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Food processing sector India, US agree to renew pact attracts $421 mn FDI on agri-cooperation in Apr-Jan

discussed," said an official statement issued by the Agriculture Ministry.

ood processing sector attracted foreign direct investment (FDI) of USD 421.51 million during April-January period of 201415, the

government said on . "Food Processing is one of the fastest growing sectors of the economy and the sector is growing at 8.4 percent ," Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said in an official statement. She said the country has the potential to become a global leader in food processing sector. Badal informed that 100 percent FDI is permissible in food processing sector through automatic route except for items reserved for Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs).

"During (Apr-Jan) 2014-15, the sector has attracted USD 421.51 million FDI in the country," she added. Stating the high level of wastages in perishables is a challenge, Badal said the government is making efforts to promote food processing industry to reduce wastage of farm produce and ensure higher returns to the farmers. Recently, Ministry has sanctioned 17 new mega food parks to attract investment in the sector and will sanction about 30 more new Cold Chain projects. The minister said that there is an immense potential in food processing sector to generate employment in the country. "Food processing industry is one of the major employment intensive segments constituting 13.04 percent of employment generated in all Registered Factory sector in 2012-13," she said

The two countries agreed to give renewed focus on cooperation in agriculture and take immediate steps for renewing the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in 2010 at the earliest possible with inclusion of new areas in the light of changing requirements and circumstances, it said.

S Ambassador to India Richard Vermaagreed with Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh to take steps to renew the 2010 agri pact between two countries to include new areas. The Minister expressed interest in the US technology, especially weather forecasting systems for improving preparedness as well as redressal of problems caused by natural calamities. "Issues of mutual cooperation and also cooperation for ensuring world food security were

"Special emphasis was laid for transforming the structure of the cooperation vis-a-vis the current scenario requiring necessary changes as enshrined in the cooperation agreement signed in 2010," it added. According to the Ministry's statement, the US and India also decided to amicably resolve sanitary and phytosanitary issues between the two countries for enhanced bilateral trade. The US Ambassador put on record his appreciation of the work done by government of India and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for the Agriculture Food Security Programme, it added.

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FOOD PROCESSING NEWS

At 20%, Gujarat got highest share of investments in food processing

f the total investments worth over Rs 82,940 crore attracted by food processing sector as of December 2014, Gujarat attracted the highest share at 20 per cent, industry body The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) stated. The state accounted for 20 per cent of investments by both public and private food processing sources amounting to over Rs 16,570 crore. What's more, the private sector accounted for over a whopping 97 per cent of the total investment attracted in Gujarat. "Besides, Gujarat also accounted for highest share of 21.5 per cent in the total outstanding investments worth over Rs 76,170 crore attracted by the food processing sector from private sector throughout India," ASSOCHAM stated in its latest report.

However, investments attracted by Gujarat in food processing sector have marginally dipped by over six per cent i.e. from a level of about Rs 17,930 crore as of December 2012 it has dipped down to about Rs 16,570 crore as of December 2014, highlighted the analysis carried out by the ASSOCHAM Economic Research Bureau (AERB). "Private sector accounted for over a staggering 97 per cent in the total outstanding investments attracted by the food processing sector in Gujarat and nationally the share of private sector was about 92 per cent. Investments attracted by food processing sector across India have increased significantly by about 28 per cent during the course of past two years i.e. from a level of about Rs 64,950 crore as of December 2012 to over Rs 82,940 crore as of December 2014," said BhagyeshSoneji, chairperson, ASSOCHAM Gujarat Council. Investment share of other states included that of Andhra Pradesh (14 per cent), Karnataka (13 per cent), Maharashtra (nine per cent) and West Bengal (six per cent), among others. In terms of people engaged in food processing sector, Gujarat accounted for 5.4 per cent share in the total number of about 1.8 million people across India as of 2011-12. Of these, while food sector employed over 1.62 million people, over 140,000 people had been engaged in beverage processing sector. Further, while Gujarat had over 96,200 people employed in registered food processing sector across the state, majority of which (over 93,100) were employed in food sector and the rest in beverage processing centers as of 2011-12, according to an analysis of the Government of India's Annual Survey of Industries.

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NEW LAUNCH

Puratos comes to the rescue of bakers, now presents hassle free fruit filling range-Vivafil

s the heat settles across the Indian subcontinent and all the signs point to a beautiful Indian summer, bakers are amongst those that feel the full extent of the Indian sun, blazing and relentless. From laminated pastry that refuses to behave, to buttercream that just droops outside the fridge, the sun also just turns fresh fruit into a shrunken and often,unappealing mass, the challenges that bakers face during the summer is enough to make one weep in despair.

looks department, VIVAFIL will add that much needed visual something to the counter, making it more than just a yummy taste in a box. VIVAFIL shines when applied as a layer in the multilayer cake or as a fruity syrupy surprise in the middle of a cupcake, or simply as a filling with the entremets.

Despair not! Puratos comes to the rescue with a fruit filling range so divine that it tastes like fruit, without the hassle of fruit. No searching for the right fruit, careful handling, peeling, chopping, storage, wastage and loss of time in terms of labor that dealing with real fruit demands. All it requires is simply opening a box full of Mother Nature’s goodness just the way it was intended, lush and bursting with flavor and goodness, VIVAFIL is the new go to product for both the cost conscious and flavor conscious.

Shining both in the taste and its drop dead gorgeous

The versatile VIVAFIL adds its oomph in the centre of a soft biscuit, just as easily as it jazzes up

VIVAFIL is an entirely new range of fruit purees with more than 20% real fruit. Puratos picks the fruits at just that perfect degree of ripeness, handles the fruit delicately as Puratos rushes it through the processing stage to capture all that full bodied flavor that is uniquely fruit and uniquely Puratos. Available in 3 international favorite flavors Mango, Kiwi and Strawberry VIVAFIL produces

that sparkling fresh juicy awesomeness that is the hallmark of all Puratos products. The Strawberry VIVAFIL is an upgraded version of the old and hot favorite --the Strawberry HOTFIL which had found its distinctive niche in the market. In its new avatar, the Strawberry VIVAFIL comes with increased fruit content and has now acquired an added oomph that is bound to sparkle in the mouth and increase the wow factor on visual appeal. Independent studies have shown that over 65% of tasters found the VIVAFIL taste to be more natural than others in the same class, backing Puratos’ endeavor to be the best in class, to bring all that is truly international to customers across the Indian subcontinent. With its superior and smooth texture the VIVAFIL is the answer to your fruit queries regardless of the season. VIVAFIL will find favour across the board -- in both bakery and patisserie products, adding its fruity goodnessto laminated products like the flaky croissant and melt in the mouth puff pastry. VIVAFIL allows you to provide the consumer with the sheer joy of biting into that flaky croissant into a mouth full of yum fruit regardless of the season. To dress up a fruit tart, to add sparkle to the puff pastry are just some of the VIVAFIL applications.

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the brioche or a sweet bun. Its applications are endless, with a shelf life of 9 months, VIVAFIL is bound to fill a niche at a rather sweet price point. Combining its freeze stable bake stable and thaw stable properties, the VIVAFIL will stay exactly the way you first placed it, reducing the need to second guess yourself, providing consistent results and consistent flavor, time after time making a consistent product that is hard to beat. From the perfect tartness of the kiwi to the lush summer goodness of the mango to the sublime succulent strawberry, imagine being able to change one’s mood by just changing the mouthfeel. This is what VIVAFIL allows you to do, at the opening of the container, set the mood when the consumer closes his eyes at that first bite, transport him to the middle of verdant orchards, or to hill tops or simply move him to the state of yum with that piquant taste all year round.

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AGRO PROCESSING NEWS

Jaitley says Agriculture sector very Important but needs to be corrected

inance Minister Arun Jaitley said agriculture was "an important sector" of the Indian economy that requires to be "corrected". Delivering a lecture in the memory of D.P. Kohli, the first director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) here, the minister said a large part of the population was still dependent on agriculture and has to share whatever it earns. "Sixty percent of the (country's) population sharing only 16 percent income... it needs to be corrected," Jaitley said. The finance minister said greater investment in various sector of the Indian economy was needed to take the country forward.

Be prepared for really expensive Indian mangoes this year

his year, Indian mangoes are going to get expensive. Really expensive.

Since the mango season—April to June—began, prices of Indian mangoes have already gone up by 50-65% compared to last year, and are expected to remain costly throughout the year, according to the industry body, Associated Chambers of Commerce of India (Assocham). Much of this is because India has experienced unseasonal rain in early 2015, which has damaged production of mangoes in key production states. In April—when farmers usually start harvesting— the country saw heavy rains in the breadbasket states of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. While the losses are still being assessed, Assocham expects that the production of mangoes has dipped by 20%. “Mango is acting very pricey this summer,” Assocham’s report said. While the premium variety Alphonso is available at Rs500-600 per dozen in Mumbai’s retail market, even the lowend variety is selling at Rs100 a kg. This year, the price of mango per quintal stood at Rs8,519 in January—nearly double of what it was at the same time last year. In April, the price per quintal was Rs2,317 compared to Rs1,976 in the previous year. India is the world’s largest producer of mangoes— with 40% of the global market share—and produces about 1,000 different varieties of mangoes. The country exports most of its mangoes to the UAE, followed by the UK and Saudi Arabia. Last year, the European Union had banned the import of Indian mangoes after fruit flies were found in the consignments. The ban has now been lifted.

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Experts praise

FDA role in ensuring Food Safety

t might have been only recently that the World Health Organisation has started focusing on food safety. Indian authorities, however, were among the first to identify problems as well as form regulations in this regard. In fact, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) guidelines inspired similar acts in the United States of America, said experts at a recent CME on food safety organized by city branch of Indian Medical Association (IMA). Deputy commissioner of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) SS Desai was the chief guest while faculty included Dr Mohan Khamgaonkar, Dr Sarita Ugemuge, Dr Abhijeet Deshmukh and food safety expert Prabodh Halde. "It is predicted that by 2020, India will become the world's kitchen. With diverse agro-climatic conditions, we can produce all kinds of food and are the foremost producers of milk, pulses and tea. With changing times, chemicals have entered food through products like nutraceuticals and health supplements. Considering all this, a need for an all-encompassing law was felt instead of one against adulteration only. So, FSSAI guidelines were made, replacing several older acts," informed Halde, who is also associated with Association of Food Scientists and Technologists.

FOOD SEAFTY NEWS

Intertek receives NABL and BIS accreditation for its newly acquired Food Testing Laboratory in Hyderabad

ntertek, a leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, has announced that it has received accreditation from the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL)for its food testing laboratory in Hyderabad. NABL is an autonomous body under the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. The laboratory has also received accreditation from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). With increased consumer awareness and improved living standards, the demand for quality food in India has become increasingly important. The Indian government has also increased its food safety regulations, re-enforcing the importance for safer foods. With this new certification, Intertek will now offer its Food Testing services to the southern part of the country. Intertek has the unique capability to test food safety parameters like trace levels of pesticide residues, antibiotics, veterinary drugs and growth promoter residues, heavy metal contaminants, and other environmental

contaminants which enter the food chain such as aflatoxins, plus various adulterants like Sudan dyes and microbiological parameters.

region and with this new developement Intertek will now be able to serve its clients in the southern belt as well.”

Speaking about the accreditation, Rajesh Saigal, Regional Managing Director, Intertek South Asia said “We are excited to announce

Siya Ram Tiwari, Head-Food Services, Intertek South Asia added, “Our broad food testing capabilities enable our clients to effectively evaluate their spices and seafood at all stages of growth and production. We also have plans to get further approvals and recognitions for Hyderabad lab like EIC approval for serving seafood testing, NRC Approval for fruits & vegetable testing for grape sector, peanut and okra sectors, in coming days.”

the accreditation from NABL and BIS for our food testing laboratory in Hyderabad. The two accreditations are the ultimate benchmark which will provide our customers the much needed assurance for our reliable testing and calibration services conducted at the laboratory. Intertek has already marked its presence in the northern

He said the rules were formulated so well that even

United State of America (USA) took a leaf out of our book in the act that they adopted in 2012. He also praised the efforts of the state's FDA officials for conducting the highest number of inspections in the country. Desai gave more detailed information about the way FDA has worked since the act was implemented in 2011. "We have conducted numerous random inspections, sampled products at each stage of processing to identify wrong doers and acted against even the most reputed establishments in Nagpur division. Licenses have been suspended and products have been recalled too. Such stringent action has not happened anywhere else," he said. He also said in three years a lot of improvements have happened as FDA can now take action against offenders rather than only reporting them. "The offenders getting strict punishments has also ensured that the number of offences went down tremendously, " Desai said. Certain factors, like, how much pesticides are used in a farm or how a product is grown is out of our control, but we start tracing products as soon as they leave farms," said Desai.

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Intertek’s food laboratory in Gurgaon is capable of testing various food and beverage products, including water, raw materials, ingredients and packaging materials for food safety and nutritional requirements. With the expansion of services in Hyderabad, Intertek will be able to reach out to more customers from various food sectors seeking quality testing and certification assistance in the south.

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FOOD PROCESSING NEWS

Complex regulatory regime impacting the development of food processing sector

McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gives Indian customers option to choose their own burger buns

infrastructure, inadequate processing capacity, complex regulatory regime and lack of access to affordable credit are "some important causes of slow development of food processing sector in the country". During Question Hour, the Food Processing Industries Minister said that various fiscal incentives were being provided for the development of the sector, like reduction of excise duty on food processing and packaging machinery have been reduced to 6 per cent from 10 per cent.

omplex regulatory regime and lack of access to affordable credit are impacting the development of food processing sector in spite of various fiscal incentives given by the government, Lok Sabha was informed. Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said the overall level of food processing in the country was estimated to be less than 10 per cent compared to "very high" levels in certain developed and developing nations.

The food processing units have also been allowed 100 per cent Income Tax exemption on profits for the first five years of operation and after that, 25 per cent exemption for the next five years, she said. Under the National Mission on Food Processing (NMFP), financial assistance is provided to entrepreneurs to help them increase food processing capacity.

cDonald's is giving its customers in India an option to choose their own burger buns, in a global first for the world's largest restaurant chain, as it looks to expand its customer base with healthier options and revive stagnating sales.

"NMFP has been delinked from central government support from current financial year excepting the union territories," she said.

Customers across western and southern India can now choose from two buns, whatever burger they order. The burgers with the healthier Focaccia buns, which McDonald's introduced over the weekend, will cost an additional Rs 15 over the regular ones.

Maggi Magical Masala row: Nestle to appeal against Madras High Court order which favors ITC

These premium buns provide tremendous taste and flavor for the consumers. With olive oil as one of the ingredient, it is also healthier and has less sugar than existing buns," said Amit Jatia, vicechairman at Westlife Development Ltd, operator of over 200 McDonald's and 30 McCafe outlets across western and southern India.

