How vanaspati is retracing its route to the great Indian kitchenDalda is the best-known vanaspati, the desi term for the manufactured solid fats broadly called margarine in the West.
11 Sep, 2022, 09.35 AM IST
Budget 2020: Custom of duty hikes makes a grand returnFood to furniture to EVs, imports set to cost more as GoI bets on Make in India push.
31 Dec, 2020, 04.45 PM IST
Government needs to have control over sale of margarine, Gadkari writes to PM ModiMargarine has a negative impact on human health due to the presence of large amounts of trans fat in it. Its use has increased significantl...
03 Aug, 2020, 05.56 PM IST
Amul doubles marketing spends during lockdownUnlike other consumer brands, which curtailed or stopped all advertising during April and May, Amul upped the ante.
22 Jun, 2020, 07.12 PM IST
A look at the global fight over fake foodIn 1999, a compromise was reached with certain vegetable fats being allowed and Cadbury rebranding its flagship Dairy Milk brand as a ‘fami...
23 Aug, 2019, 11.32 PM IST
Should cocoa-substitutes not get a standardised name, as they spread?People here may have been contemplating a comforting nibble or two of their favourite bar to chase away Maggi-deprivation blues.
09 Jun, 2015, 07.51 AM IST
Unilever says to form standalone spreads business unitUnilever plans to form a new standalone business unit for its North American and European spreads business, which is struggling.
04 Dec, 2014, 03.41 PM IST
Scottish delights include cakes and shortbreadExcellence of Scottish baking which is why, at the St Andrew's Day dinners that celebrated Scottish identity during the British Raj, one of...
25 Sep, 2014, 12.49 PM IST
Nutralite's look-alike by Everlike Food Products gets restrained by Delhi High CourtZydus Wellness received ex-parte restraining orders from Delhi HC against look-alike brands and products that resemble its flagship brand N...
11 Jun, 2014, 07.46 PM IST
Food Fair offers visitors dazzling culinary displaysThe handcrafted and whimsical displays fashioned out of flour, sugar, coca, chocolate and other such bakery items are some of the towering ...
12 Mar, 2014, 12.27 PM IST
Butter has scotched all fat naysayersThe Amul girl must be utterly butterly delighted that the world is coming around to her view on the crème de la cream of bread spreads.
23 Jan, 2014, 06.06 AM IST
- Ruchi Soya extends Nutrela into table spread category
Ruchi Soya Industries, makers of refined oil brands like Ruchi Gold, Sunrich and Nutrela have made a foray into bread spreads with the laun...
14 Dec, 2012, 07.53 PM IST
- A cookie bake-off among US First Lady contenders is a bellwether indicator
Michelle Obama’s recipe for chocolate chip cookies stole a narrow victory of 287 votes over Ann Romney’s M&M munchies this week.
04 Oct, 2012, 05.49 AM IST
At 50, the Amul girl still campaigns for bread-and-butter issuesWhen butter is promoted by an adorable little girl in polka-dots whose frame shows no adverse signs of her lifelong endorsement, it is hard...
21 Jun, 2012, 08.46 AM IST
- Amul takes Hindustan Unilever to court in butter-mayonnaise tussle
Later Amul too launched its own margarine brand ‘Delicious’ followed by a low-fat butter version ‘Amul Lite" to counter Nutralite.
12 Aug, 2011, 02.42 PM IST
- Nutralite spread in margarine spooks Amul
If the lion's share of around 70% garnered by Nutralite in the butter-like market is anything to go by, the brand has surely left a bitter ...
19 May, 2011, 11.42 AM IST
- Amul, Zydus cross swords over butter commercial
It’s an utterly butterly claim that has not gone down well with the market leader. Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF).
06 Feb, 2007, 05.26 AM IST