Nestle Launches Sugar-Free Cerelac Variants in India
FMCG major Nestle India on Thursday said it will soon launch variants “with no refined sugar” of its infant food Cerelac. The announcement is important as Nestle India, part of Swiss multinational Nestle SA, recently faced criticism for having added sugar in Cerelac. In the company’s earnings statement CMD Suresh Narayanan said: “We have achieved […]
Buffalo meat leading India’s export of animal products
India continues to play a crucial role in the global animal products market, emerging as a leading producer of high-quality items such as milk, meat and eggs. In 2023-24, India’s animal product exports amounted to ₹37,665.51 crore ($4,543.52 million), with buffalo meat emerging as the dominant contributor. Buffalo meat alone accounted for ₹31,010.10 crore ($3,740.53 […]
India’s milk will see significant evolution over 10 years: Akshali Shah
India, the world’s largest producer of milk, has seen an improvement in the dairy sector due to the use of technologies such as automated milking systems. The domestic milk market will grow more due to health-focused innovations, premiumisation and transparency, says Akshali Shah, Executive Director, Parag Milk Foods. The market is set to undergo significant evolution, driven by shifting […]
Grants from Green Climate Fund approves USD 782.4 million for India
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) was set up under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP-16) in 2010 to support developing countries in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and strengthening capacity to adapt to climate change. The Fund aims to mobilize funding at scale to invest in low-emission […]
India incurs total loss of around Rs1 lakh crore in livestock diseases
World’s most expensive livestock diseases What is the world’s most expensive dairy disease? And what countries are hit hardest by these costs? Dr. Philip Rasmussen, researcher from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, recently explored these questions in a study soon-to-be published in the Journal of Dairy Science. Rasmussen’s team for the project also consisted of researchers […]
Can India Emerge as a Global Leader in Sustainable Dairy farming?
India’s dairy industry, bolstered by decades of public-sector investment and international partnerships, is the largest in the world. In 1965, the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) was established to transform dairying into an instrument for the development of India’s rural sector. Farmer cooperatives sprang up around the country, collecting and processing milk and other dairy […]
India Leads Top 7 Largest Milk-Producing Countries followed by USA
Cow’s milk has been seeing a significant growing demand each year. Since 1961, the global milk production has reached 918 million tons in 2021. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), global milk production has reached 929.9 million tons in 2022. The following is a list of the 7 largest milk-producing […]
2024 IDF Dairy Innovation Awards – 6 Finalists from India
The International Dairy Federation (IDF) is delighted to announce the finalists for the 2024 edition of the IDF Dairy Innovation Awards that have been published today after a careful assessment by a prestigious jury of global dairy experts. The winners will be announced on October 18 during a Special Plenary Session on innovation at the IDF World Dairy Summit […]
Kraft Heinz’s India GCC to increase headcount to 2000 by year’s end
Commenting that the Gujarat government had the best ITeS policy in the country today, she said, “The subsidies you get by setting up in a place like Ahmedabad are lucrative for organisations FMCG giant Kraft Heinz India looks to grow its global capability centre (GCC) in a year by increasing its headcount to around 2,000 […]
Plan to set up milk producers’ dairy union in every district of India: Amit Shah
Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the Centre has set a target to have a co-operative bank and a milk producers’ union in each district of the country and also establish in the next five years multipurpose primary agriculture credit societies (PACS) in two lakh panchayats that have no cooperative institution. Addressing the ‘Sahkar se […]
