Page 3 - Dairy Industry

ITC plans to take fresh dairy business deeper into West Bengal and Bihar

The firm's fresh dairy products are available in 24 cities in Bihar, while in Bengal, it has tapped Kolkata

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

Store or share? Dairies look for best options to dispose of surplus milk

Distributing surplus milk through the PDS mechanism for the poor and vulnerable is one suggestion.

Milk Mantra plans expansion, in talks to acquire dairy plant in Kolkata

At present, the company has two dairy plants at Puri and Sambalpur in Odisha with a processing capacity of 300,000 litres per day

Dairy decline

Milk farmers need support to deal with demand slump

Say cheese! Dairy brands increasingly turning to chefs to whip up recipes

Heritage Foods, Amul, and Parag Milk have chef-run campaigns to bring down marketing cost by a tenth

Govt will protect milk sector's interests under RCEP, says Amul MD

Amul Managing Director RS Sodhi told PTI he had a discussion with Goyal on RCEP on Wednesday

India must take a leaf out of China's book and prepare its economy for RCEP

The economy needs changes that can't be made overnight; without them, it will continue to under-perform, whether India signs up for RCEP or not. Work should have started 7 years ago, writes T N Ninan

Opposition to RCEP grows within government, now from dairy ministry

Steel, chemicals, MSME and agri ministries have also opposed deal

Dairy farmers start feeling the pinch of dwindling buffalo meat exports

The average size of a buffalo brought for slaughter is 100-450 kg. Buffalo suppliers have also reduced their purchase from dairy owners as they are incurring a loss in their business

Dairy board to commission Rs 242 cr automated plant in Odisha in 2020

Unit will deliver 500,000 litres a day of a range of milk products

Milk delivery start-ups get millions in VC dollars: But can they scale up?

Doodhwala, milkbasket, DailyNinja and others claim to have captured a few Tier-I markets. But slim margins and diverse consumer habits stand in their way to scaling up pan-India

NDDB bats for co-op dairies, seeks sops to maintain excess inventories

The board has requested Government of India to announce two schemes to ease the burden of the processors

Danone's loss is Parag's gain: Are dairy MNCs facing challenges in India?

Danone's arch-rivals Nestle and Lactalis, too, face difficulties in the Indian market, said experts

Milk powder prices see some recovery but industry seeks import restriction

Sources in the sector say the lean season for cow milk has started in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka

Kwality Ltd's new dairy unit in Haryana starts commercial production

The new unit involves investment of Rs 400 cr and has milk handling capacity of 9 lakh litre per day

And now, an app for milk

Amul to launch mobile app in a month; Mother Dairy, too, plans an app to increase consumer loyalty

Govt sets eyes on foreign investment in dairy sector

Calls meeting of major private players on July 8