Cheese

20% of Indian families buy cheese once a year: Bel Group CEO Beliot

Varun Berry and Cecile Beliot discuss capturing a larger share of the cheese market in India

McDonald's removes 'cheese' from its outlet menus in Maharashtra

Move comes after Maharashtra FDA accused chain of using cheese substitutes in burgers and nuggets

Maharashtra FDA cracks down on McDonald's for using substitutes for cheese

McDonald's has denied accusations of misleading consumers by using substitutes in place of real cheese in burgers and nuggets

Fake Amul cheese, Sharam, going viral on social media, Amul responds

A fake AI-generated Amul cheese packet, branded 'Sharam', went viral on social media. The dairy brand has responded saying the rumour about the launch of the new product is fake

Switzerland to become net importer of cheese this year for first time

Switzerland will import more cheese than it exports this year for the first time, according to the head of the country's dairy association. The opening up of the Swiss milk market has put a squeeze on domestic producers in recent years, prompting some to give up, Boris Beuret told Geneva-based newspaper Le Temps in an interview published Saturday. Beuret said measures need to be taken to ensure Switzerland famous worldwide for high-quality cheese varieties such as Gruyre and Emmentaler can continue to produce for its own population. If not, then we will end up importing (cheese), which would be absurd economically, socially and ecologically, he was quoted as saying.

More price increase unlikely this financial year: Britannia MD Varun Berry

Berry told Business Standard in an interview that the company was aiming to increase its revenues from cheese products by five times within the next five years

Britannia aims for five-fold growth in cheese business in next 5 yrs

Bakery foods company Britannia Industries expects its cheese products business to grow around five-fold in the next five years to touch around Rs 1,250 crore. The company which earlier this week announced a joint venture with the French cheese maker Bel, currently has around Rs 250 crore turnover from its cheese business, said its Vice-Chairman and Managing Director Varun Berry on Thursday. It is hoping commodity prices will come under control going forward with the softening of palm oil prices while that of sugar are stable although wheat prices are on the rise, he told PTI in an interaction. The company is foreseeing consumption growth in cheese segment coming from the domestic consumer and has plans to invest Rs 160 crore in the next three years, said Britannia Industries Executive Vice-Chairman and Managing Director Varun Berry. "We have already invested Rs 150 crore in plant and machinery. We are looking at investing around Rs 160 crore in the next three years," Berry ...

Britannia Industries enters into a JV with French cheese maker Bel SA

It sells 49 per cent stake in Britannia Dairy for Rs 262 crore

Pizza, pasta and beyond: How Italian food is changing Indian dining

A guide to how to pick and how to cook one the world's most popular cuisines

After papad, cheese balls another food item to trigger GST dispute

The petitioner, Savencia Fromage & Dairy Pvt Ltd, argued for its inclusion under cheese which attracts a 12 per cent rate of GST

Dairy's unlikely new champion is a centuries-old Indian cheese

Unlike many faux-meat options, however, paneer is clean-label, meaning it's made with minimal ingredients

Say cheese: Amul to start making buffalo mozzarella, invest Rs 200 crore

Move over Italy, India could soon become the global export hub of mozzarella cheese

Say Cheese

An alien animal in the Indian mountains, Old Hills Cheese is making inroads in more ways than one

This IITian and ex-Infy techie is creating India's first kiddie dairy brand

Gaurav Haran's firm has launched its Nutrinos brand of yoghurt in three flavours, and will soon be coming out with cheese-based snacks and flavoured milk as well

Ancient DNA analysis shows the surprising role of cheese in human evolution

Humans are not only able to manipulate their food to make it edible, but that what we consume can also lead to new adaptations in our biology

The culture is changing, with feminist cheese

Cheese now often broadcasts its inherently feminine constitution