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estle India is planning to appeal against a Madras High Court interim order over its product, 'Maggi Magical Masala', in a case filed by ITC. The latter said the Maggi variant was launched on the back of the success of its 'Yippee! Magic Masala', thereby infringing on its

intellectual property rights. The respondent has to withdraw the Maggi Magical Masala variant even if it plans to file an appeal, said ITC counsel Arun C Mohan of law firm Mohan Associates. The order said although ITC's instant noodle was marketed under the Sunfeast Yippee brand, it was popularly known as Magic Masala and ITC not only used the term first, but showed it had won market share against its rival with the product. When the word is only descriptive of the character of the goods, no protection can be claimed for

use of such word, but if the word is known for its distinctiveness (and) secondary meaning, such word is entitled to get protection," the order said. An ITC spokesperson declined to comment on the issue. A spokesperson of Nestle India said: "We have seen the interim order and are preparing to file an appeal." "The respondent cannot sell this variant till the time they win after making the appeal. The judgment is significant in the sense that an IPR infringement can be enforced even against a market leader," Mohan said. ITC had filed the suit against Nestle in 2013 when the latter launched Maggi Magical Masala. Having entered the instant noodle segment in 2010, ITC has been steadily gaining market share. As per market estimates, Nestle has around 72% volume share in instant noodles against ITC's 18%. This is put at 74% and 17% by value, respectively. These figures could not be independently confirmed with Nestle and ITC. While Maggi Magical Masala may not be the largest-selling variant, if it is withdrawn, ITC would have some room to gain additional market share, according to a senior executive with a leading food and grocery retail chain. It's estimated that ITC's instant noodle market share has been growing at three times the market rate.

Some experts and analysts feel the move will help McDonald's woo health-conscious young customers who currently prefer restaurants that serve healthierfood such as Subway, at a time when leading chains have been reporting negative

or singledigit growth for at least six quarters. "For a consumer, a burger is considered junk food and McDonald's needs to innovate its health quotient," said Abneesh Roy, associate director at Edelweiss Securities. "Also, a premium offering will improve margins at a time when sales are under pressure," he said. For the past four years, McDonald's in India has been building its menu towards the healthier sside. It has rolled out an all-grilled product breakfast option, added egg burgers and introduced ice-creams with less than 3% fat. It also cut almost 50-60 calories on an average from all burgers, about 40% fat content in sauces and roughly 20% sodium in fries. The chain's latest offering takes a cue from its new global programme of 'Create your own taste' or 'Build your Burger' where consumers can choose sauces, fillings and a bun-less burger option. While McDonalds offers varieties of buns globally, each one is restricted for a specific burger. McDonalds India has nearly 370 restaurants and plans to open another 175-250 in the next 3-5 years, by investing about Rs 750 crore. While there is a common supply chain and product development team for McDonald's outlets across the country, the two burger option will be restricted to west and southern India for the time being. The eating-out market in the country is estimated to be $94 billion, or about Rs 5,85,000 crore, but only 2% of it is organised with national and international food retail brands. With major chains such as McDonald's, Yum's KFC and Pizza Hut and Jubilant FoodWorks, which operates Domino's Pizza and Dunkin' Donuts, all struggling to grow amid an economic slowdown, the industry is under pressure to increase volumes and profitability.

Kraft's macaroni and cheese to get a healthy boost

raft Foods Group will remove artificial colors and preservatives from its flagship macaroni and cheese product beginning in early 2016. The changes include replacing Yellow No. 5 and Yellow No. 6 dyes with seasonings like paprika, annatto, and turmeric, which themselves have health benefits. Kraft's announcement comes after three years of research, tweaking, and consumer tests, which showed that consumers are looking for simpler foods with fewer chemicals that they can feel

good about serving to their families and eating themselves â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as long as Kraft can maintain the product's original flavor. Heinz had already started making organic ketchup, and Kraft had removed artificial preservatives from some Kraft Singles and announced a recipe tweak to Capri Sun. How far will Kraft and Heinz take these overhauls to meet the demands of consumers looking for healthier, simpler prepackaged and processed foods? Or will the combined company, once it merges, stick to what it arguably knows best and give some consumers what they really crave?

Jharkhand organizing an investors' summit to boost food processing industry o give a boost to the food processing industry in the state, Jharkhand is organizing an investors' summit from April

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'Advantage Jharkhand - Food Processing Investors Summit 2015', a two-day summit will be organized by the state government on April 23-24, the statement said.

"The summit will bring the producers and processors on the same pedestal for easy information exchange with the industries department providing facilitative arrangements for the successful establishment of food processing enterprises in the sector," a statement said.

The summit aims to sensitize investors about opportunities arising in the state in different sectors and identify key investment opportunities, it said. To reduce wastage of farm produce and to profile the state on the food processing map of India are other main objectives of the summit, it added.

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BEVERAGE NEWS

Paper Boat eyes volume deluge with Railways deal

Global packaged water consumption to overtake carbonates in 2015

istorically carbonates have led global soft drinks consumption, but according to Canadean’s latest forecasts, 2015 will see packaged water overtake carbonates. A new Canadean report predicts that packaged water will overtake global carbonates consumption, reaching over 233 billion litres in 2015, while carbonates are expected to grow at a slower pace to around 227 billion litres. Back in 2010 the global population consumed only 170

billion litres of packaged water, compared to 215 billion litres of carbonates. Fiona Baillie, analyst at Canadean, says: “The speed at which packaged water is growing is evident. Asia and West Europe already have packaged water consumption levels above those of carbonates and this year East Europe is set to join them.” Emerging countries will be driving global growth Canadean’s research also shows that it will be emerging countries that drive this trend in the future, while western countries with traditionally high packaged water consumption will be slipping down the growth rankings. Germany, Italy, France and Spain are forecast to see a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of merely 1% between 2015

and 2020, compared to 21% in India, 12% in China and 8% in Brazil. However, the US is predicted to keep its second place ranking in terms of volume, as consumers continue to shift to packaged water consumption due to health concerns. China and India will consume half of additional packaged water According to the report, China and India are predicted to account for around 50% of the world’s additional packaged water consumption in 2020, consuming a total of around 45 billion litres more than in 2015. “With nearly one-third of the world’s population residing in these countries the impact is significant. Packaged water is often necessary in areas susceptible to flooding or other natural occurrences, as these often lead to water contamination and the spread of diseases,” says Baillie. Due to higher temperatures and poor piped water infrastructure, ‘on the go’ hydration is becoming a key part of daily life in Asia, with many consumers taking bottles of water with them on their everyday business and travels. “India has seen a strong growth in 100cl bottles in rural markets, as locals perceive them as having good value per serving and being easy to transport.” The expansion of retail in bus terminals and train stations is the key to India’s strong ‘on the go’ consumption. “It assimilates packaged water, namely 100cl bottles, into the process of travelling and establishes it as the norm for all types of consumers,” adds Baillie.

Coca-Cola to acquire Chinese beverage firm for $400.5 million Coca-Cola Co., the world’s largest beverage company, will buy China’s Xiamen Culiangwang Beverage Technology Co. for about $400 million in cash, gaining a line of plant- based protein drinks in a renewed push into the Asian market. Coca-Cola is acquiring the business from China Culiangwang Beverages Holdings Ltd., according to a statement from the Atlanta-based company. Xiamen Culiangwang sells a range of protein drinks, including green bean, red bean and walnut varieties under the China Green brand. “China is an important growth market for us and this investment complements our beverage

ndian ethnic drinks maker Hector Beverages, which is backed by Infosys co-founder and former chairman N R Narayana Murthy's fund Catamaran Ventures as well as Sequoia Capital and Footprint Ventures, is looking to retail products on trains.

offerings there,” said Petro Kacur, a spokesman for Coca-Cola. The move marks a return to Chinese deals for Coca-Cola after a failed attempt to buy the country’s biggest domestic juice maker in 2009. Chinese regulators blocked the $2.3 billion purchase, saying it would have hurt competition. The decision raised concerns at the time that China was using antimonopoly rules to block foreign investment.

The Gurgaon-based start-up recently completed two years of operations and is now eligible to enter into a commercial contract with Indian Railways for retailing its beverages range. Neeraj Kakkar, founder and chief executive officer, Hector Beverages Pvt Ltd, said Railways requires companies to be operational for two or more years to be able to sell on their network. "The brand has been at least two years old before getting selected to be sold on the Indian Railways network and we have just completed two years. It is a very big opportunity for us, something that can bring huge volumes. We will initiate a discussion with them now," said Kakkar. On the institutional front, while there are no major tie-ups in place, the company is already working with hospital service providers, office canteens, etc to sell its products. "We are still small as compared to other domestic and international beverage companies. Hence it's too early for getting into exclusive tie-ups. The idea is to take one step at

PepsiCo says that its Pure Leaf tea is the only premium tea made with brewed tea leaves. CocaCola's Honest Tea is made with brewed tea leaves as well, but PepsiCo said its brand is in direct competition with Gold Peak instead, which is not made with brewed tea leaves in its bottled form. PepsiCo boasts 40% of the ready-to-drink tea

oca-Cola released a statement on Diet Coke, saying at this time there aren't sweetener changes happening to the soft drink, reiterating safety in all its drinks. While this is its stance for now, if Diet Pepsi's change brings PepsiCo a strong sales uptick, Coca-Cola might rethink its plan. The consumers have finally done it: PepsiCo will launch Diet Pepsi sans asapartame later in 2015,

With Xiamen Culiangwang, CocaCola is trying to capitalize on the growth of plant-based protein drinks in China. The business is based in Xiamen, Fujian province.

market, including a partnership with Unilever, Lipton's owner, while Coca-Cola has only 5.5%, according to Beverage Digest. Over the past decade, sales for the overall market have more than doubled. The Coca-Cola vs. PepsiCo battle continues. It's one of the most heated competitions in the food and beverage industries and has recently included such tussles as Pepsi Cola surpassing of Diet Coke for the No. 2 and Coca-Cola overtaking PepsiCo's exclusive soda advertising spot for the Oscars.

While Kakkar didn't share any details in terms sales from institutional to retail, he said that retail sales continue to be the larger chunk at present. "There are too many institutions like the chains of quick-service restaurants, multiplexes etc, where we are not present yet. These will be explored and added to the network, going forward," he said. The company, which has been largely selling through physical stores as well its, has begun exploring e-commerce platforms like Amazon.in, BigBasket.com and grofers. com to sell its products. According to Kakkar, online sales have been started as an experiment to understand the market response. "It's very small part of the overall business and that sales will grow along with the sector's growth," he said, adding there is decent traction for Paper Boat products online. The Paper Boat range comprises Aamras, Jaljeera, Jamun Kala Khatta, AamPanna, Kokum, GolgappeKaPani, Chilled Rasam and Ice Tea (ginger lemon and tulsi). "There are new and interesting recipes that have come up and we are working on those for future launches. New beverage varieties will thus get added to the portfolio over a period of time," said Kakkar. The company had recently introduced a new pack size priced at Rs 25 for a 200 ml pack. The price of its 250 ml pack is Rs 30. Paper Boat products are available in key markets across Mumbai, DelhiNCR, Pune, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, and Lucknow. The company had recently collaborated with Japanese food giant, Indo Nissin Foods to reach newer geographies, particularly those in Tier II cities and some rural pockets

Pepsi fizzling out aspartame from Diet Pepsi

PepsiCo, Coca-Cola battle over RTD tea market

n the ready-to-drink tea segment, PepsiCo Inc.'s Pure Leaf is currently blowing away Coca-Cola Co.'s Gold Peak and Honest Tea brands.

a time and gradually penetrate the market," said Kakkar.

according to the company. Diet Pepsi, Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi, and Wild Cherry Diet Pepsi will now feature a mix of sucralose and acesulfame potassium in the U.S.,

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moving to shelves come August. Diet Pepsi snagged 4.3% of the carbonated soft drink share in the U.S. in 2014, according to Beverage Digest. CNBC notes this will put Diet Pepsi in a new frontier amid its competitors. "Diet cola drinkers in the U.S. told us they wanted aspartame-free Diet Pepsi and we're delivering," said Seth Kaufman, the SVP of Pepsi and Flavors portfolio of PepsiCo North America Beverages, in a news release. Considering sluggish soda sales, this certainly seems to be the right way to go to appease consumers, as this is one of multiple changes happenings in soft drinks, like stevia-sweetened versions from both Coca-Cola and PepsiCo. Still, PepsiCo's latest earnings report showed slight revenue growth for PepsiCo Americas Beverages.

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SEA FOOD NEWS

Fish

catches go down at the Indian coasts

ish catch from the sea has declined in the country with Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, which account for over 50% of the fish landings in the coasts, reporting a sharp fall in 2014. Oil sardines, the most common fish in the Indian coasts, may still be the dominant item in the nets of Indian fishermen but the landings are dwindling. The fate of Hilsa shad, highly valued fish in West Bengal, is the worse with landings shrinking by a whopping 93%. Bombay Duck, popular fish in Maharashtra slumped by over 10%.

According to the data released by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute the overall fish landings in the country in 2014 have fallen by 5% to 3.59 million tonnes compared with 3.78 million tonnes in 2013. The sea catches have been on the wane after reaching a peak of 3.93 million tonnes in 2012 . However, the value of fish landings based on the price at the landing centre recorded an increase of 8% to Rs 31,754 crore over the previous year. At retail level the value was 12% higher at Rs 52,363 crore, perhaps a pointer to the plummeting catches. The average retail price of a kg of fish at Rs 146.27 showed 18% jump over the rates in 2013. Oil sardines at 5.45 lakh tonnes and Indian mackerel at 2.37 lakh tonne were the top two fishes based on the landings in nine maritime states and two union territories excluding Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The southern states were the major contributors to the oil sardine landiings with Kerala leading. Apart from the top three states, the landings registered a fall in Maharashtra , West Bengal and Daman& Diu. The catches from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Goa and Odisha increased from the level in the previous year. Oil sardine catches went down while mackerel landings looked up. Penaeid prawns showed 4% rise which should be good news to the seafood export industry which is now predominantly dependent on farmed prawns. But the squids and cuttle fish landings, another important export item ,has recorded a drop. West Bengal reported 71% reduction in landings with Hilsa shad catches plunging from 40,000 tonnes in 2013 to 3000 tonnes in the subsequent year. Declining Hilsa shad landings in the state led to decreased mechanized fishing which used to primarily target the fish

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AGRO PROCESSING NEWS

Coconut production in the country drops 10% The four southern states together comprise around 90% of the coconut production in the country In Kerala, the largest coconut grower in the country, production fell by 17.48% to 4886 million nuts because of inadequate rain, pest and diseases. Major drop in production was observed in Idukki, Kottayam and Kollam districts while Alappuzha showed a significant rise in output, according to an official statement of CDB.

he prices of coconut and allied products may turn bullish as a survey conducted by the Coconut Development Board (CDB) indicated a drop in output in three major coconut growing states. Overall production in the country based on the estimation of production in major coconut growing states showed a 10% fall in 2014-15 over the previous year. The CDB survey on production registered a decline in production in Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Karnataka while the Tamil Nadu, Odisha, West Bengal and Maharashtra recorded an increase.

