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VOPPA Order 2025: A tool to ensure fair practice

VOPPA Order 2025: A tool to ensure fair practice

The Department of Food and Public Distribution, under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, has amended the Vegetable Oil Products, Production and Availability (Regulation) Order, 2011 (VOPPA Order) or better known as

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Leaning more towards nutraceuticals than therapy

Leaning more towards nutraceuticals than therapy

The global mental-health crisis has quietly morphed into a retail phenomenon. What was once the guarded domain of psychiatrists and psychologists now spills onto pharmacy shelves, Instagram storefronts, and wellness apps promising calm, clarity, and

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How Sector Leaders are Reading 2026

How Sector Leaders are Reading 2026

As the Indian food and nutrition sector enters a defining year, one thing is clear — the rules of growth are changing. Clean labels, traceability, stronger regulation, purposeful nutrition, export competitiveness and data-driven factories are

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How Impeccable Export Standards will Drive India’s Food & Nutra Industry

How Impeccable Export Standards will Drive India’s Food & Nutra Industry

Although the Indian food and nutraceutical industry entered 2025 with cautious optimism, it's ending the year having undergone one of its most decisive structural shifts in a decade. What began as a period of recovery

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India’s soaring soya market

India’s soaring soya market

As more and more Indians are shifting to a vegetarian diet, the soya industry is scaling new heights. While some may be  allergic to soya; a slew of health benefits for most, can be a

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Herbal Teas as Natural Ally Against Diabetes Surge

Herbal Teas as Natural Ally Against Diabetes Surge

As the global diabetes burden accelerates toward an estimated 783 million by 2045, the search for innovative, accessible strategies has never been more urgent. Across the world, nations are looking beyond pills and injections to

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SCIENCE & SCALE-DRIVEN COLLABS REDEFINE FOOD & NUTRA INDUSTRY

SCIENCE & SCALE-DRIVEN COLLABS REDEFINE FOOD & NUTRA INDUSTRY

From multinational alliances to government-backed innovation clusters, 2025 has marked a turning point where collaboration became the new currency of progress. These partnerships are not just strengthening manufacturing or boosting exports, they’re redefining how India

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GST 2.0 For a Healthier India

GST 2.0 For a Healthier India

The food-processing sector is claimed to be a major beneficiary in the rationalisation of tax rates, with most products witnessing a decline to a 5 per cent GST slab. The simplified tax structure brings uniformity

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The $1.5 Billion Mind Brew: How Mushroom Coffee Is Rewriting the Hot-Drink Paradigm

The $1.5 Billion Mind Brew: How Mushroom Coffee Is Rewriting the Hot-Drink Paradigm

The global morning ritual is quietly evolving. Gone are the days of coffee drinkers versus tea drinkers — now, functional hot beverages are staking their claim, with mushroom coffee and tea emerging as the rising

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Surging F&B Investment turns Shelf Appeal to R&D

Surging F&B Investment turns Shelf Appeal to R&D

India’s food and beverage (F&B) startup ecosystem is burgeoning with new-age brands promising healthier, trendier, and more convenient products, with investors raring to fund.  Much of this early-stage capital flowed into direct-to-consumer (D2C) plays, where