Rising butter prices give European consumers and bakers a bad tasteButter prices are soaring across Europe, impacting consumers and businesses alike. A global milk shortage, exacerbated by various factors i...
20 Dec, 2024, 10.55 AM IST
Christmas behind bars: What did celebrities like Harvey Weinstein, Tory Lanez, R. Kelly, Josh Duggar, Julie Chrisley feast on?R. Kelly, Josh Duggar, Julie Chrisley, Todd Chrisley, Harvey Weinstein and Tory Lanez are serving their jail terms, but they feasted on the...
27 Dec, 2023, 05.32 PM IST
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
Only 3% of packaged food item samples contain over 2% trans fat: FSSAI surveyFood Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has mandated to reduce the limit of industrially produced trans-fats, to not more than...
22 Sep, 2021, 04.48 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
Unilever picks London as its home over RotterdamUnilever said in a statement that after an 18-month review it believed that “moving from the current dual-headed legal structure to a singl...
12 Jun, 2020, 12.05 AM IST
Govt slaps 5 per cent safeguard duty on palm oil imports from MalaysiaThe revenue department has issued a notification to "increases the rate of duty of customs by 5 per cent" on the product, commonly used to ...
04 Sep, 2019, 10.05 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
FSSAI eyes tech change to omit transfatEating food filled with transfat increases the risk of coronary heart disease by clogging the arteries; which is why, FSSAI has planned to ...
16 Jan, 2019, 07.30 AM IST
FSSAI to limit trans fat in vanaspati/margarine to below 2 per cent in phased mannerSince the industry has agreed on the issue, the regulator said it will soon notify a draft regulation and release the final one in the next...
01 Jun, 2018, 11.03 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
Skipping meals makes kids obese: StudyChildren who skip meals are more likely to have excess body fat and an increased risk of diabetes, heart disease or stroke as early as 6 ye...
16 Dec, 2014, 02.05 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
- 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