The second biggest producer Tamil Nadu reported 3.9 % rise at 4850 million nuts with increase in crop in Tirupur, Tanjavur and Kanyakumari districts and a decline in Krishnagiri and Tirunelveli districts. Karnataka recorded 4.87% fall in production at 4126 million nuts with major coconut growing regions of Tumkur, Hassan, Udupi and Dakshina Kannada facing a shortage. The highest reduction in yield was observed in Andhra Pradesh with state suffering from two cyclonic storms in the last two years. All the four major coconut growing areas of east and west Godavari ,Srikakulam and Vizag registered a fall in production.

Agri tourism enhances farmer incomes in Maharashtra by 33 per cent who is widely acknowledged as the father of agritourism in India. There have also been significant visitor arrivals in these villages in the last half decade. “Agri tourism goods and services offered by Maharashtra ATCs have attracted nearly 170,000 visitors from 2007 to 2012. The domestic urban areas are the key markets. Tourists from the city of Pune represent a share of 70 per cent of all visitors,” stated Taware.

ounded in 2005, Agri Tourism Development Company (ATDC) has moved beyond traditional approaches to tourism by introducing agriculture tourism to villagers in Maharashtra. Since its inception hundreds of farmers have been trained by ATDC and more than 200 farmers have been helped to start and operate agri tourism in their farms. There are currently 113 Agri Tourism Centers (ATC) operated by local farm entrepreneurs and employees. “Farmers engaged in agri tourism have experienced an income increase of 33 per cent. On an average, agri tourism goods and services are the source of one third of their overall income. These activities in rural communities also lead to a side income for community members who are not partners of agri tourism,” said Pandurang Taware, MD, ATDC,

The tourists experience local agricultural practices (e.g., horticulture, harvesting, bee keeping, dairying), rural way of living and local culture (e.g., music, food, dances, arts and craft). “It is an opportunity for urban Indians to discover their roots through participatory activities with local communities. The programme attracts international visitors with agri tourism packages designed for independent and group travellers alike,” mentioned Taware, pointing out that ATDC has demonstrated that flexible approach of the farmer and little tourism products knowledge can be profitable to low-income farmers groups. It also stems migration of villagers to urban areas as they get additional income opportunities in their local area. The next five years will see ATDC spearheading the movement across India by setting up ATCs in different states.

Badal advocates higher maize output

arsimrat Kaur Badal, the Minister for Food Processing Industries, , stated there was a need to increase maize production in the country and that her Ministry has encouraged State Governments to amend the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act.

“Though Punjab is considered a progressive agricultural State, the emergence of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in enhanced maize production is commendable,” she said, while inaugurating the third edition of the ‘India Maize Summit 2015’, while adding that it was time for other States to learn and share best practices to raise average maize production that is currently below the global average. “It is also important to diversify from wheat and rice to maize as it can provide great nutritional at an affordable price to the malnourished population,” said Badal, who believed there was great potential for maize exports which could be tapped by the right infrastructure, technological know-how and a seamless value chain.

Foodgrain stocks with FCI decline to lowest in 5 years

he foodgrain stocks held with Food Corporation of India (FCI) have fallen to the lowest level in last five years, mainly because of decline in grain procurement and the corporation selling a chunk of wheat stocks in the open market. As per the latest data, FCI has grain stocks of 41.03 million tonne consisting of rice (23.7 mt) and wheat (17.2 mt) on April 1 against the prescribed buffer norms of 21.04 million tonne. However, the grain stocks have fallen by more than 45% from an all-time high of 59.75 million tonne held by FCI two years back. In the last two years, FCI has sold more than 10 million tonne of wheat in the open market while the wheat procurement has dropped from 38.1 million tonne to 28 million tonne. Similarly, the rice purchase by FCI and state government-owned agencies have declined to 31.8 million tonne from 35 million tonne in the last two years. “We have reduced grain stock substantially yet it is far above buffer norms prescribed by the government,” a food ministry official said. FCI has more than 17.2 million tonne of wheat at present against the buffer norm of 7.4 million tonne. In a bid to liquidate excess stocks, for the first time this year, the government has already allowed FCI to continue with Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS) beyond March 31 in non-

procuring states such as Odisha. Besides, the government has commenced sale of rice under OMSS for the first time. The high-level committee (HLC) for FCI restructuring chaired by former food minister Shanta Kumar in its report had observed that during the last five years, on an average, “buffer stocks with FCI have been more than double the buffer norms costing the nation thousands of crores of rupees loss without any worthwhile purpose being served”. HLC had stated that the current system is extremely ad-hoc, slow and costs the nation heavily. “A transparent liquidation policy is need of the hour, which should automatically kick-in when FCI is faced with surplus stocks than buffer norms. Greater flexibility to FCI with business orientation to operate in OMSS and export markets is needed,” the committee had observed. At present, the buffer stock norms are aimed at ensuring grain supply for targeted public distribution system (TPDS), food security during the periods when production declines and stabilising prices during production shortfall through open market sales. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) in January, 2015 had approved hike in norms for the foodgrain stocks held by FCI.

Keventer to roll out its Dwarf Cavendish bananas soon

olkata-based Keventer Agro, which has captured one-third of the city market for bananas, is now gearing up to expand its procurement, processing and marketing reach in nine more eastern Indian cities this year at an investment of 50 crore. And, that’s not all. The 400-crore company – flagship of the Kolkata-based MK Jalan-controlled 2,000-crore Keventer Group – is aiming for a national roll out of popular ‘Dwarf Cavendish’ variety, also referred as Grand Nain (G-9) variety, in a phased manner. “Over the next two years, Keventer Group will invest 200 crore in food business,” saidMayankJalan, Managing Director of Keventer Agro. “Of the total investment, 50 crore will go in establishing the network in nine cities; 68 crore is earmarked for setting up milk collection and processing unit near Bhagalpur in Bihar. And, a lot of funds will be geared up towards acquisitions,” he says.

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Mayank says the group is “in conversation with a few players” for acquisition in the existing areas of the group’s food business – that includes dairy, fresh fruits (banana), fruit pulp (mango pulp), sesame seeds, spices and others. With an aim to clock $2 billion turnover in food business in 10 years, Mayank is clearly betting big on banana. He wants to move fast, and grab a sizable pie of the country’s banana market. India produces close to 17 million tonnes of banana, mostly for internal consumption. The top 10 producing destinations are Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam and Odisha. As a Kolkata-based company Keventer has already established its presence in its home State and is now out to expand to neighbouring Bihar, Assam, Jharkhand and Odisha. The company provides saplings of pest and disease resistant variety to farmers. It takes 11 months to give the first fruit. In the meantime, the company sets up its collection, ripening and processing centres to cater fresh fruits to the local markets. Mayank claims his business is beneficial to both end-consumer and farmer. While the consumers are getting improved quality fruit at market price, the farmer earns higher than market price. “We will be sourcing directly from the farmers. And we will be paying them a higher price than what they get in the mandis,” he says.

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Record Breaking Year for the 35th Edition of Seafood Expo North America

ortland, ME (April 7, 2015) – Diversified Communications, producers of Seafood Expo North America and Seafood Processing North America, announced that the 35th edition of the exposition had a record breaking year with over 20,680 seafood professionals participating in the three-day event, held March 15-17 in Boston, MA. The exhibit hall, which featured 220,130 square feet of exhibit space, was represented by 1,204 exhibiting companies from 51 countries— surpassing last year’s record by 22,700 square feet. New and expanded country participation included Brazil, Canada, Senegal, Morocco, China, Ecuador and Spain. “This is the first time that a Brazilian Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture came to an international expo,” says Boston’s first time exhibitor, Emerson Raiol, Head of Service – International, Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture. “Mr. Helder Barbalho was very pleased to see the significant representation of Brazil at the exposition and is considering expanding the Brazilian presence next year.”

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Indian seafood exports to the EU on the rise

ndian seafood exports to the European Union (EU) have been steadily growing from $227 million in 2000-01 to $805 million in 2011-12 and is expected to reach $1.06 billion in 2014-15 , according to Leena Nair, chairperson of Marine Products Export Development Authority of India (MPEDA).

of shrimp from non-European countries to the EU. Apart from shrimp, India is also one of the largest supplier of squid and cuttle fish to Europe, especially to Spain and Italy.

India exports today over 75,000 metric tonnes of shrimp to the EU and is the largest supplier

Nair said that Indian seafood exports around the world have been going up. "We have been doing very well in exports. Our exports have doubled and tripled. From 2008 to 2009 where we were at $1,9 billion and now we hope to reach $5.7 billion."

Speaking at a luncheon event organized by the MPEDA on the sidelines of the Brussels seafood fair, she noted that among EU countries, Spain tops the list of importing Indian seafood products with $188 million, followed by Belgium with $187 million, Britain and Italy with $128 million each and France with $106 million. "These are the four major buyers in the EU and trade with the EU has also been climbing up," said Nair.

approved processing plants -- 300 -- and 46 EUapproved cold storages,.

Marketwise, the US has been the most favoured destination followed by South East Asia, EU, an the Middle East. All in all, India exports seafood to 101 countries. Majority of the exports are made up of frozen shrimp, frozen fish, cuttle fish, dried items and squid. EU imported close to 44,000 MT of cuttle fish and 30,000 MT of squid from India this year. India has one of the highest number of EU-

“This year’s exposition is by far the largest edition in the event’s history in terms of exhibit space and participation, reflecting the importance of doing business in the North American market,” says Liz Plizga, Seafood Group Vice President at Diversified Communications. “This has been an incredible year and feedback from exhibitors has been positive.” “Being at the show gave us excellent exposure to the right people and high quality leads. We’re expecting to receive many calls after the expo as a result,” states Christa Svensson, Export Sales, Marketing and Sustainability, Bornstein Seafoods. In addition to the exhibits, attendees had the opportunity to participate in a series of special events including a conference program on the most relevant topics in the seafood industry, culinary demonstrations by renowned Chefs and networking opportunities. The 9th annual oyster shucking competition, which took place on the second day of the exposition, was won by Daniel Notkin of Notkins Oyster Bar who competed against 13 other contestants. Winners of the 2015 Seafood Excellence Awards, which recognizes product leaders in the North American seafood market, were announced during a live judging by a panel of seafood buyers and experts from the retail and foodservice industries. Yihe Corporation won the “Best New Retail” award for its Alaskan Jack’s and High Liner Foods won the “Best New Foodservice” award for its Pulled BBQ Salmon. “Seafood Expo North America was a great opportunity for Absolutely Lobster® to launch its new products. We definitely reached our goals and created new connections,” says Nickie Boston, Director of Brand marketing for Absolutely Lobster® and Seafood Excellence Awards finalist. A press release issued on April 2, 2015 by Trade Shows News Network (TSNN) announced that Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America made the 2014 TSNN Top 250 Trade Show List. The list represents the top 250 trade shows held in 2014 in the United States ranked by net square footage. The 36th edition of Seafood Expo North America/ Seafood Processing North America will take place March 6-8, 2016 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.

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About 20 seafood companies from India are among the 1,700 exhibiting companies from over 75 countries participating in the three-day Brussels seafood fair that closes its gates.

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DAIRY NEWS

Government should promote ICAR tech Dairy farming becoming popular among to detect detergent in milk farmers in Wayanad district

xpressing concern over adulterated milk in the country, a Parliamentary panel has suggested the government to make efforts to popularise a new technology for detecting the presence of detergent in milk. The government's Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has developed a new colourbased test for rapid detection of detergent in milk. The technology has already been transferred to Rajasthan Cooperative Dairy Federation, Mother Dairy and Ahmedabad-based Havmore Icecream Ltd. "The Committee is of the view that availability of cheap and easy to use test will help immensely to stop the menace of adulterated milk (especially with detergent etc.) available in the market," the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture said in its latest report.

Hence, the Committee it desires that the government puts efforts to "publicise and popularise" the new technology "extensively" so that it can be made available to every milk cooperative in the country. According to the report, the new testing technology, which has been validated by Mohali-based Punjab Biotechnology Incubator, detects all brands of commercial detergent available in the market. The test gives results within 100 seconds and can detect the presence of 20 mg commercial aionic detergent in 100 ml of pure milk. This qualitative test can be easily performed at milk collection centers. The cost of chemicals per test is about 40 paise. However, cost of test after including disposable plastic tube and tip will be Rs 1.40, the report added. Already, Mother Dairy has agreed to bring the test to market. The new technology is not recommended for household purpose due to involvement of hazardous chemicals. Haryana-based dairy institute National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) is regulatory demonstrating and explaining about the new technology to dairy industries, entrepreneurs at largest, as per the panel report. Milk production in India, the world's largest producer and consumer, is in the range of 135-140 million tonnes.

Amul Dairy polls to be held for 11 posts on May 12

lections for 11 posts of board of directors of the Kheda District Co-operative Milk Producers Union Ltd, popularly known as Amul Dairy, will be held on May 12. Anand-based Amul Dairy is the last dairy cooperative in the state which is in control of Congress, as BJP has successfully made inroads in all other milk unions of the state. After the last day of withdrawal of forms, 28 candidates remain in fray for the polls. Two candidates including Amul Dairy's sitting chairman and Thasra's Congress MLA Ramsinh Parmar were declared winners uncontested as no other candidate remained in fray against Parmar.

Curiously, at Matar, BJP-backed candidate and chairman of Nadiad's APMC Vipul Patel too won the election uncontested as Congress candidate Dhiru Chavda pulled out. For the first time in the history of Amul Dairy, elections are being held based on the block system. Each taluka that falls under the jurisdiction of the dairy union has been converted into a block. Traditionally, representatives of milk producers (farmers) from each village-level milk societies (mandlis) used to cast their vote for 13 candidates of a panel. Now, the voters have been divided into blocks. Village-level societies will elect their representative to the dairy's board from their respective blocks. Elections were supposed to be held for 12 board members elected block-wise and one elected on individual seat. With two candidates already winning the polls uncontested, now 28 candidates will be contesting for the remaining 11 seats. At most of these blocks, there is a direct fight between Congress and BJP candidates. At Borsad, dairy's sitting vice-chairman and Congress MLA Rajendrasinh Parmar is in direct contest against Soma Padhiar. While in Balasinor, Congress MLA Mansinh Chauhan is contesting against BJP's former MLA Rajesh Pathak.

