Amul, India’s top Dairy Products brand, plans to invest Rs 600 crore in a greenfield cheese plant in Palanpur, Gujarat. On completion this plant will help to triple the cheese output. Amul looks to increase its share in the Indian cheese market from 65% now. Its Palanpur plant would produce mozzarella and processed cheddar cheese to start with.
Amul’s value added products such as butter, curd, ice-cream and milk-based beverages have seen impressive growth over the past few years. Amul butter holds 90% share in the Indian market whereas its fresh milk share is 40%-45%.
Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation had posted turnover of Rs 20,730 crore for the last fiscal ended March, up 14% from the previous year’s Rs 18,143 crore.
- Cow milk (bovine species) is by far the principal type used throughout the world.
- The major components of milk are water, fat, protein, carbohydrate (lactose), and minerals (ash).
- Baked Milk – Simmering milk on low heat for eight hours or longer.
- Butter – Made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk.
- Condensed Milk – Milk from which water has been removed
- Cream – Composed of the higher-butterfat layer skimmed from the top of milk before homogenization.
- India is the largest producer of milk in the world.
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