The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), an India-based milk co-operative operating under the Amul brand, has reported a turnover of INR137.35bn ($2.29bn) during the year 2012-13, a growth of 18%, compared to INR116.68bn ...
Tags: Dairy Product, Milk
China Mengniu Dairy has agreed to acquire 75.3% stake in infant formula manufacturer Yashili, from chairman Zhang Lidian's family and Carlyle Group, for HK$12.5bn ($1.6bn). As part of this transaction, Yashili's controlling shareholders, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
China Mengniu Dairy is set to launch a new organic milk brand, which will be imported from Denmark. The company stated that the new brand of milk will be supplied by Swedo-Danish cooperative Arla Foods and will be marketed under Arla ...
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China Mengniu Dairy has agreed to acquire 26.92% stake in China's unpasteurized milk producer Modern Dairy from Advanced Dairy and Crystal Dairy, in a deal estimated to be worth HKD3.18bn ($410m). Under the terms of the deal, Mengniu ...
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Australian dairy co-operative Murray Goulburn plans to invest A$19.1m ($19.9m) in its facility in Leongatha, Australia, in order to boost the site's UHT manufacturing output. The expansion project, which will enable the company to meet ...
New Zealand-based multinational dairy co-operative Fonterra and Dutch firm A-ware Food have announced a partnership to set up a new cheese facility and dairy ingredients plant in Heerenveen, Netherlands. Fonterra chief executive officer ...
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New Zealand-based multinational dairy co-operative Fonterra plans to invest more than NZ$100m ($82.44m) to set up a new ultra-high temperature (UHT) milk processing facility at its Waitoa site in Waikato. This move is a part of Fonterra's ...
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Brazilian food company Vigor, a subsidiary of JBS, has entered into an agreement to acquire 50% stake in dairy cooperative Itambe for BRL410m ($208.3m). Itambe, which is one of the leading dairy cooperatives in Brazil, sources milk from ...
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A Europe-wide life-cycle assessment conducted by Germany-based Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IFEU) has revealed that carton packs for ultra-high temperature (UHT) milk have a better environmental profile when compared to ...
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US-based DuPont Danisco has developed FoodPro Cleanline, an enzyme that helps manufacturers to overcome the issue of fouling in ultra-high temperature (UHT) milk production. The company said that the ingredient allows UHT milk products ...
Tags: issue of fouling, milk production, milk products manufacturers
India-based Anik Industries has launched Anik Milk in Tetra Pak packages to cater to the increasing demand for safe and hygienic milk. Anik Industries joint MD Manish Sahara said there is a growing demand for safe and nutritious milk in ...
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Dhara,the leading edible oil brand in India,has launched Dhara Health Refined Sunflower Oil which features low-absorb technology. According to Mother Dairy,which owns Dhara brand,the use of new Dhara Health can ensure up to 21.8%low oil ...
Tags: edible oil, Dhara Health Refined Sunflower Oil, low-absorb technology
Scottish dairy firms could boost sales to China by millions of pounds after a trade visit last week. Scottish rural affairs secretary,Richard Lochhead led a delegation of 17 firms visiting China and Japan in a bid to boost the £1bn ...
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