India is considered to be No 1 potential chocolate market of the world
India has long been known for its love affair with sugar. Sweets play a major role in festivals and family celebrations and delicacies such as gulab jamun — fried dough balls soaked in syrup —and barf...Read More
Livestock focused startup Brainwired raises fresh Funding
Livestock focused and agritech startup Brainwired announced on Thursday that it has raised undisclosed amount of funding in a bridge round led by Agility Venture Partners. Other top angel investors in...Read More
Milk has a unique identity: All others are clones and derivatives
The buzz around veganism and resurgent drive for pushing plant-based drinks have exposed the Indian dairy industry to a new potential risk. The risk is that of confusing consumers between milk as is c...Read More
Cow dung paint, a potential income booster for dairy farmers
Apart form the ‘ahimsa’ philosophy, the economic utility of cow has played a role in its elevated theological status and being a reverred animal in many cultures. Well, there are more reasons for rear...Read More
DBT-NIAB developed instant testing kit for testing Oxytetracycline in milk
A team of researchers at the Department of Biotechnology’s Hyderabad-based National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (DBT-NIAB) has developed a new technique to detect the presence of an antibiotic c...Read More
Buffalo Mozzarella cheese,desi ghee,etc cleared under PLI by the Govt
The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a production-linked incentive scheme for the food processing sector with an outlay of ₹10,900 crore, in a bid to create global manufacturing champions in the country....Read More
Farm to home A2 milk-tech startup Native Milk receives funding
Mumbai-based farm-to-home A2 milk company, Native Milk has raised an undisclosed amount of capital in a Pre-Series A funding round led by Rukam Capital and DSG Consumer Partners. Currently, the compan...Read More
Amul campaigns to bust “myths” about non-dairy beverages
In a newspaper advertisement this week, dairy cooperative Amul sought to bust “myths” about non-dairy beverages that are alternative to milk. The advertisement states that the term “milk” is being en...Read More
Inclusion of cheese in India-EU FTA is not healthy for Indian dairy farmers
After successfully blocking milk product imports from New Zealand and Australia under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, the Indian dairy industry is mounting similar pr...Read More
60K dairy farms to strategize their supply-chain with Dodla- Hesa Global
65% of India is still under the rural sector which is yet to go through development and lacks in terms of livelihood and employment. With this new wave of startup culture in India and new innovative i...Read More
Zydus eyes ghee segment with launch of Nutralite Doodhshakti
With a focus on grabbing a bigger share of the packaged food business, Zydus Wellness is targeting the ghee segment. It has also been ramping up its overall direct distribution across urban and rural...Read More
Rs 4 per litre milk subsidy released to Karimnagar dairy farmers
Good news to the milk farmers of Karimnagar Dairy as the State government has announced release of Rs 4 per litre incentive to a tune of Rs 26.19 crore to the farmers of integrated Karimnagar district...Read More