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Demonising Synthetic Sugars 

It's official, India has become the Diabetes Capital of the World. A June 2023 Indian Council of Medical Research–India Diabetes (ICMR-INDIAB) study reveals  that India is home to 101 million diabetics.  With the increas…

Features · Mansi Jamsudkar · 8 Aug 2023
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Ensuring Food Security by ELIMINATING Wastage 

The post-pandemic world is poised for a great reset that could trigger a global upheaval in food production, supply and end-consumer access. While some organisations have been claiming that climate change is responsible …

Features · Mansi Jamsudkar · 10 Jul 2023
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Why the future of sustainable food in India is upcycling

Food waste is a significant concern in developing countries such as India, where approximately $14 billion worth of crops are wasted each year due to poor cold chain and disorganised logistics. In such a scenario, the co…

Features · Manbeena Chawla · 9 May 2023
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Rationale for Ramping up Food Testing Labs

Food adulteration has long been a significant concern in India. High-profile cases involving Nestle’s Maggi noodles and honey from established Indian brands such as Dabur and Patanjali are among the most controversial, s…

Features · Manbeena Chawla · 8 May 2023
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$10 B Export Target for Booming Spice Industry

In September 2022, Indian FMCG company Dabur India entered the spices market with the launch of Dabur Hommade Tasty Masala. Less than a year later, in January 2023, the company acquired 51 per cent equity stake in Badsha…

Features · Manbeena Chawla · 9 Apr 2023
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Women Milletpreneurs of India

As sedentary lifestyles become more prevalent and people become increasingly aware of the need to prevent lifestyle diseases, they are actively seeking out dietary options like millets. Millets are high in macronutrients…

Features · Manbeena Chawla · 8 Mar 2023
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The business of detecting tomorrow’s food trends

As an end-to-end flavours & ingredient organisation, IFF has the tools for holistic trend-driven innovation – enabling food manufacturers to meet consumer demands for healthy and delicious food and beverages with the…

Features · Manbeena Chawla · 6 Dec 2022
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Big Pharma sees bigger possibilities in Nutra sector

The FY20-21 saw a large number of big and small pharma players launching innovative nutrition-based products to help build immunity and overall well-being, on par with the food and supplement giantsOver the years, one of…

Features · Manbeena Chawla · 1 Jun 2021
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Polagra Food Fair Hosted Buyer Programme

POLAGRA FOOD − good food, trends, innovations and business meetingsPolagra Food Fair is a B2B event, focused on building business relationships between food manufacturers and business customers: traders representing reta…

Features · Ankit Kankar · 13 Oct 2019
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Poland tastes good!

Poland is a Central European country located at the crossing of major trade routes, thus becoming a meeting point for multiple cultures and nationalities. This is why Polish culinary heritage is so diverse and rich in un…

Features · Ankit Kankar · 13 Oct 2019
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The Maharashtra Milestone: Saving Lives through CMAM

Globally, nearly 20 million children under five (U5) years of age are suffering from SAM and until date, it remains a major killer of childrenEven as India celebrates its POSHAN month, the battle against malnutrition pro…

Features · Kalyani Sharma · 20 Sep 2019
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This summer, keep your stomach cool by keeping yourself hydrated

Avoid refrigerated and cold juices to keep yourself hydrated as it may aggravate stomach and spleen problemsWith the temperatures soaring as high as 38 degrees in the city, loss of appetite is becoming extremely common t…

Features · Sonali Wankhade · 26 May 2019
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Juicing the Worth out

The market for carbonated drinks is seeing a sharp decline as obesity-hit urban India is shunning colas and hunting for healthier and natural options. Leaving aside the global growth of cold pressed juices, Indian entrep…

Features · Manbeena Chawla · 30 Apr 2019
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Future market insights of Soy protein ingredients: DuPont

The market for protein ingredients is anticipated to expand at a significant rate over the next 5 years as consumption of high protein foods expands. In the food and beverage industry, the “high-protein” move…

Features · Manbeena Chawla · 4 Feb 2019
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Ayurvedic approach for cancer treatment

Cancer treatment in Ayurveda does not only focus on the area of the malignancy but on the entire system, as the whole organism must be returned to harmony for the disease to be treated permanently and not recur elsewhere…

Features · Manbeena Chawla · 4 Feb 2019
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India Food Safety Summit 2018

Indian food and grocery market is the 6th largest in the world with retail contributing 70 per cent salesIndia’s food and grocery market is expected to touch $482 billion by 2020. India’s food industry stands…

Features · Kalyani Sharma · 11 Jan 2019
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2018- Focus grows on Nutrition & Wellness

The year 2018 started with the launch of the National Nutrition Mission (NNM), by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8 March. Now christened POSHAN Abhiyaan, it aims to drastically reduce the prevailing high incidence of ma…

Features · Guest · 7 Dec 2018
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Kellogg might sell its cookies and fruit snacks businesses

Kellogg Company is considering the sale of its cookies and fruit snacks businesses. Kellogg is planning selling its Keebler, Famous Amos and fruit snacks businesses, making it the latest Big Food company to look to pare …

Features · Guest · 14 Nov 2018
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MCCIA makes efforts to promote food processing sector

The Food Processing Committee, Mahratta Chamber of Commerce Industries & Agriculture (MCCIA), Pune chaired by Mr Anand Chordia, has been continuously serving as a  contact point for enhancing business links and …

Features · Guest · 27 Jun 2018
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Male dominancy is an old chapter now: Dasgupta

Parna Dasgupta, Director-Regulatory Affairs, Kellogg’s India, earlier, had rendered her services to FICCI for 13 long years. She managed to climb the ladder more friskily in FICCI and went to head the organization …

Interviews · Guest · 20 Dec 2017
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Indian WEWAs writing a new success story of Indian food sector

Indian Women Entrepreneurs and Women Achievers (WEWA) are changing the face of the Indian food sector through their innovative ideas and creative thinking. Over the years, food sector, like many other businesses, is also…

Interviews · Guest · 12 Dec 2017
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Banking on the culinary world

Celebrity chef Meghna Kamdar is a banker turned baker, who after spending a decade in banking between Ahmedabad and Mumbai, decided to give up all that corporate glamour and ventured into the culinary world. From a succe…

Interviews · Guest · 12 Dec 2017
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Being innovative is the key to success

Mugdha Bhagchandka, Co-Owner, Meal of the Moment (M.O.M) M.O.M. is Mugdha Bhagchandka’s debut entrepreneurial project with her husband Prateek Bhagchandka, with whom she enjoys working with immensely and she envisions to…

Interviews · Guest · 12 Dec 2017
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