Milk poured on road by dairy farmer

tating that milk should not be procured from a person who acted against the Kolankondai Milk Producers Cooperative Society in Mallasumudram Union, dairy farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; poured milk on road and staged protest. The society has 250 members in which 55 farmers supply about 450 litre of milk everyday to the society. Farmers were dissatisfied with Kandasamy, who was the president and a member. Hence, farmers elected a new president and the society also started to function from a new building. Kandasamy, who failed to supply milk

to the society for the past 10 years, was removed as a member. It is said that he tried to supply milk to the society recently that was opposed by other members. Also, farmers allege that officials were in favour of Kandasamy. Farmers poured milk on the road and raised slogans that they would not supply milk to the society, if milk was procured from K andasamy. Also, they said that officials are responsible for the loss they incur due to pouring of milk.

Entrepreneurship, KVASU said. The survey found that increasing availability of land as well as the use of unconventional feeds like beer waste and oil cakes has helped in reducing the cost of production. Even with the current milk price, farmers are getting better income from dairying.

airy farming is getting more popular among farmers in Wayanad district, a study says.

It reveals that milk production has increased by 25 percent in the district in the past three years and nearly 30 percent of marginal farmers in rural areas have selected dairying as their major occupation. The study was organized by the final year B.Tech students of the College of Dairy Science and Technology (CDST) under the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU) in various parts of the district as a part of the Venma-2015, a seven-day field extension training programme. More number of young entrepreneurs are venturing into the sector in the wake of the sharp decline in price of cash crops, especially rubber, arecanut and tea, the study says. Recent reports suggested that the situation is quite similar in the rubber and tea growing areas of the State, T.P. Sethumadhavan, Director of

Increasing cost of production, increasing treatment cost and decreasing productivity are the major issues raised by farmers during the survey. Though many farmers were relying on traditional practices to control diseases, it could not produce any positive results. Incidence of mastitis, a potentially fatal mammary gland infection, is high among dairy cattle due to unscientific cattlesheds including improper flooring. Scientific housing, feeding, dairy management and disease control measures can reduce the cost of production and can make dairying more profitable in the State, the survey added. As many as 30 students participated in the weeklong survey. They took classes for the dairy farmers on â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Quality Milk Productionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; as part of the quality awareness programme in various parts of the district. G. Girish Varma, Dean, and S.R. Shyam Suraj , Assistant Professor (Dairy Extension), CDST, coordinated the programme.

Mother Dairy analyzing to go for North-East's Rs 500 crore dairy whitener market

other Dairy Fruits and Vegetables Private Limited (MDFVPL), is planning to take on the Northeast's 500 crore dairy whitener market in a big way. The company has launched its dairy whitener brand - "Dailycious' in the region and claimed it had done at least two years research in Northeast before coming out with the product. The dairy whitener market has been registering around 15 per cent year-on-year growth in value in India as well as in Northeast. "The dairy whitener market in Northeast is huge. Since we decided to enter this market, we had researched for two years in the region, taken inputs from customers across various segments, identified the region specific needs and demands and then came out with this brand. Besides Northeast, our focus states for Dailycious are eastern India states and Kerala," said Subhashis Basu, business head (dairy products) of MDFVPL. He added that the Dailycious brand had been developed keeping in mind the needs and preferences of both commercial as well as domestic market of Northeast.

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Presently, two popular dairy whitener brands Amulya from Amul and Everyday from Nestle, are the dominant players in Northeast's market. Mother Dairy is depending heavily on its Dhara oil (Dhara is also a Mother Dairy brand) marketing and distribution channel and dealers for promotion and sales of 'Dailycious' brand in the region. Around 22,000 stores across the region sell Dhara'brand and the company targets to make available 'Dailycious' brand in all those 22,000 stores soon.The company has kept a target of Rs 6070 crore business in first year of launch in Northeast and Rs 150 crore nationwide. The Dailycious brand will soon be launched in other parts of the country as well. The products are being manufactured at the company's newly set up plant in Etawah in Uttar Pradesh. "I am confident that the product will meet and exceed the consumer expectations on key product attributes such as color, taste, miscibility and cuppage," added Basu. Mother Dairy is a whole owned subsidiary of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).

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India-Russia Trade Poised For US$30 Billion in A Decade: PHD Chamber

rade and economic cooperation between India and Russia witnessed a steady rise over the last decade and hold a scope for manifold expansion in the coming times, say by 2017, their bilateral trade could touch US$10 billion by 2017 before scaling at respective levels of US$20 billion and US$30 billion in 2022 and 2025 against the present estimates of US$6 billion, according to PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The aforesaid assessment of trade prospects between India and Russia by PHD Chamber is being released following its high level delegation visit that left New Delhi for Russia to participate in 7th Spring Summer St. Petersburg, exhibition, which is commencing from 16th of this month and coming to an end by 19th April 2015. The delegation is led by Senior Vice President PHD Chamber Mr. Mahesh Gupta. According to him, though India and Russia have eventually given new dimensions to bilateral relations in the development of defence, energy, science and technology, however, current level of bilateral trade at US$6bn is not consistent with the potential trade trajectory. Even though the bilateral relations between the two nations have widened their basket, yet India is not among Russia's key trade partners. India's position in trade with Russia's is not strong as compared with EU and USA. India's share in Russia's total trade is 1.2% as compared with 49% of EU and 3.3% of USA.

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Ruchi Soya, ITC among World's Fastest Growing Consumer Products Firms: Deloitte

uchi Soya Industries and ITC are among the world's 50 fastest growing consumer products companies, according to global consultancy Deloitte. Ruchi Soya - India's largest manufacturer of edible oil - ranked 22nd, while ITC - the country's biggest cigarette maker - was 28th on the list. Indore-based Ruchi Soya, which also manufactures soya foods and vanaspati, has a market capitalization of around Rs 1,500 crore. Kolkata-based ITC is much bigger with a market cap of Rs 2.80 lakh crore. ITC gets 50 per cent of its revenues from cigarette sales, but has also diversified into one of India's fastest-growing FMCG firms; it also owns and operates a number of hotels. According to Deloitte, the easing of inflation in the country will have a positive impact on growth for consumer-focused companies such as Ruchi Soya and ITC. Consumer price inflation, tracked by the Reserve Bank to set interest rates, is at a three-month low, while wholesale prices are in the negative territory, reflecting a cooling off of prices. Despite an economic slowdown, the world's largest 250 players in the consumer products sector "generated nearly $3.1 trillion of sales in fiscal year 2013 (which encompasses fiscal years ended through June 2014)". Based on the 250 companies' data, Deloitte estimates an average company size of $12.3 billion or Rs 76,260 crore for the sectorial players. As a whole, financial year 2013-14 was another challenging year for the global economy. Overall, recovery by many economies around the globe continued to be uneven and weak, said Deloitte in its 'Global Power of Consumer Product 2015' report, which looks into details of the world's largest consumer products companies. Consumer products companies completed 1,421 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals in 2013.

Based on the numbers to date, 2014 is on track to reach or surpass 2013's M&A deal volume, Deloitte said. Topped by South Korean electronics major Samsung, Deloitte's list of the world's top 250

players in the segment ranks American tech giant Apple Inc and Swiss food and beverage company Nestle SA at the second and third positions, respectively.

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Russia's share in India's trade is meagre 0.8% as compared with 13% of EU and 8% of USA. India's top export items to Russia are pharmaceuticals, electrical machinery, iron & steel, coffee, tea, nuclear reactors, aircraft, vehicles, edible fruit & nuts, among others. India's top import items from Russia are precious stones, mineral fuels, fertilisers, copper & articles, iron & steel, rubber products, paper products, salt and inorganic chemicals, among others. Both the nations have undertaken initiatives to promote bilateral investments, primarily through facilitating Government to Business and Business to Business contacts, said Mr. Gupta. Scope of expansion for investments exist in hydrocarbons, power, coal, nuclear power, fertilizers, IT, pharmaceuticals, mineral and metallurgy, among others, he said Russia's restrictions on import of food items from EU and USA can be a great opportunity for India to increase its exports of food products to Russia. Also there are immense opportunities in machinery, electrical and electronic equipments and pharmaceuticals to extend exports to Russia Currently, Russia imports these items from Western markets. But, these items are among the principle exports of India.

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y editorials shouldn’t become monotonous and for this I need to be vigilant and vibrant. And while I was pondering this fact …I treaded on the news where a minister has amusingly suggested integration of three very important independent ministries;Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti is going to write a letter to the Prime Minister, where she is going ask him to merge the Ministries of agriculture, food processing and rural development that are directly linked to the common man and provide employment opportunities to both rich and poor. I would like to ask the minister what good would be achieved in amalgamating the three very important ministries except that it will overload the working system causing unwanted hindrances in the work processes and slow down the mode of operation. Now I divert my attention to our honorable Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal who has accepted that in the LokSabha that the overall level of food processing in the country was estimated to be less than 10 per cent compared to "very high" levels in certain developed and developing nations. Complex regulatory regime and lack of access to affordable credit are impacting the development of food processing sector in spite of various fiscal incentives given by the government, she informed the Minister. Some important causes of slow development of food processing sector in the country negative impact is the lack of efficient supply chain infrastructure, inadequate processing capacity, complex regulatory regime and lack of access to affordable credit. I and many people from the industry will agree with me that the food processing sector was given a step motherly treatment in this budget with the industry hand totally empty, so what else do they expect apart from the slow-down in the development of food processing industries. But Ms. Badal defended the government by saying that the Food Processing Industry was provided with various fiscal incentives for the development of the sector, like reduction of excise duty on food processing and packaging machinery have been reduced to 6 per cent from 10 per cent (this was what we got in the budget). She further shielded the govt saying that the food processing units have also been allowed 100 per cent Income Tax exemption on profits for the first five years of operation and after that, 25 per cent exemption for the next five years. Under the National Mission on

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Food Processing (NMFP), financial assistance is provided to entrepreneurs to help them increase food processing capacity. "NMFP has been delinked from central government support from current financial year excepting the union territories, informed the Minister. Next, as you may remember, in my last editorial I had written about the govt cancelling the food park in Amethi, which was a dream project of Rahul Gandhi. But our union minister of food processing very quintessentially attacked him of "playing politics of deception" and "misleading" over a mega food park project in his constituency Amethi. Harsimrat Kaur said, "The project was cancelled on July 11, 2014..... Were you sleeping for 10 months? It is you who wants to resort to politics of revenge. Gandhi had actually attacked the government in the House over the food park, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of practicing politics of revenge and not "politics of change" which he had promised. Talking about Food Park I cannot end without mentioning that the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved modifications in Mega Food Park Scheme guidelines of infrastructure development for food processing. The modifications are expected to trigger further investment in the food processing sector and ensure smooth implementation of the Mega Food Parks scheme particularly, projects at initial phases of the scheme’s implementation. The scheme would be implemented in a marketdriven manner commensurate with both global and national demands. Innovative supply chain management will be the key to implementation of this scheme. Proposals focusing on the processing and preservation of perishable food products will be given weightage in selection. The modification will also bring Central Government agencies on par with the State Government agencies by removing the restriction of a maximum 26 percent on their equity holding in the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) and allowing all Government agencies to become shareholders in the SPV without any restriction on their shareholding. Good news is that each Mega Food Park is expected to benefit 6000 farmers and producers directly and about 25000 farmers indirectly. The estimated investment in each project will be about Rs. 100 crore in common facilities and will leverage an additional investment of about Rs. 250 crore. The expected annual turnover of each project will be Rs. 500 crore. I hope my readers’ find this piece of write up intriguing and interesting ………till then bye!

amani Oil Industries Pvt. Ltd. announced the winners of its first ever Kamani Bakery Challenge (KBC) on 10th April, 2015 with an exclusive awards function hosted at Hilton Hotel in Mumbai. The event, unique due to its core concept, was a phenomenal hit with the local city bakers and received a fabulous response. The ceremony was graced by all competing bakeries and the esteemed panel of judges; Celebrity Chef Vikas Seth (Corporate Executive Chef at Dish Hospitality and Super Chef on the

were then judged on the parameters of taste and texture, design and production, healthiness, and innovation. The jury of five judges also selected one product in each category which had excellent taste, texture and aroma and awarded it the ‘Chef’s Choice’ product. Gary’s Cake, Mazgaon bagged the first prize in the cake category, while Corner Sweets & Bakers, Kandivali won the award in the cookies category. Commenting on the success of the event, Mr

Winners List Sr No

Name of the bakery

Category

Prize

Gary's Cake, Mazgaon

Cake

1st

Sewree Sweets, Sewree West

Cake

2nd

3 4

Real Sweets & Bakery, Dockyard Shree Prasad Bakery, Mazgaon

Cake Cake

3rd Best Design & Presenta�on

5 6

Shree Prasad Bakery, Mazgaon Crystal Bakery, Malad West

Cake Cake

Best Innova�on Chef's Choice

Corner Sweets & Bakers, Kandivali West

1st

8 9

Na�onal Bakery, Andheri East Janta Bakery, Powai

Cookie Cookie

2nd 3rd

10 11

Bostaan Bakery, Kurla West Corner Sweets & Bakers, Kandivali West

Cookie Cookie

Best Design & Presenta�on Best Innova�on

Spenta Bakery, Parel West

Health

Cooking Reality Show 'Sanjeev Kapoor Ke Kitchen Khiladi’), Chef Varun Inamdar (Celebrity Chef, Consultant, Chocolatier, and Food Stylist), Chef Gavin Braganza (Sous Chef – Pastry at Sahara Star) and Mr Nitin Patankar (Product Development Officer at Monginis). Chef Vivek Kadam (Pastry Chef at Grand Hyatt Mumbai), also one of the judges, was unable to attend the event but sent an encouraging message for all. Kamani Oils initiated the KBC Awards to recognise the talented bakers in the city and appreciate their quality work. In addition, KBC Awards aims to provide them with a platform to innovate their products and come up with healthier variations of popular deserts. The challenge comprised of two main categories – Cakes and Cookies – where all participants had to create dishes using fats like Kcookiez, Klite & Cakelite. The short-listed products

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Prakash Chawla, Director, Kamani Oils said, “We have conceptualised this event to give a platform to our customers to showcase their talent. The response has been encouraging and we shall now extend this across other cities in the coming year.”

