Amul gets new plant to increase chocolate manufacturing capacity

40 new types of chocolates developed by Amul dairy will be manufactured at the plant at the Tribhuvandas Food Factory at Mogar near Anand on 1.50 lakh square feet area with an investment of Rs 150 crore.

 

The Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers Union Limited recently commenced trials of its new chocolate plant, which has increased Amul’s chocolate manufacturing capacity by five times.

Looking at the growing demand of chocolates especially in the premium segment, the dairy union, which is a member of the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) – the apex body that markets brand Amul has increased its chocolate manufacturing capacity from 4,000 tonnes per annum to 20,000 tonnes per annum.

Dr K Rathnam, managing director, Amul Dairy said, “It is a fully automatic plant with latest machinery and equipments from Europe to handle material to final product.”

 

Kaira Dairy is the only manufacturer of Amul-brand chocolates.

 

R S Sodhi, GCMMF’s managing director said, “After the tremendous response in this range of chocolates, we are going to launch seven more country origin chocolates including that of Ghana, Madagascar, Ivory Coast and Ecuador among others.”

 

“Europe is known for its chocolates because of their processing capacity. Now, we too have the same processing capacity”, he added.