Curd, Chaas, Ice cream, Flavored milk demand to pick up with rising mercury

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Makers of beverages, ice-creams, air conditioners and coolers are anticipating strong demand for their products this summer season as mercury levels rise. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) recently said that the March-May period this year would be long and dry, with more days of heat waves and above-normal temperatures across the country. This is good […]

Heritage Foods Bets on Premium Dairy Play

The second-largest FMCG firm on The Next 500 list focuses on value-added products such as curd, paneer, cheese and cold coffee to cash in on a growing industry. INDIA IS THE WORLD’S largest milk producer, accounting for 24% of global production. The domestic dairy sector has seen a paradigm shift in recent times, with a surge […]

Sudha dairy to hike milk, curd supply on Makar Sakranti

The Bihar State Milk Cooperative Society (BSMCS), which is popularly known by its brand name Sudha Dairy, has soared up its stock to meet the demand on Tusu and Makar Sankranti. The CEO of the Jamshedpur plant, Amit Kumar Suman, said that 10 lakh liters of milk, besides, 50 tonnes of curd will be available in the market between January […]

Milma aims 100 lakh litres of milk sales during Onam

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Aiming at record sales for Onam, Milma has started bringing in more milk from other states. A trade of 100 lakh litres is expected from ‘Uthradam’ to ‘Chathayam’. Last year, 94,59,576 litres of milk was sold on these four days. There was also an all-time record in curd sales. Milma collects only 14 lakh […]

ID FRESH EYES US RELAUNCH AND POSSIBLE M&A IN USA

Bengaluru-based ready-to-cook brand ID Fresh Food is looking at strategic acquisitions in the US as it plans on re-entering the market with improved product and packaging. The company, most known for its ready-to-cook batters, is also on the lookout for a country head for the US to oversee its expansion plans in these markets. “We […]

FSSAI revises order on curd labelling, allows use of regional names

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), on Thursday, revised its order allowing the use of regional common names on labels of curd packets amidst a row in Tamil Nadu over the Hindi term “Dahi”. In a statement on Thursday, FSSAI said that food business operators food can use the term “curd” along […]

Tamil Nadu says no to Hindi word ‘Dahi’ on Aavin curd packets

The Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers Federation, Aavin, has informed the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) that it will not print the word ‘Dahi’, the Hindi equivalent for curd on its packets. The FSSAI had proposed to drop the English term ‘curd’ and had wanted to include the term Dahi and had […]

FSSAI Insists for using dahi on Nandini curd sachet

In what is being seen as yet another attempt to impose Hindi on non-Hindi speaking Southern States, the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) is now faced with a direction from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to label curd as “Dahi” prominently and use “Mosaru” (the Kannada equivalent) in brackets. In the same […]

Price of milk and curd increased to Rs 180 and 200 per kg in Pakistan

The Rawalpindi Milkmen Association has increased the prices of milk and curd per kilogramme while the price of eggs per dozen has exceeded the price of chicken meat. Similarly, the Nanbai Association has also announced to increase in the price of roti by Rs10 from next week. Sources said that the prices of fresh milk […]

GST impact ‘marginal’ on dairy, agro items: Finance Minister

Finance Ministry has said that the net impact of GST on various dairy and agro products would be ‘marginal’ because of Input Tax Credit. It also acknowledged receiving petitions for re-consideration of GST on such items. “In case of pre-packaged and labelled form of such commodities, considering that the taxpayer will get input tax credit […]