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SNACK NEWS

Value added nut snacks with Heat and Control Seasoning + Coating: This is where the uniqueness of a nut snack comes into play and has the potential to position a product as a premium snack. Seasoning nuts with salt, water or a mix of spices can be done on its own or additional to a batter coating. Exotic flavour recipes are used as a means of achieving premium price point or appealing to specific taste profiles in markets around the globe. The application of glazing oil, water, salt, spice based seasonings, sugar, dough, chocolate, yoghurt and batters gives personality to the product. Flavour and especially colour can be added to the base formulation with frying or drying temperatures enhancing the flavour profile. Colour is also added to the base flavour mix to help with sight appeal.

s consumer demand for healthy snacks continues to grow, the variety of value added nut snack options will grow due to creation of unique flavours/recipes, coatings and blends. Just as the Namkeen (traditional savoury snack) industry in South Asia has a multitude of methods and recipes to achieve unique flavours for each brand, nuts also provide an opportunity to offer a unique product that evolves with the changing needs and tastes of snack consumers. For seasoned, coated, honey-roasted, and blended nut products, Heat and Control builds a complete range of equipment for nut preparation and handling, frying, cooling, glazing, application of seasonings and coatings, conveying, weighing, packaging and inspection. Oil Roasting (Frying): Oil roasting is a process by which nuts are submerged or covered in hot oil and fried. Roasting accomplishes many tasks including flavour enhancement, shelf stability (1 to 1.5% finished moisture) and also destroys microbes such as Salmonella. In almonds for example, 2 minutes at 260°F (127° C) is required to destroy microbes. Basic frying principles can apply to most nut varieties: peanuts, almonds, cashews, pecans, walnuts, brazil nuts and sunflower seeds. Certain nut types, such as Macadamias, need to be handled with care. They are high cost and are more fragile. They also have a delicate flavour and it is necessary to fry them in very high quality oil.

Frying time and temperature is critical as the period between adequately cooked and burnt, is quite short. This varies depending on the nut variety, hence can only be established by testing and experience. Product feed to roaster is critical in order to achieve a consistent production rate and uniform product depth. It is also important to remove any debris before nuts enter the roaster.

Coating and seasoning application can be done either in the kitchen, in the packaging room or on a belt along the line. In-kitchen seasoning can occur directly after the dry roaster OR after the cooling process and before transferring into the packaging room. On-machine seasoning (OMS) occurs in the packaging room, directly

This ensures that the product is presented to the batter curtain in a single file hence reducing the risk of getting doubles or married product. The batter curtain has a counter flow which ensures that the product is fully encapsulated before being placed into the fryer for cooking. These features ensure a premium coated product is produced with minimal wastage. Honey Coating: Honey coatings apply a viscous honey solution that is sprayed into the infeed end of the tumble drum. This is followed by sugar/salt to dry the slurry at the discharge end of the drum. Brine and Starch Coating: Normally a water-based coating and is done directly after the dry roaster and before the cooler. The heat of the nut evaporates the water in the coating leaving a nicely coated nut. Dry seasoning can be added when using a starch and water combination. Dough Coating: Typically quite thick and utilise cracker and dough based ingredients to achieve a thick

Oil type or blend is also important for flavour development and is often a brand’s secret recipe. Typical oils include canola, safflower, sunflower, peanut and various hydrogenated blends. If oil solidifies at room temperature, all piping and tanks (especially “low lying”) must be heat traced (steam or electrical). Various processes can take place prior to oil roasting that impart a specific mouth-feel, taste and flavour experience. Examples include brine soaking, coating and drying. If nuts are dry roasted prior to coating, the frying will be required to cook the coating only. Dry Roasting: A dry roast involves processing by means of hot air and there seems to be a tendency to use this method to reduce oil content. Entry level processors use forced air or semi industrial type convection ovens with nuts in a single layer and stirred regularly to avoid surface burning. Temperatures vary between 110 - 180 degrees C for 15 – 20 minutes, whereas larger volumes are done in custom designed drying ovens.

before the product goes into the weigher and bag maker. Dry Seasoning: Dry season application of nuts can be complex as oil tack (stick) is required for adhesion of the dry seasoning. In many cases this requires a water or oil application before the dry application. A lot depends on the roaster type (oil or dry). For example if the nut is dry roasted then a two stage, oil plus dry or salt application, is required to achieve adhesion. For a coating such as Tamari or brine, a water application plus dry is applied after a dry roaster, with the cooler system turned off. If an oil roaster is used then dry seasoning or salting will occur after the fryer. Consultation with Heat and Control seasoning systems experts is recommended to achieve the best adhesion and coverage of dry seasoning application. Batter Coating: An example of batter coating is seen in the Indian snack category, Namkeen. Often peanuts are coated with a batter made from Besan Flour (chick pea flour) and spices before going into the fryer. For this market the key is to maintain the traditional taste and texture of a handmade product in a continuous system. A specially designed vibratory feeder singulates the product and feeds it into a curtain of batter.

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enrobing type coating on the nut. In some cases, raw skin on peanuts is used. The flavour the skin imparts provides a unique taste and also helps the coating better adhere to the nut as opposed to a “naked” nut. Such examples of these are: Blending: Blending of nuts, fruits, candy, and other products provides another opportunity to create innovative products such as Bhujia or trail mix. Accurate blending systems are able to mix multiple products into proportionally even blends, that don’t stratify or separate before they reach the packaging station. The key is to maintain the blend so that the consumer will get the variety and proportions they expect.

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CORPORATE NEWS

Ruchi Soya to invest Rs 500 cr in Maharashtra in food processing will see end to end activities for the farming community.

Mondelez to appeal US$92m India tax bill

portrayed as a new facility, and therefore eligible for a tax exemption, rather than an enlargement of an older factory. As such, Mondelez is alleged to have sought tax benefits for what has been labelled in reports as a "phantom factory" that did not officially exist.

The company will extend its services to soya and tomato farmers in the state and help them undertake pre harvest activities like providing high quality seeds, pesticides and insecticides to farmers. The company aims to reach out to over 200,000 tomato farmers through this initiative.

eading edible oil manufacturer Ruchi Soya Industries has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Maharashtra for setting up of entire value chains for soya, tomato and other agri produce at an investment of Rs 500 crore. The company plans to lay special emphasis towards farmers of the drought prone regions of Vidarbha and Marathwada. The proposed investment of Rs 500 crore will be spread over a period of three years. "Our initiative plans to focus primarily in drought prone areas across the state. This is a small beginning and going forward we expect to contribute further through similar partnerships," said Dinesh Shahra, Founder and Managing Director of Ruchi Soya Industries. Under the terms of the agreement, Ruchi Soya will create an entire value chain for farmers which

In the post-harvest stage, besides procuring the produce, the company will also build agriinfrastructure to help the farmer store his produce (cold as well as dry storage space). It will also support the farmer with renewable energy solutions like rooftop solar power generation, and advanced biomass gasification based tri-generation. "The deal is a part of the state government's efforts to scale up the public private partnership for integrated agriculture development (PPP-IAD) initiative in the next five years. The company will work closely with the state government in setting up value chain development. This agreement will also help in utilizing best agricultural practices to increase productivity," said Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Ruchi Soya is already operating two soya seed crushing facilities at Nagpur and Washim. This initiative will reach out to over 1.5 lakh soya farmers across 10 locations in the two regions

Nestle helps Punjab farmers break new ground

evinder Singh, a farmer, stands proudly at the entrance of a milk collection centre at Kaonke Kalan village near this dusty Punjab town as officials of the global food, nutrition and wellness giant Nestle arrive to inspect it.

ondelez International has confirmed it will appeal a US$92m tax bill in India over what is alleged to be a "phantom

factory".

The company has been accused of providing "inaccurate information when claiming an excise tax exemption" for a Cadbury factory in Himachal Pradesh. A plant expansion was completed in 2009. Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s authorities have claimed the expansion was

other Dairy Fruits and Vegetables expects a growth rate of 11 per cent in revenue at Rs 7,000 crore in 2014-15, a senior official of the company said today.

Thanks to the ongoing encouragements of Nestle -- a household name in India with brands such as Maggi, Cerelac and Lactogen for products like noodles, ketchups, milk supplements and chocolates -- more farmers are taking to dairy farming in Punjab. "I got associated with Nestle precisely on Aug 22, 1970, and it's been like this ever since. Some 75 farmers from the village and nearby areas sell around 1,000 litres of milk to this collection centre," Singh said. His son, Hardeep Singh, is a second-generation farmer to be associated with the multinational company. The family has a medium-size dairy with more than 15 cows and buffaloes. Hardeep, who is qualified in dairy farming, even helps other

The level of trust between farmers and our company has been built over the years through direct interactions. Most farmers have years and decades of association with us. We deal with those who have 2-3 animals, 15-20 animals and 50-100 animals," said Kamalbir Singh Deol, regional manager for fresh milk procurement and dairy development. Scientific and medical interventions have also helped with farmers responding positively. "Nestle helps the farmers not only with fodder, but also mediccines, seeds and good quality semen at cost. The results are encouraging," said scientist Arvind Malik, a doctorate in animal nutrition.

2,000 crore segment. East and North-East account for 45 per cent of the market," Basu said. Amulya from Amul and Everyday from Nestle India Ltd are the dominant brands in the market. Mother Dairy proposes to leverage the 10,000 Safal distribution centres for distributing the dairy whitener, milk shakes, lassi and UHT milk. Safal markets non-dairy products of the company including 'Dhara' brand edible Oils, fresh fruits and vegetables, frozen vegetables, fruit pulp and juices.

The company, which has eight manufacturing units in India, encourages farmers also look at cowrearing. "Earlier, the farmers preferred buffaloes. Now, 76 percent of their animals are cows. We even help them in breed improvement," Srinivasan pointed out.

For Devinder Singh, 62, and scores of other farmers in the area near the famous Sikh shrine, Nanaksar Gurudwara, the association with Nestle ranges from a few years to decades. These farmers no longer depend only on agriculture for their livelihood.

"The issue is one of interpretation and it will be inappropriate on our part to discuss the details externally at this time since the matter is subjudice and in the legal domain."

Mother Dairy expects a growth revenue at Rs 7000 cr revenue mark in 2014-15

farmers set up dairy farm units. "Nestle started started manufacturing operations in India in 1961. Moga was the first unir. We started with 511 litres milk from 180 farmers. Now, we collect nearly 1.4 million litres of milk from over 71,000 farmers daily," Nestle's Moga unit factory manager Satish Srinivasan told.

Teams from Nestle, including scientists and vetenererians, have a direct interaction with the farmers and their families to ensure that raw material like milk and other products supplied to the company adhere to international standards.

"The company is examining the Commissioner's Order and will challenge the same in appeal, as we firmly believe that we have correctly claimed exemption of excise duty. We also firmly believe that our executives acted in good faith and within the law in the decision to claim excise benefit in respect of our plant in Baddi.

Initially, besides West Bengal, 'Dailycious' would be launched in the North East, Bihar, Odhisha and Kerala, he said. "We hope to end 2014-15 with Rs 7,000 crore revenue. Last year (2013-14) the turnover was over around Rs 6,300 crore," Mother Dairy head (dairy products) Subhashis Basu said here. Dairy products, which includes fresh milk, ice cream, butter milk, lassi among others, contributes 80 per cent of the total revenue of the company. Mother Dairy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of National Dairy Development Board, today forayed into Rs 2,000 crore dairy whitener segment under 'Dailycious' brand and aimed 5 per cent marketshare in the first year itself. "We are aiming for 5 per cent market of the Rs

Officials said Nestle's social initiatives here are routed to its long history of working with communities -- be it with farmers in Switzerland or in other countries. That's what has enabled it to deal with some 2,300 collection centres in Punjab and neighouring Haryana and Rajasthan.

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"Whitener products will be manufactured from our new plant at Etawah in Uttar Pradesh, where we have made an investment in excess of Rs 150 crore," Basu added. Apart from dairy whitener, the company also launched three other products in the value-added dairy beverages segment - lassi, milk shakes and butter milk. "All these are ambient dairy products which do not require cold chain system. The shelve life of these products are between four to nine months and hence it could be easily stored and sold by local kirana shops," Basu said.

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FOOD SAFETY NEWS

China tightens food safety law Manpower shortage seriously

ollowing a string of food safety scandals that have rocked the nation in recent years, China has implemented stringent food safety regulations that will levy heavy penalties on offenders. The country's top legislative body has voted in favor of the amendments to the food safety law that will impose tougher punishments on violations, and tighter regulations of infant milk formula and online shopping, reported China's official news

agency, Xinhua. The new law will comprise 154 articles, compared to the 104 included in the previous law. "Anybody found to be adding inedible substances to food could be sent to jail for up to 15 days." Recent food adulteration scandals to hit the country include injection of clenbuterol into pork, recycling of cooking oil, selling pork from sick pigs, medicines made with toxic gelatin and

passing off rat and fox meat as fit for human consumption. As per the amended rule, anybody found to be adding inedible substances to food could be sent to jail for up to 15 days. Offenders could face administrative detention, without court proceedings.

affecting the functioning of food safety dept.

anpower shortage is seriously affecting the functioning of food safety department. The number of food safety officers will shrink to 43 from the current 55 with the retirement

This move has been considered tough, as other punishments generally involve fines, and revocation of certificates. The amended law will also give greater power to buyers, as consumers will get the right to demand reparation of three times any loss they suffer from substandard food. Offenders will also be fined up to 30 times the value of their products, which is an increase from the current 10 times. In the case that the products are worth less than CNY10,000 ($1,630), the fine can be up to CNY150,000, three times the previous amount, reported Xinhua. Officials with food and drug regulators who fail to protect the public or participate in covering up scandals will be given demotion or dismissal. The revenue of landlords who are found to ignore illegal activities on their premises will be seized with a fine of up to CNY200,000.

The toll free number of food safety department 1800 425 1125 gets around 40 calls a day. However, the department is not able to respond to even five calls a day. "We don't have the required number of vehicles to reach places for inquiry. The department only has 12 vehicles," the official said. As many as 156 posts are lying vacant in the department. This was reported to PSC almost a year ago. However, there was no positive response on the issue.

of 12 officers in May. The department, which is already crippled by manpower shortage, is to face severe crisis in the coming days. As per norms, each constituency must have a food safety officer. According to sources in the department of food safety, a single food safety officer has to look after more than three constituencies, which is impractical. "We get a call from Aruvikkara while handling an issue in Thiruvananthapuram. In such cases, it would be difficult to reach places on time. Activities such as collection of samples are affected because of the shortage," said a food safety official.

