ATNI to release second edition of India Spotlight Index

The initiative is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)

Access to Nutrition Initiative (ATNI), hosted by an independent international not-for-profit organization called the Access to Nutrition Foundation, is to release the second edition of India Spotlight Index that evaluates food and beverage manufacturers on their policies, practices, and performance related to improving nutrition, making it accessible to all.

The initiative is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the governments of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.  

The sixteen companies that will be included in the Spotlight Index 2019 are:

AMUL- Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd

Britannia Industries Limited

Coca- Cola India

Hindustan Unilever

Mondelez India Foods Private Limited

Mother Dairy- Fruit & Vegetable Private Limited

Nestlé India Limited

Parle Products Private Limited

Pepsico India

(these nine companies were also assessed in the first India Access to Nutrition Index in 2016)

AAVIN-Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers Federation

Adani Wilmar

Emami Agrotech Ltd

Hatsun Agro Product Limited

ITC Limited

Karnataka Cooperative Milk Producers Federation (Nandini)

Marico Limited

(these seven companies are being assessed for the first time this year)