Centre urges food processing industry to reap benefits of PLI, other initiatives
Food Processing Industries Minister Narendra Singh Tomar called the industry players to take benefit of the government initiatives, including the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme. “The government is committed to the development of the food processing sector. The government has taken several initiatives to harness the food and horticulture potential of the country,” an official statement […]
Honey makers collaborate to form ‘honey alliance’
Indian honey makers including Dabur, Patanjali, Baidyanath, Hamdard Laboratories and Hitkary, in addition to advisory firm Consocia, have collaborated to form an India Honey Alliance (IHA), which they said was aimed at dealing with adulteration and to provide direction to implement best industry practices. The development comes six months after the Centre for Science and […]
Move to develop secondary food processing units hailed
The Andhra Pradesh Food Processing Policy 2020-25 intends to develop secondary food processing ready-to-operate plug & play units in each parliamentary constituency and the proposed 42 product-specific units would create a continuous demand for the farmers’ produce, good sale price and adequate raw material for the industry, L. Sridhar Reddy, Chief Executive Officer, AP Food […]
UK to ban junk food TV adverts before 9pm in child obesity campaign
New restrictions to come in force from next year will mean children are less exposed to the temptation of unhealthy foods with a ban on junk food adverts until 9 pm, the UK government announced on Thursday. Following a public consultation on the issue, regulations will come in at the end of 2022 introducing a […]
Mondelez India invests to recycle multi layered plastics
Mondelez India has provided a grant to Hasiru Dala, an NGO that will recycle multi-layered plastic (MLP) waste to create sustainable furniture boards for creating tables, benches and for other uses. The pilot project, which was facilitated by global environment solutions company Ubuntoo, will use the technology purchased from start-up TrashCon, to convert approximately 600 […]
IFF Introduces a Ground-breaking Lactase Targeting Milk and Neutral Dairy to North American
IFF announced today the launch of Nurica™ in North America, providing dairy producers a new way to meet consumer health needs with a premium product that they will love. Nurica™ harnesses the lactose present in milk to naturally generate the highest yield of prebiotic galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) fibers in situ, resulting in significantly reduced sugar and […]
Rising world food prices causing concerns among people: IMF
Global food prices have rallied to multi-year highs, triggered by Covid-19 pandemic-related supply chain disruptions and soaring transport costs, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. More is likely to come since international food prices are expected to increase by about 25 per cent in 2021 from 2020, wrote IMF’s Christian Bogmans, Andrea Pescatori and […]