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The food safety department was formed in 2008 to implement Food Safety and Standards Act 2006. The prevention of food adulteration wing and analytical laboratories under the control of the director of health services were transferred to the control of the commissioner of food safety then. Initially, the department was frequent inspection of hotels and establishments. Now, in addition shortage, fund crunch too has operations of the department.

active with food business to manpower affected the

"The budget allocation for enforcement activities has been cut short to Rs 2.50 crore in this budget. This is going to affect the functioning of the department," the official said.

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FOOD PROCESSING NEWS

Modi Government cancels Rahul Gandhi's Food Processing Project in Amethi

ongress vice president Rahul Gandhi's dream to see his Lok Sabha constituency Amethi emerge as a major food processing hub in the area may not be realized as NDA government has cancelled the mega food park project in Amethi. When contacted, a senior Food Processing Ministry official said that the company, to which the project was allocated, did not fulfill certain conditions even after extension of deadline.

The Rs 200-crore project was inaugurated in October 2013 by Gandhi, Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla and former Union minister for food processing industries, Charan Das Mahant. It was the first such project in Uttar Pradesh which was to be set up by Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited in Jagdishpur, Amethi. "The central government has cancelled the food park project in Amethi which aimed at providing

While laying the foundation stone, Rahul Gandhi had said, "Farmers are the most hard working and they get least. That is why we are establishing a food park here." "The food park is being made with the aim that whatever is grown in Amethi should be processed here too. An agriculture hub should be established here, we want to bring change in Amethi and Jagdishpur. 40 industries will be established here it will help 40,000 people," he had said. The Ministry official said, "Even the deadline was extended to two years but the company was not able to fulfil the minimum criteria of 50 acres of land." Senior Congress leader Akhilesh Pratap Singh said that cancellation of the food park is yet another indication of the anti-farmer thinking of BJP and Modi government. "Uttar Pradesh is such a big agriculture state and there is not a single mega food processing park here," BJP has so many MPs from UP and all the important ministers including the prime minister is from the state yet what has the state got.

done. This will ensure that farmers get prices and it gives the industry the liquidity to pay farmers," said A Vellayan, president of the Indian Sugar Mills Association.

"We are looking at various measures to resolve farmers and millers issue and will talk to finance minister," Paswan said.

Sugar production in the country is expected to rise to 26.5 million tonnes in the 2014-15 season, from 24.4 million tonnes in the previous year. Demand is estimated at 22-23 million tonnes.

Paswan said he would write to finance Minister Arun Jaitley, pressing for an increase in import duty on sugar, which is currently 25%. The minister has convened a meeting with state chief ministers on April 16 to discuss the issue of rising arrears payable to farmers. The amount owed by sugar mills to farmers has risen to Rs 19,243 crore, with Uttar Pradesh accounting for the bulk of the arrears, Paswan said on April 8. Higher duty would restrict sugar imports and ensure that domestic sales pick up, said ministry officials. However, the industry says the government should create a strategic stockpile of sugar immediately. "We want the government to create a buffer stock of sugar of 2.5 million tonnes, just like China has

In 2014, a Reuters report stated that potential buyers for the unit included Brake Brothers, Booker Group and Sodexho, along with private equity firms. Nestle bought Davigel, which was a part of the Buitoni frozen food business, in 1989. The unit supplies frozen and chilled meals and ice-cream to restaurants and hospitals.

"The project would have helped the farmers of not only Amethi but also of the entire state," Singh said, adding that contentions, if any, of the Central government that the project was not viable or had technical flaws are wrong as all the norms and formalities had been completed before its foundation was laid in October 2013.

Food ministry hikes 40 percent on import duty of sugar

ood minister Ram Vilas Paswan plans to seek an increase in import duty on sugar to 40% in a bid to boost domestic sales and support farmers who are yet to be paid for cane sold to mills.

private equity firms."

employment to some 40 thousand people," Rahul Gandhi's representative looking after the development of Amethi, Maan Singh said.

The park was aimed at giving direct or indirect employment to the jobless in 20 districts, providing market to the produce of the area and uplifting the economy of the area.

"The project was cancelled as Shaktiman Food Park Ltd was not able to fulfil certain conditions including possession of land within six months of the date of allocation." The official also said that Shaktiman Food Park has informed the ministry that the project is unviable if gas at subsidised rate is not provided for the captive power plant, for which he added there was no provision under the policies for Food Park.

Nestle in advanced talks to divest Frozen Food Unit

ources reveal Nestle has been engaged in advanced level discussions regarding the divestment of its frozen food unit Davigel to Brakes Group, owned by Bain Capital, a buyout fund. As cited in Reuters, people familiar with the matter said that the two companies are in talks about the prospective sale, and the deal could be signed soon. A second source was quoted as saying that the sale, that is expected to amount to between €200m and €300m ($211-317m), is being handled by Credit Suisse. "Potential buyers for the unit included Brake Brothers, Booker Group and Sodexho, along with

"Four mills in Uttar Pradesh -- Malakpur, Modinagar, Titawi and Mawana -- have yet to pay cane dues to farmers from 2013-14. The Centre can take action against mills, apart from procuring sugar to stabilise prices," he said. Uttar Pradesh tops the list of states with sugarcane arrears at Rs 9,715.69 crore, followed by Maharashtra at Rs 2,864 crore and Karnataka at Rs 2,402.39 crore.

Considered to be one of the world's biggest food companies, Nestle announced in 2014 that it was considering the divestment of its underperforming businesses. Following that, the company sold its brands, including PowerBar and Musashi, to US group Post Holdings, its US frozen pasta business to Brynwood Partners, and the bulk of its Jennie Craig business. It also divested a 10% stake in fragrance and flavour-maker Givaudan, and cut down its stake in L'Oréal by selling part of it back to the French cosmetics company.

Nestlé USA achieves zero waste to landfill status across 23 factories

estlé's USA division has announced that all its US-based factories are now landfillfree.

noteworthy achievement given the breadth and complexity of our manufacturing operations across a variety of categories.

The company announced in 2014 that 15% of its factories across the world amounting to a total of 72 had attained zero-landfill status.

"We are committed to working with our employees to ensure our factories remain landfill-free, and are striving for new ways to reduce our environmental impact at each stage of the product lifecycle." "We are committed to working with our employees to ensure our factories remain landfill-free, and are striving for new ways to reduce our environmental impact at each stage of the product lifecycle."

Weak sugar prices have hurt the ability of mills to pay farmers for cane at rates set by state governments. A decline in global prices has made sugar exports uncompetitive, the industry said. Currently, very little sugar is imported, it said. Farmer leader VM Singh, convenor of the Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan, said the Centre had to play a more proactive role.

It also announced an investment of €40m to expand a French Davigel factory in April 2013, which had sales of €783m in 2012.

With the addition of its US manufacturing centres to this list, the company has tried to retool the way it handles waste and product manufacturing. Employing close to 23,000 people, Nestlé USA has a total of 23 factories, 43 distribution centres and 13 sales offices across the country. The company's US sales, which totalled around $9.7bn in 2014, amounted for 11% of its global sales. Speaking about the initiative, CEO of Nestlé USA Paul Grimwood said: "This is an especially

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All the 23 US factories of Nestle produce confectionary, dairy, frozen and refrigerated meals, ice cream, baking ingredients and beverages. Each factory employs ISO 14001 certified environmental management systems to ensure minimisation of impact on environment, including waste elimination. "Environmental sustainability is part of Nestlé's commitment to Creating Shared Value in society. Our goal is for our products to not only be tastier and healthier, but also better for the environment." Currently, the company is working on composting, recycling, energy production and the provision of safe products for animal feed.

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TEA & COFFEE NEWS

Foreign buyers asking for good quality tea at lower price

epreciating currencies in Russia and Europe have landed Indian tea planters in a major problem. Overseas buyers are asking for good quality tea at a much lower price. This may hurt the profitability of tea companies as their cost of production has gone up. Also, with a reduction in export incentive - to 3 per cent from 5 per cent - in the new foreign trade policy, Indian tea has become less competitive internationally. India's tea exports of 180.05 million kg during during the April-February period of fiscal 2015 showed a 25.07 million kg decline over the corresponding period of FY14, Tea Board data showed. This decline has largely been in the wake of increased competition from Kenya, which had offered teas in the global market at a lower price than India. "Russia and Iran are the two major markets for Indian tea. Rouble depreciation is hurting Indian tea exports as the buyers there are not ready to pay up more," said SujitPatra, additional secretary of the Indian Tea Association. "We are trying to sort out the issue with Russia. Meanwhile, we are keeping a close watch on the rupee-rouble trade contours." Russia lifted 34.75

million kg of tea between April '14 and February '15 as against 35.46 million kg a year earlier. While volumes had fallen marginally, prices too were lower. Russia offered $2.76 (Rs 173) per kg in fiscal 2014, but in fiscal 2015, it bought tea at $2.44 per kg. "Not only the rouble depreciation, the exporters are facing problems over the euro depreciation too. We are concerned whether some unscrupulous exporters take this chance and send low-quality teas to these countries taking advantage of the global economic scenario. That will tarnish the image of Indian tea in the world market," said AnshumanKanoria, a leading tea exporter. ITA's Patra said efforts were being taken to develop trade ties with Iraq and Libya. "While we are in constant dialogue with Iran so that our exports of orthodox teas increase to this Islamic nation, we are also considering building trade ties with Iraq and Libya. We are also giving an emphasis on the Kazakhstan market. This will help us in reducing dependence on a single nation for exports," he said. Exporters say developing new markets would not be an easy task. "Though these countries are strategically located and are definitely important destinations for Indian tea exports, the banking system in these countries should develop more to handle exports," Kanoria added.

UPASI, the apex body for growers of plantation cropssaysInjustice done to bulk coffee and tea exporters statement. While the new Foreign Trade Policy has attempted to simplify the procedures involved in exports, UPASI President VijayanRajes said the coffee and tea plantations would be hit due to reduction in incentives for bulk exports by 2 per cent.

PASI, the apex body for growers of plantation crops, today demanded that the government should reconsider its decision to reduce the incentives on bulk exports of tea and coffee under the new foreign trade policy. The United Planters' Association of Southern India (UPASI) is an apex body of planters of tea, coffee, rubber, pepper and cardamom in the Southern States of India. The association expressed concern over reduction made to incentives for bulk exports of tea and coffee under the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS). The plantation industry, which is reeling under high cost of production and low prices, has been further affected due to reduction in the incentives for bulk exports of tea and coffee from 5 per cent provided under the VisheshKrishi Gram UdyogYojana to 3 per cent under the MEIS, UPASI said in a

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UPASI would be approaching the Commerce Ministry to rectify the "injustice done to the bulk coffee and tea exporters", Rajes said. He noted that the majority of coffee and tea exports were in bulk form and shifting to value addition or packaged form was not feasible as importers demand these two products in bulk for value addition. Moreover, he said certain countries discourage imports of value added products by imposing additional tariffs. The association also expressed concern over low rubber prices on account of high imports. The rubber sector, devastated by the lower prices due to unrestricted imports, was expecting increase in the import duty from the current 20 per cent to at least 25 per cent in the Union Budget, but the Centre ignored this important plantation sector, Rajes said

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DAIRY NEWS

Parag to have a ‘Go’ at Russian Dairy market

Kwality Ltd enters MoU with Jharkhand govt to set up Rs 100cr dairy unit

wality Ltd, one of the leading dairy product manufacturers in North India, entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU)

with the government of Jharkhand for setting up a project of milk and milk products at Ranchi with minimum investment of Rs 100 crore. The project, which is expected to generate employment for 300-500, is proposed to commence in financial year 2018-19.

proposed that Kwality Ltd will make investment towards Corporate Social responsibility (CSR) besides arranging skill upgradation/training of youths working population, running ITI/polytechnic etc in PPP or private mode as per policy of the state government,” said the company in a BSE filing on April 27, 2015. Kwality Ltd, which markets its products under Dairy Best brand, is considered to be one of the fastest growing private sector dairy companies in Northern India. The company has various milk processing plants with a capacity to handle around 3 million litres of milk per day. Currently, Kwality has six manufacturing units located at Palwal (Haryana), Bulandsahar (UP), Saharanpur (UP), Jarar (UP), Sitapur (UP), and Ajmer (Rajasthan).

“In addition to investment of Rs 100 crore, it is also

MoU signed by Haryana and Israel for animal husbandy dairy centre A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for establishment of Indo-Israel Centre of excellence in Animal Husbandry and Dairying sector at Hisar was signed between Haryana government and Israeli government here today.

Haryana is number one in terms of Murrah breed buffalo, he added. He also said Haryana government is collaborating with Israel government for boosting dairy development in the state keeping in view the similar agro climatic conditions in Israel and Haryana. A feasibility study for the proposed centre of excellence in Animal Husbandry sector has already been conducted by Israeli experts. The centre of excellence would be established in the already existing State Cattle Breeding Project at Government Livestock Farm, Hisar, he added.

According to an official statement, the MoU was signed in the presence of Haryana Animal Husbandry and Dairy Minister Om Parkash Dhankhar and Charge d Affairs, Embassy of Israel in New Delhi Yahel Vilan. Speaking on the occasion, Dhankhar said that Haryana would enhance its per capita availability of milk with the help of Israeli techniques.

production, processing and / or / storage of controlled goods imported into the customs territory of the Customs Union / TC.

The establishment of the proposed centre of excellence would be 100 per cent centrallysponsored, getting funds under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVY) at least for the initial three years or till such time the infrastructural development of the centre is completed and the initial projected cost of the centre is Rs 14.98 crore, the official statement added. The MOU was signed by Mahavir Singh, Haryana Principal Secretary, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department and Ilan Fluss, Deputy Head of Agency for International Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel.

arag Milk Foods Pvt Ltd, makers of the “Go” brand of milk products, is looking to raise cheese exports and enter the Russian dairy products market. Claiming to have India’s largest cheese-making capacity, Devendra Shah, chairman of the company, said that he could enhance capacity to cope with enhanced exports. Mr Shah also added, “We have India's largest cheese making capacity, of 40 tonnes per day. The Russian demand is huge and, with opening of Indian dairy products imports into Russia, there is a big prospect for business.” According to Shah, Parag Milk Foods “is looking at the annual cheese consumption of about 2-2.5 lakh (lakh=one hundred thousand) tonnes per annum in Russia and may consider increasing cheese production capacity from the present 40 tonnes per day to about 100 tonnes per day”. The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of ussia (Rosselkhoznadzor) allowed the imports of Indian buffalo meat to Russia on December 4, 2014, and included four Indian companies in the register of organizations and individuals engaged in

he Erode Turmeric Merchants Association has introduced e-trading system in its sales yard . “The Association, in line with government orders, has arranged the turmeric sale under e-trading system in their sales yard. Many farmers expressed their satisfaction over the introduction of the same. Under the system simultaneously the price of the lots fetched by the traders would be exhibited on

A source informed RIR that Parag Milk Foods, as well as Schreiber Dynamix Dairies received some insignificant remarks. “If the company meets the requirements, it will be able to get permission to deliver its products to Russia,” the source said. “One of the main requirements was that the company received milk from farms with livestock of at least a thousand cows”. Earlier, India’s commerce secretary Rajeev Kher, in an interview to TASS Russian News Agency expressed hope that “the Indian companies would be able to get the first permit for the supply of dairy products in Russia within a month.” Among 10 other companies which are eyeing the Russian dairy products market is Amul. In January this year, the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), the makers of the Amul brand of dairy products, said that after the necessary regulatory approvals are in place, it could take two to three months to start their exports to Russia.

