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Manbeena Chawla

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“Everyone’s responsibility to make Indian nutraceutical industry a prominent player on domestic as well as on global platforms”

“Everyone’s responsibility to make Indian nutraceutical industry a prominent player on domestic as well as on global platforms”

Image caption- (L-R) Kaushik Desai, Secretary-General, HADSA; Ajit Singh, President HADSA; Pritee Chaudhary, IRS, Regional Director, East & West Region, FSSAI; Dr Vaibhav Kulkarni, Hon. Secretary, HADSA The Indian nutraceuticals market is currently at a

Interview
“We have invested Rs 120 crore to create new product lines”

“We have invested Rs 120 crore to create new product lines”

Varun Chaudhary, Managing Director, CG Foods India As the trends towards healthy snacking and ready-to-eat foods pick up in India, many new products and variants are entering the market. CG Foods India, the FMCG vertical

Interview
“We plan to devote the majority of our attention to dry spices for the next half a year”

“We plan to devote the majority of our attention to dry spices for the next half a year”

Shammi Agarwal, Director, Pansari Group With its current focus on developing ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook food products for the Indian market, New Delhi-based Pansari Group is on a high growth trajectory. Founded in 1940, the company

Column
Why the Future of Spices must be Sustainable?

Why the Future of Spices must be Sustainable?

India is the largest producer, consumer and exporter of spices in the world. We produce about 11 million tonnes of spices, out of which only about 15 per cent is exported with the rest being

Technologies
Honing Academic Expertise for Alternative Proteins

Honing Academic Expertise for Alternative Proteins

New technologies and innovations seldom break through all at once. Instead, they gradually gain traction among the populace according to a pattern that can be visualised as an adoption curve. And the adoption of alternative

Nutritionals
Fighting Diabetes with Fibre and Protein Fortified Foods

Fighting Diabetes with Fibre and Protein Fortified Foods

Extensive research supports the common-sense notion that a healthy lifestyle can prevent or treat many diseases. A diet high in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and plant protein which is low in processed carbs, added sugars

Food
Can INDIA become #1 processed food exporter?

Can INDIA become #1 processed food exporter?

India’s food production industry is worth over $400 billion and is the primary source of livelihood for 45 per cent of the country’s population. India is the second largest producer of agricultural products (after China)

Beverages
Sober Sips Up Ahead

Sober Sips Up Ahead

The US continues to advance as the world’s most valuable wine market, generating a revenue of $63 billion in 2021, followed by China, Canada and Japan. Growth in India’s wine market is relatively slower, projected

Food
Barry Callebaut introduces second generation of chocolates

Barry Callebaut introduces second generation of chocolates

Redesigned the farming, fermentation, and roasting of the cocoa beans Swiss firm Barry Callebaut has announced, more than 140 years after the emergence of the first generation, the introduction of the second generation of chocolate.

Global
Bacardi cuts plastic in packaging

Bacardi cuts plastic in packaging

Removal of plastic pourers from bottles in the Bacardi portfolio will cut approximately 140 tons of plastic used annually Bacardi, the world’s largest privately held spirits company, is cutting approximately 140 tons of single-use plastic