cheese Giveaway
Attendees and passersby at the International Dairy Federation World Dairy Summit will get a tasty vegan treat courtesy of PETA on Monday, when supporters armed with signs that read, “Not Your Mom, Not Your Milk,” will hand out free Babybel Plant-Based cheese snacks and remind people that loving milk, cheese, and yogurt can go hand in hand with being […]
Say ‘Cheese!’: PETA to Dairy Summit With Vegan Cheese Giveaway
Attendees and passersby at the International Dairy Federation World Dairy Summit will get a tasty vegan treat courtesy of PETA on Monday, when supporters armed with signs that read, “Not Your Mom, Not Your Milk,” will hand out free Babybel Plant-Based cheese snacks and remind people that loving milk, cheese, and yogurt can go hand in hand with being […]
Veganism Isn’t the Answer to India’s Dairy Industry Politics
Yamini Narayanan’s Mother Cow, Mother India, published in 2023 by the Stanford University Press, and recently published in India by Navayana Publications, interrogates the politics of milk and dairying in India, the critical space it occupies as a sacred commodity in the religious imagination of Hinduism, and how the latter’s framing of cow as mother is […]
Sattvik Certification goes global, launches vegetarian, vegan food code in Singapore
Sattvik Certification has launched ‘Buddhist Codex’ in Singapore, in its first venture outside the country, to certify vegetarian and vegan food, the firm said. The firm is working on similar codes which will be launched in the United States and Canada by end of this year, the New Delhi-based firm said. Sattvik Certification founder Abhishek […]
WORLD DAIRY NEWS PR firm to fight ban on vegan brands using dairy terms
Food sector public relations firm Palm PR has launched a campaign which aims to stop new guidance effectively banning the use of dairy-based terms on dairy alternatives. The Grocer reported in May that new draft guidance from the Food Standards & Information Focus Group was being prepared to help Trading Standards officers interpret and enforce […]