Government initiated an exercise to boost shipments of dairy products due to drop in export

oncerned over a sharp drop in dairy exports due to quality issues, the government has initiated an exercise to boost shipments of dairy products like milk powder and asked the sector to prepare strategy paper in this regard.

official said. The Ministry "would take appropriate steps" to encourage export of dairy products after deliberating recommendations of the paper, the official added.

The Commerce Ministry had recently convened a meeting of dairy industry representatives including Amul and discussed problems being faced by

The move assumes significance as India is the world's largest producer of milk and has huge potential for exports. The country's export of dairy, meat and poultry products has declined by 32 per cent to USD 302 million year-on-year in February this year.

Turmeric e-trading launched in Erode the screen and farmers may accept the price if it is feasible for them,” said RKV Ravishankar, President, Erode Turmeric Merchants Association. Prices are ruling stable and the arrival has increased to 8,000 bags and 60 per cent were procured by the traders for their local supply. The Salem Turmeric price was up ₹100 a quintal and all the 500 bags were sold. New turmeric variety: At the Erode Turmeric Merchants Association sales yard, the finger variety (old turmeric) was sold at ₹5,839-8,531 a quintal; the root variety ₹5,317-7,699. Salem turmeric: The finger turmeric went for ₹6,499-9,709 and the root variety ₹6,419-7,931. Of the arrival of 1,686 bags, 760 were sold. At the Regulated Market Committee, the finger turmeric fetched ₹7,599-8,599; the root turmeric ₹6,439-7,697. Of the 707 bags on sale, 552 were traded.

After that, Rosselkhoznadzor also conducted a series of audits of local dairy producers, but none of the companies received permission to export to Russia.

The official further said the government would take up the issues faced by domestic companies at bilateral level besides helping the industry to improve quality and standard in order to comply with global norms. India has already discussed the sector's issues with Russia, where a huge export potential exists in view of sanctions imposed by western countries.

domestic companies and exporters to major markets including Europe, Japan and Russia. "Huge scope is there in Europe and Russia for dairy exports. But they are facing phyto-sanitary (quality) issues. Exporters raised the issue of nontariff barriers in these countries. The industry is expected to submit the paper very soon," the

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A team from Russia's phyto-sanitary watchdog, Rosselkhoznadzor, had visited India to inspect several cheese and dairy product units. As per estimates, Russia's annual dairy product import requirement is about 5,000 million tonnes. The country is facing problem in meeting this demand due to trade sanctions.

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MEAT & POULTRY NEWS

China files WTO request over EU poultry tariff concessions

hina has notified the World Trade Organisation (WTO) secretariat of a request for consultations with the European Union (EU) about its measures to modify its tariff concessions on a few poultry meat products.

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health, while the bird flu is an issue of animal health, he added. A team from China will likely visit the United States this year to observe measures U.S. poultry producers take to protect flocks from the virus, Vilsack said. The visit will be part of the U.S. effort to convince China to eliminate the countrywide ban.

China has repeatedly submitted requests for consultation since it joined the WTO and this is its thirteenth submission and fourth complaint against EU-adopted measures.

The country said that the EU measures affect imports of certain Chinese poultry meat products and are inconsistent with the obligations of the union under the current relevant provisions of the WTO agreements.

consultations formally initiates a dispute and gives equal opportunity to parties to consult and reach a satisfactory solution without proceeding with litigation.

U.S. asks China to drop ban on poultry imports triggered by bird flu

agreements. According to a spokesperson with the Ministry of Commerce of China, Sun Jiwen, the agreement led to a reduction in the interests of China's poultry meat exporters and did not ease concerns after the country's repeated calls for a settlement. Jiwen further added that China hoped the dispute could be settled within the WTO mechanism so that the interests of domestic market players could be protected.

.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has asked China to drop a ban on imports of U.S. poultry imposed because of an outbreak of bird flu in chickens and turkeys. The United States wants China to limit trade only from states or regions that have had cases of the flu, which is deadly to poultry, Vilsack told reporters. Cases of avian flu prompted China and South Korea to impose bans on U.S. poultry imports earlier this year. Last year, the two countries accounted for about $428.5 million in export sales of U.S. poultry meat and products, according to USDA data.

So far, the outbreak of bird flu has affected more than 7.3 million birds in U.S. commercial flocks. On Friday, a USDA official told, the department has $84.2 million in funds to address the outbreak. It is already aware of $60 million in indemnity claims that will be made by poultry farmers seeking compensation for culled flocks. The United States also has pressed Mexico, the top importer of U.S. poultry, to ease its restrictions on imports of U.S. chickens and turkeys. Mexico limits imports from states with infected flocks, and the USDA would like the restrictions to be applied only to counties with infected farms.

There are "no incidents on the East Coast, so why would you say 'You can't buy poultry from Virginia or North Carolina?'" Vilsack said. China's agriculture minister indicated he would consider Vilsack's request, but linked the matter to U.S. limits on imports of poultry raised and processed in China, Vilsack said. The U.S. restrictions on imports of poultry from China are related to human

Shorter Lunch breaks in Ireland present opportunity for FMCG

horter lunch times mean that one out of five Irish consumers skip on lunch almost every day, finds a new global consumer survey by Canadean. However, this presents a great opportunity for FMCG companies which need to bring convenient, tasty and comforting lunch options to the table.

According to the survey, one in five Irish consumers are skipping lunch almost every day and 44% are skipping their afternoon meal at least twice during the working week. Lunch is supposed to be a staple meal in consumers’ diets, providing a break half way through the day. However, as consumers feel stressed at work and are looking to impress their employers, they often take a quick

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INGREDIENTS NEWS

IMCD acquires Kushalchand in India

Chr. Hansen accelerates efforts within human microbiome

hr. Hansen has taken an important step in its strategic venture into new generations of probiotic products and therapeutic microbes. Through the creation of a new research and development consortium and the securing of strain access and commercialization rights, the company will strengthen its capabilities and gain access to renowned bio-banks of human gut bacteria. Cees de Jong, CEO, Chr. Hansen, says: “Chr. Hansen has been a world leader in fermentation technology for 140 years and we have one of the industry’s strongest technological platforms for the production of microbes. We are now using this platform to expand into new generations of microbial solutions for human health, and with these agreements in place, we can strengthen our strategic research efforts and accelerate product development.” New research and development consortium In the consortium, led and financed by Chr. Hansen, the company partners with three academic institutions, all among the leaders in the field of anaerobic bacteria and host-microbe interactions: The University of Aberdeen (UK), the University of Groningen (NL) and the University of Wageningen (NL). The consortium will operate a research program, aimed at exploiting the human microbiome and developing bacterial products that can improve human health, for example in the prevention and treatment of gastro-intestinal and metabolic diseases. Johan van Hylckama Vlieg, Senior Director of Chr. Hansen’s Microbiome Innovation, says: “This partnership will accelerate our development of a new growth platform for the company and help us strengthen key competences within the production of this special type of bacteria“.

One of the lead investigators, Professor Dr. Harry Flint, University of Aberdeen, says: : “The biobanks of anaerobic bacteria that we will advance in this project, already cover 500 strains, some ranking among the best documented in the field. These strains will be subjected to a deep analysis of their health functional activities and their potential for production and formulation.” Chr. Hansen saw strong organic revenue growth of 11% in the first half of 2014/15: Cultures & Enzymes Division (8% organic growth), Health & Nutrition Division (24%) and Natural Colors Division (8%). EBIT before special items increased by 9% to EUR 96 million. During the first half of 2014/15, Chr. Hansen was positively impacted by the strengthening USD, while the negative impact from inflation, especially in Russia and Ukraine, was offset by using EURbased pricing. “I’m pleased with our performance in the first half of 2014/15 with strong growth in both microbial-based divisions. It’s also promising to see the higher growth in the Natural Colors Division during Q2. The Nature’s No. 1 strategy continues to guide the direction for the company, and we've seen good progress within our strategic initiatives,” says CEO Cees de Jong. “We continue to invest in innovation and capacity to drive the future growth of the company. Our free cash flow generation remains strong and, consequently, it is our intention to pay out an interim dividend totaling EUR 115 million in connection with the release of our interim report for Q3 2014/15.” “We reiterate our expectations for 2014/15 of organic revenue growth of 7-9% and an EBIT margin before special items above 26.5%.”

the forefront of food ingredients distribution in India. The acquisition of Mumbai-based distributor provides a platform for the further strengthening and expansion of the activities of IMCD in the food market in India.

OTTERDAM, The Netherlands (2 April 2015) – IMCD N.V., a global leader in the sales, marketing and distribution of speciality chemicals and food ingredients, announces that it has completed the acquisition of Kushalchand Sons in India. Kushalchand, a family owned company based in Mumbai since 1922, is a distributor of food speciality ingredients to the fast growing processed food industry in India and represents world class suppliers. With a goal to provide the food industry with a single stop solution for all their clients’ formulation needs, Kushalchand has been at

Mr Amit Hirani, former owner of Kushalchand and the new Business Director of IMCD India, comments on the transaction: “IMCD and Kushalchand share a common strategy through providing the Indian food industry with a wide range of key ingredients from world leading manufacturers. This synergy will enable IMCD to further strengthen their presence on the Indian market.” Kushalchand generated revenue of approximately EUR 9 million. Its business will be integrated into IMCD India whilst 18 employees have already transferred to IMCD.

Omkar Speciality Chemicals Ltd bags order worth Rs 100 crore Company has bagged orders from India as well as different countries Omkar Speciality Chemicals Limited (OSCL), a leading manufacturer of Inorganic and Organic Intermediates and Active Pharmaceuticals Ingredients (APIs), is fully geared up with the help of its existing capacities to take care of the market demands during the current Year.

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CHOCOLATE NEWS

Cadbury saddled with $92m tax bill over ‘phantom’ factory

Peanuts! Crunchy taste in snickers soon to be Indian value-added products like peanut butter.

demanded around INR2.5bn against excise duty evasion. Cadbury, however, has denied all allegations and said it will challenge the court's decision. This is the latest in a series of tax battles in India involving global multinationals, including Cairn Energy; the British oil group and Vodafone; the telecoms group, reported the Financial Times.

hocolate company Cadbury has been landed with a $92m tax claim by the Indian tax authorities after the company was accused of claiming excise benefits on a 'phantom' factory. Cadbury, owned by US-based food and beverages giant Mondelez International, has been accused of providing incorrect information when claiming an excise tax exemption for a factory in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh. The company has now been asked by India's Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence to pay INR5.7bn (€83m) in unpaid taxes, plus interest. The authorities have said that the company claimed exemption for a factory that was expanded in 2009, and portrayed it as a new factory instead of an old one. Following the allegation against the company, a probe was launched by Indian tax officials in 2011, and a show-cause notice issued to the firm

Cadbury said in a statement: "The issue is one of interpretation, and it will be inappropriate on our part to discuss the details externally at this time, since the matter is sub-judice and in the legal domain. "The company is examining the order and will challenge the same in appeal, as we firmly believe that we have correctly claimed exemption of excise duty. We also firmly believe that our executives acted in good faith and within the law in the decision to claim excise benefit in respect of our plant."

hat may perhaps be India's contribution to what's considered the best-selling chocolate bar in the world? Peanuts! The crunchy taste in Snickers will soon be Indian as Mars Incorporated, which makes the $2-billion chocolate bar brand, plans to source peanuts from Saurashtra for markets right from India and Middle East to South East Asia and China. "From a quality perspective, it is very critical to get peanuts of a particular variety. We are developing it with a couple of vendors based out of Saurashtra," Mars International India general manager MV Natarajan said. "India can even be the largest sourcing hub for peanuts," he said. Mars currently does a bulk of peanut sourcing for Snickers bars — which come stuffed with peanuts — from Argentina. For companies, low level of aflatoxins, a type of toxin produced by molds that grow on peanuts and corn among others, is the deciding factor. While Mars follows a strict benchmark of 4 parts of aflatoxins per billion (ppb), the Indian benchmark of aflatoxin is around 30 ppb, while it is 10 ppb in the US. Despite India being the world's second-largest producer of peanuts with nearly six-million tonnes annually, its share in the global market is restricted to raw peanuts, with negligible contribution in

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Mars has teamed up with Gujarat-based Khedut Feeds to help farmers in Saurashtra produce high-quality peanuts with global expertise and best practices. "Over the last few years, we have started an initiative — Project Saurashtra — by partnering nearly 40,000 farmers to educate them on growing high quality nuts and have better crop yield," said Tushar Patel, director at Khedut Feeds. Last month, Mars Inc — which also owns M&M's, Twix, Milky Way and Bounty brands — announced it will invest $160 million to open its first chocolate plant in India. A year ago, AgroTech Foods Limited, an affiliate of Conagro Foods Inc, announced the opening of its manufacturing unit near Bharuch in Gujarat to start local production of its Sundrop peanut butter for the first time in India. But not many companies are interested, say experts. "Farmers in India hardly use latest infrastructure or technology that helps produce export quality peanuts," said Sanjay Bajaj, MD of Ahmedabadbased Bajaj Food Products, one of the first peanut butter manufacturer and exporter in the country. "Unless global companies partner them and bring best global practices, it is difficult to match other countries despite low prices in India," he said. There are other issues, too. Peanuts production is highly vulnerable to rainfall deviations and display huge fluctuation between years. Also, the domestic consumption is huge for peanut oil, and just 5-7 per cent of peanuts get exported to other markets.

