Imported food items has to get clearance from port authorities and person responsible for these activities would be Authorised Officer appointed by FSSAI .
After Chennai Ports appointment of Authorized Officer FSSAI has now appointed Authorised Officer's for Mumbai as well as for Kolkata ports .
According to an order issued by the Fssai, MS Karak, deputy director and SK Mohanta, senior marketing officer have been appointed as "Authorised Officer" for Kolkata Sea Port and Haldia Sea Port respectively.
Further SK Halder, senior marketing officer and Ais Kumar, deputy director have been appointed for Mumbai Sea Port and JNPT, Nhava Sheva, ports respectively
The functions of the Authorised Officer will, inter alia. include the existing functions of the Port Health Officer under the PFA Act, 1954, with respect to imported food clearance process, in coordination with the customs department, the authority said in a statement.
"During the absence or leave period of one Authorised Officer, the other Authorised Officer will discharge the functions of Authorized Officer for that port for imported food clearance process. Accordingly, for any matter related to imported food clearance process the above mentioned officers may be contacted in place of the Port Health Officer," Fssai informed.
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World Longest Sandwich To Be Made By UAE Red Crescent and Kraft Foods
Few earlier attempts
Now
2000Meter s long !
Dubai is getting ready to make the world’s longest sandwich, which will surpass the current record holder by about half a kilometre.
It will contain more than a ton of vegtables, 10,000 bread nuggets and other ingredients enough to feed 50,000 people.
The UAE Red Crescent and Kraft Foods are getting ready to make the world’s longest sandwich and enter it in the Guinness Book of World Records replacing the current title-holder sandwich of 2,000 metres long. The sandwich will be created on October 7.
“The longest sandwich in the world will use more than half a ton of cream cheese and 10,000 bread nuggets, 625 kgs of tomatoes, 250 kgs of cucumber and olive. Over 100 employees of Kraft Foods will work for more than four hours to make 10,000 sandwiches, which will encircle the Outlet Mall,” sources aware of the preparations told Emirates 24|7.
While it takes four hours to make 10,000 sandwiches, it will take another five hours for workers in select labour camps to eat the cream cheese sandwiches. The UAE Red Crescent has already identified the labour camps where the record making sandwiches will be distributed.
Kraft Foods and UAE Red Crescent will attempt to create history on October 7, at the Outlet Mall between 12-2 pm. As per the Guinness Book of World Records, the biggest sandwich ever made in the world weighed 3,178 kgs.
According to the Guinness Book of Records, the largest sandwitch was made in March 2005 by Wild Woodys Chill and Grill, in Michigan USA.
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Now
2000Meter s long !
Dubai is getting ready to make the world’s longest sandwich, which will surpass the current record holder by about half a kilometre.
It will contain more than a ton of vegtables, 10,000 bread nuggets and other ingredients enough to feed 50,000 people.
The UAE Red Crescent and Kraft Foods are getting ready to make the world’s longest sandwich and enter it in the Guinness Book of World Records replacing the current title-holder sandwich of 2,000 metres long. The sandwich will be created on October 7.
“The longest sandwich in the world will use more than half a ton of cream cheese and 10,000 bread nuggets, 625 kgs of tomatoes, 250 kgs of cucumber and olive. Over 100 employees of Kraft Foods will work for more than four hours to make 10,000 sandwiches, which will encircle the Outlet Mall,” sources aware of the preparations told Emirates 24|7.
While it takes four hours to make 10,000 sandwiches, it will take another five hours for workers in select labour camps to eat the cream cheese sandwiches. The UAE Red Crescent has already identified the labour camps where the record making sandwiches will be distributed.
Kraft Foods and UAE Red Crescent will attempt to create history on October 7, at the Outlet Mall between 12-2 pm. As per the Guinness Book of World Records, the biggest sandwich ever made in the world weighed 3,178 kgs.
According to the Guinness Book of Records, the largest sandwitch was made in March 2005 by Wild Woodys Chill and Grill, in Michigan USA.
for more visit
http://www.worldbreakingrecord.com/2010/09/worlds-longest-sandwich-set-guinness.html
Nimbus Foods To Open New " Live Bakery Shops "
Nimbus Foods are primarily into contract manufacturing of bread and namkeens , It makes Modern Bread of HUL and snacks for Parle Agro . Plans to open bakery retail chain across country .
Nimbus Foods Industries Ltd said today that the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on September 27, 2010, has considered to expand the present line of business of manufacturing of breads and backer/ products by establishing new manufacturing facilities at Jodhpur in the state of Rajasthan, Puna and Nagpur in the State of Maharashtra and at New Delhi.
To establish 30 most modern bakery outlets as "Live Bakery Shop" at Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Puna and Nagpur (Maharashtra). To expand in the field of snacks and namkeen by acquiring stake in the already established units.
To develop own and long term leased agriculture farms with latest horticulture techniques. The total cost outlay envisaged for the above expansion project is about Rs5bn which will be financed by tie-up of Term Loan and right issue at appropriate time subject to necessary approvals.
Source : India Infoline , Dt 28 Sept 2010
Chinese Major Food Co Bright Food To Bid For United Biscuit
In latest developments in UB bidding race Bright Food of China is in discussion with bankers . Other companies in the news are Nestle ,Campbell Soup Co , Kraft , Kelloggs, Pepsico and several other Indian companies . It would interesting to see one of the major take over bid by a Chinese food conglomerate .
United Biscuits, the company behind KP Nuts, Twiglets and Jaffa Cakes, faces a £2bn Chinese takeover in a move that could spark a political storm.