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NEWS

Could tea thaw the frosty Russian drinks market?

particular, will outperform the rest of the beverages market with a comparatively high growth of 1%. Michael Wiggins, analyst at Canadean, says: “The hot tea market is showing growth which means that Russians might be returning to old favourites in times of uncertainty.”

ue to persistent international tensions and the rising cost of raw materials, the drinks market in Russia is forecast to suffer a decline in 2015. However, the hot drinks market presents an opportunity, finds new report by Canadean. According to the report, the Russian drinks market will lose nearly 1.5 billion litres of volume spread across all categories in 2015. Russia accounts for a third of Eastern Europe’s beverage consumption and is a key export market. The economic hardship and political instability, as well as the declining consumer and industry confidence, are forecast to impact many other nations in the region. In 2015 the Eastern Europe beverages market is expected to see a drop of almost one billion litres, equating to a decline of around 1%. However, the research also shows that traditional products will witness growth in 2015. Hot tea in

Juice and nectars predicted to experience worst decrease The Russian juice market will suffer the most with a forecast decline of 30% in 2015. This is having a negative effect on even the major players. For example, PepsiCo plans to close the Ramsenskoe plant and move production to the Lebedyansky site. The nectars market will also contract by over a fifth in 2015. Wiggins says: “Usually, lower cost nectars benefits from a decline in juice as consumers trade down, but in Russia the increase in the cost of raw materials will badly sting both categories.” Decline in alcoholic drinks due to tough tax regime Canadean expects beer to decline by 6% in 2015. “The decline in the market will largely be due to the tough tax regime and legislative environment adding to the external factors,” adds Wiggins. Brewers are seeking to manage the current market challenges through cost-cutting measures: Carlsberg has recently announced plans to close two plants, while Baltika Breweries is to shut down plants in Chelyabinsk and Krasnoyarsk.

Mars Inc. Prepares to Grow in India

&M maker Mars Inc. hopes to capture a larger slice of India's chocolate sales with candy bars tailored to Indian tastes and re-sealable packs to let customers prolong their sugar high, a senior executive said. The privately-held company will open its first chocolate factory in India early next year to strengthen its presence in a market largely controlled by rivals Mondelēz International Inc. and Nestlé SA.

The $106 million facility in the western city of Pune will make eggless Snickers and temperaturetolerant Galaxy bars, which would withstand India's scorching summer, M.V. Natarajan, who heads the Indian arm of the company, said. The Galaxy bars would be packaged in re-sealable wrappers as most Indians like to consume chocolates in long intervals, he added. Mars Inc. already sells eggless Snickers and heat-resistant Galaxy bars in India, but these are imported from its production facilities in Dubai and Egypt. Their recipes were tweaked two years ago to cater to India's tropical climate and largelyvegetarian consumers. These chocolates aren't sold elsewhere and are priced as low as 28 cents.

Ecozen Cold storage maker raised 6.2 crore from Omnivore partners

company that makes solar-powered cold storage units for farmersEcozen Solutionssaid it has raised about $1 million (Rs 6.2 crore) from Omnivore Partners, which has taken a minority stake and will have representation on the board of directors. Ecozen, which also makes irrigation systems that run on solar power, will use the funds to expand production capacity and widen market reach. The cold-storage units are sold or rented to farmers, who can store perishable fruits and vegetables instead of being forced to sell their produce at low prices. "Our aim is to use the funding to reach critical mass and invest in manufacturing of the product. Our storage solution has already been deployed in Karnataka through the University of Agriculture Sciences, Raichur. We are reaching out to more areas in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. We will also be using the funding to improve the business structure and supply chain including logistics and

production," said Devendra Gupta, co-founder of Ecozen. Gupta, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, founded Ecozen along with Vivek Pandey and PrateekSinghal in 2010. Ecozen is looking to make direct sales to big farmers and institutions related to agricultural activity. In turn n, small farmers can chose to rent from these institutions to store their produce. The company has sold six cold storage units on a pilot basis so far and 125 solar pumps. Gupta is aiming at revenue of $3 million by the end of 2016. Omnivore Partners, based in Mumbai, invests in early-stage agricultural and food technology companies. "Even if large coldstorage solutions are set up, small farmers will find access to these very difficult. Omnivore funded Ecozen because we believe that Ecozen has the solution to provide last-mile cold chain to India's farmers and radically reduce losses of fresh produce," said Jinesh Shah, founding partner of Omnivore.

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Mr. Natarajan said the company hopes to gradually phase out imports and eventually produce candies such as Bounty, M&M and Twix in India. He didn't give a timeline. "There is a huge, huge room to grow here," Mr. Natarjan said, adding that chocolate consumption in the country is growing rapidly. India's chocolate sales surged 24% to over $1.6 billion in 2014, according to Euromonitor International. Still, per capita chocolate consumption in India is among the lowest in the world. Indians, on average, consume 200 grams of chocolate in a year, according to Mr. Natarajan. In comparison, an average American consumes 10 kilograms a year. Mars Inc. controls 28% of the U.S. chocolate market, but only a sliver of India's ballooning chocolate pie. Mondelez International, the owner of the Cadbury brand, is the leader of India's chocolate pack, with a 55.5% market share, according to Euromonitor. Nestle India is next with a 17% share. Mr. Natarajan said Mars Inc. "hopes to be a mainstream player" and has signed Bollywood actors to market its chocolates. The company is also scouting for local businesses to source cocoa, milk, sugar and peanuts to beef up manufacturing in India.

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RETAIL NEWS

Future Group merges with Bharti Retail to craft one of India's biggest chains in 243 cities and will help Future Group take on competition from e-tailers. The combined entity will operate 203 Big Bazaar and 'Easyday' hypermarkets, 197 Food Bazaar and 'Easyday' supermarkets and 171 other stores comprising of Home Town, eZone, FBB and Foodhall. While in the value-format, post-merger Future Retail will operate 400 stores, its closest competitor Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Retail operates around 616 in the same category.

he flagship company of the Kishore Biyaniled Future Group - Future Retail, that runs Big Bazaar is merging with Bharti Retail, from the Bharti Enterprises stable that operates 'Easyday' supermarkets and convenience stores. The move will create a retail chain with 570 stores

Similarly, RP-Sanjiv Goenkaowned Spencer's Retail has 135 stores and 33 hypermarkets across 40 cities and More from the Aditya Birla Group has 438 supermarkets and 16 hypermarkets under the Megastore brands, according to information on their websites.

Specialty food chain Godrej Nature's Basket ties up with Amazon India for us in exponentially increasing our brand's connect with discerning customers across the country and making available our choicest products for their consumption," Godrej Nature's Basket Managing Director MohitKhattarsaid in a statement.

odrej Nature's Basket, the food retail arm of the diversified Godrej Group, has joined hands with Amazon for selling its products through the e-commerce giant's platform in India. "The partnership with Amazon.in is a step forward

The company said it has listed a wide range of products on Amazon's platform in the first phase and the range will increase exponentially in the coming months. Commenting on the partnership, Amazon India Director (Seller Services) Amit Deshpandesaid: "They have regularly set benchmarks for the retail industry and we do believe this partnership will help them redefine gourmet retail." The partners will provide customers across India convenient and easy access to a wide and unique selection of gourmet products, he added. Godrej Nature's Basket said it would also introduce chic gifting options range on the Amazon platform. The company had started retailing through its website two years ago. It sells a range of gourmet products, including fresh fruits and vegetables, international cheese and cold cuts, bakery products, ice creams, desserts, fresh made-to-order party snacks and patisserie. Besides, the company offers same day delivery in the five cities where it operates.

Euromonitor forecasts $2.9 trillion packaged food industry

uromonitor International says that its recent data reveals that the global packaged food industry will grow 2.4% to reach US$2.9 trillion in 2019. Key trends in the industry are: • The global consumer has a sweet tooth – over 20% of the packaged food we eat today are sweet snacks • The US is the biggest gluten-free food market in the world in 2014, followed by Italy which represents the largest in Europe • New policies against obesity affect food players’ strategies – the world buys 1.5 trillion calories a day and will be buying 90 more calories a day by 2019 “Snack products are driving the market due to busier lifestyles which makes snacking more prominent in people’s diets,” said Lianne van den Bos, Food Analyst at Euromonitor. “We will see more companies offer solutions in easy-toconsume, on-the-go formats in the future.” “Health and wellness is also playing an important role in packaged food,” said Dimitrios Dimakakos, Euromonitor’s Lead Analyst for Western Europe. “Despite the value growth of overall baked goods, staples such as bread suffered a decline in sales over 2014, while the “free-from” food products, such as dairy-free ice cream and gluten-free pasta, are moving from niche channels to mainstream.” “Despite over 40 percent of the global population being overweight and obese, Euromonitor’s nutrition data shows that by 2019 the world will purchase 90 calories more a day,” said Lauren Bandy, Euromonitor’s Senior Nutrition Analyst. “It’s important that food players, governments and retailers continue to play their part in providing and promoting healthy products.”

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NEWS

Widespread mango crop damage ruins India’s export season they should be. India continues to struggle to make headway in the export of its rich varieties of mango despite its potential for being a global leader for the crop. Assocham is trying to address the reasons behind this and put forward a plan of action to transform India’s export volumes and value..

opes were high in India this season as an early lifting of the European-ban on mango imports signaled the start of what promised to be a successful domestic and export campaign. However, according to a comprehensive study by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) the reality for 2015 is very different. There are low volumes this season due to severe weather ruining significant proportions of the crop, leading to price pressures on the domestic market. And in terms of exports, sales and volumes are nowhere near as good as

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“Considering the production volumes and variety of Indian mangoes, the country’s export at 41,280 metric tons (MT) is insignificant… India’s share in global markets is minuscule,” the report says. “Countries such as Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Peru, South Africa, Kenya, Israel and Australia have taken up large scale cultivation of mango and succeeded in building a base for themselves in the export market. “In Asia, the Philippines is a major exporter of mangoes with strong presence in Japan and other Asian and European countries.”

PepsiCo India brings Lay's premium potatoes ‘’Maxx’’ in India and ties up with Amazon In a statement, Rajiv Mathrani, Director & Category Marketing Head-Snacks, PepsiCo India said, “Lay’s Maxx is one of our most differentiated, global offerings and we are delighted to bring this to the Indian consumers. Lays Maxx offers a unique texture with deep ridges and a crunchy hard bite. “ Lay’s Maxx is available in select retail outlets across the country from mid-March 2015, the statement added.

PepsiCo India said that its bringing its premium potato chips product Lay’s Maxx from its global portfolio to India. Present in markets like Europe, USA and Middle East, Lay’s Maxx’s core target audience is young males. The company has tied up with Amazon to launch the product in a 4 pack bundle priced at Rs 120. The product is available in two flavors – Sizzling Barbecue and Macho Chilli at price points of Rs 15 and Rs 30 each.

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BAKERY NEWS

Getting more out of baked goods

aked goods like breads, cakes and pastries, are continuing to be popular with consumers. Baked goods sales worldwide grew from 139 to 141 million tonnes from 2008 to 2013[1]. In Asia Pacific, pastries and cakes sales are particularly successful, achieving 76 percent of volume growth between 2008 and 2013[2]. Nevertheless, there are clear signs that Asia Pacific consumers are making a conscious effort to eat healthier. Consumers, with easy access to information on nutrition and food science in the current Internet age are making better informed decisions than ever before when it comes to food choices. These days, consumers want their baked foods to not just taste good, but also to come packed with nutritional benefits. In this article, Christian Philippsen, Managing Director of BENEO Asia Pacific, discusses how food manufacturers can simultaneously cater to consumers’ demands in taste, texture and nutrition, while developing a product for consumers who are more health conscious, through a new breed of functional ingredients. Reducing or replacing sugar According to a recent decision by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the sugar consumption of adults and children should be significantly reduced to less than 10 percent of the daily energy intake. Studies have linked high consumption of sugar over time to diabetes, obesity and many other health problems[3]. Sugar is a common ingredient in baked goods such as cakes, muffins and pastries. In order to offer healthier alternatives, manufacturers are looking for ingredients that help to reduce or replace sugar without compromising on the taste and texture of their baked goods. Baked goods manufacturers can replace sugar entirely or partly with functional ingredients like BENEO’s ISOMALT. The only sugar replacer derived from pure sugar beet, ISOMALT has a sugar-like taste with about 50 percent of its sweetness. It replaces sugar in a 1:1 ratio, is low glycaemic in nature and low in calorie (2 kcal/g). When used in baked goods, ISOMALT provides the same taste, body, colour, pore size distribution and fluff consistency as if sugar were used. BENEO’s ISOMALT provides food manufacturers with the opportunity to tap into the increasing demand consumers have for ‘health and wellbeing’ products by facilitating claims such as “no added sugar” or “reduced calories”. As consumers look to combine their taste for treats with an increasing focus on healthy living, bakery products with ISOMALT give manufacturers the chance to distinguish themselves from the competition. Also, BENEO’s chicory root fibre oligofructose is well suited for the use in sweet baked goods. Its sensory profile is very similar to that of sucrose. Oligofructose has a mild sweet taste and up to 65 percent sweetening power of sucrose. By adding intense sweeteners such as sucralose, aspartame, or acesulfame K, the sugar content of baked goods can be reduced without adverse effects on sweetening power. Moreover, oligofructose masks the aftertaste of many sweeteners, allowing a well-balanced sweetening profile to be obtained. Comparable in form to sucrose, it ensures sweetness as well as bulk and texture. Additionally, oligofructose does not crystallize and has a higher solubility than sucrose. If sucrose is partially replaced by oligofructose in a recipe, the amount of water added to the dough may be adjusted in order to yield the desired dough viscosity and volume. Packing in the fibre While consumers try to increase their fibre consumption, many of them turn to foods such EDITOR Firoz H. Naqvi

as biscuits, cereals and cereal bars as a source of fibre-enrichment. Dietary fibres are thus, a perfect fit for baked goods. As soluble dietary fibres, BENEO’s Orafti® Inulin and Oligofructose can be used to enrich the fibre content of baked goods without altering the product’s taste or texture. With just three to six percent inulin in a recipe for example, industrial and artisan bakeries can produce fibre-enriched products and in turn, offer consumers real added value. Besides nutritional benefits, inulin also offers technological advantages for baked goods. Dietary fibre influence on the sensory profile of

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the end product is crucial: Orafti®HPX is neutral in taste and can be added in larger quantities if desired. This is especially advantageous for the production of baked goods that are very high in fibre. Being prebiotic inulin and oligofructose also help improve the balance of the intestinal flora by stimulating beneficial bifidobacteria growth – an important element of good digestive health. Based on a 13.5 health claim application BENEO has gained a positive EFSA evaluation for its prebiotic fibre inulin in improving the effect on bowel function in January 2015.

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Additionally, oligofructose and inulin can also be used as calorie-reducing ingredients as they have a scientific caloric value of only 1.5 kcal/g instead of the 4 kcal/g of sucrose. Furthermore, BENEO’s ingredients ISOMALT, inulin and oligofructose can help to reduce the glycaemic response of final products. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) gave positive opinions for the blood glucose lowering properties of oligofructose and inulin, as well as for ISOMALT with corresponding health claim approvals in the Annex of the Regulation 432/2012.

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