China's leading consumer group, Bright Food, has emerged as one of the frontrunners to acquire UB, which is being sold by its private equity owners Blackstone and PAI. A takeover would attract attention from politicians worried about the increasing number of British companies falling under foreign control.
There was an outcry last year when the American multinational Kraft snapped up Cadbury after launching a hostile bid.
Based in Hayes, west London, UB employs 7,000 people in Britain at 11 factories. Gerry Murphy, former boss of Kingfisher, owner of B&Q, has recently been appointed to the UB board.
If Bright Food clinches a deal, it would mark the first time a Chinese company has taken outright control of a major European food company. UB's brands also include Jacob's Cream Crackers, McVitie's biscuits, Penguin and Hula Hoops.
Chinese companies are eager to acquire products for the country's burgeoning middle class, as well as gain exposure to western marketing techniques and technological know-how.
Bright Food was formed three years ago when the Shanghai municipal government announced it was merging Shanghai Bright Dairy Group, the holding company for Bright Dairy, with Shanghai Sugar Tobacco and Jinjiang Food. The new conglomerate, named Bright Food, is managed by Shanghai's local administration and the state-owned assets supervision and administration commission. A spokesman for Bright Food confirmed to Bloomberg that "we are in talks about buying United Biscuits" but gave no details.
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United Biscuits, the company behind KP Nuts, Twiglets and Jaffa Cakes, faces a £2bn Chinese takeover in a move that could spark a political storm.China's leading consumer group, Bright Food, has emerged as one of the frontrunners to acquire UB, which is being sold by its private equity owners Blackstone and PAI. A takeover would attract attention from politicians worried about the increasing number of British companies falling under foreign control.
There was an outcry last year when the American multinational Kraft snapped up Cadbury after launching a hostile bid.
Based in Hayes, west London, UB employs 7,000 people in Britain at 11 factories. Gerry Murphy, former boss of Kingfisher, owner of B&Q, has recently been appointed to the UB board.
If Bright Food clinches a deal, it would mark the first time a Chinese company has taken outright control of a major European food company. UB's brands also include Jacob's Cream Crackers, McVitie's biscuits, Penguin and Hula Hoops.
Chinese companies are eager to acquire products for the country's burgeoning middle class, as well as gain exposure to western marketing techniques and technological know-how.Bright Food was formed three years ago when the Shanghai municipal government announced it was merging Shanghai Bright Dairy Group, the holding company for Bright Dairy, with Shanghai Sugar Tobacco and Jinjiang Food. The new conglomerate, named Bright Food, is managed by Shanghai's local administration and the state-owned assets supervision and administration commission. A spokesman for Bright Food confirmed to Bloomberg that "we are in talks about buying United Biscuits" but gave no details.
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Britannia To Exit Sri lankan Operations
Sri lanka have one of the highest per capita consumption of biscuits in this region, this fact had made Britannia to enter Srilankan biscuit market with high hopes for establishing as one of the popular biscuit brand in the island nation . But due to stiff competition from local brands and failure to cater to local taste. It could not make its operation viable in the longer run , hence decision has to be made to wind up its operation in Srilanka .Although Britannia would export it product to Srilanka from India
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The Nusli Wadia-promoted biscuit maker, Britannia Industries, has decided to wind up its ‘unviable’ Sri Lankan operations. Britannia had entered the Sri Lankan market in 2008 by launching a range of biscuits under the brand name Britannia Lanka.
“The company had decided to withdraw from the operations in Sri Lanka as they were not found to be viable. The right thing for a management to do was realise and recognise something and act on it and it is precisely for this reason that the company decided to withdraw,” Wadia told shareholders of the company recently.
Britannia could not turn around its business in the island nation, thanks to stiff competition from the local and already established brands in that country, sources said. Britannia could still sell its brand in Sri Lanka by exporting its products and selling its through local channel partners, sources added.
Source
Financial Express
A report
The Nusli Wadia-promoted biscuit maker, Britannia Industries, has decided to wind up its ‘unviable’ Sri Lankan operations. Britannia had entered the Sri Lankan market in 2008 by launching a range of biscuits under the brand name Britannia Lanka.
“The company had decided to withdraw from the operations in Sri Lanka as they were not found to be viable. The right thing for a management to do was realise and recognise something and act on it and it is precisely for this reason that the company decided to withdraw,” Wadia told shareholders of the company recently. Britannia could not turn around its business in the island nation, thanks to stiff competition from the local and already established brands in that country, sources said. Britannia could still sell its brand in Sri Lanka by exporting its products and selling its through local channel partners, sources added.
Source
Financial Express
India To Continue With Tax - Free Imports of Crude Vegetable Oils
India, the world's biggest edible oil importer, bought a record 1.06 million tonnes in August, 64 percent higher than a year ago. Purchases since the beginning of the year in November are up 5 percent at 7.45 million tonnes.
Alarmed by all-time high imports, leading trade and industry bodies have repeatedly requested that the government levy a tax to discourage imports.
"I do not feel India will impose duty on crude vegetable oil or raise it on refined oil due to (the) rise in food inflation," London-based Dorab Mistry, who heads the trading arm of Godrej International Ltd, told Reuters.
Food inflation has been accelerating in recent weeks with government data on Thursday showing the country's food price index rose 15.10 percent year-on-year in the week ended Sept. 4.
The country allows duty-free imports of crude vegetable oils and imposes a 7.5 percent tax on the refined variety.
India buys palm oil from Malaysia, Indonesia and small quantities of soyoil from Argentina and Brazil.
Imports of palm oil were at 5.2 million tonnes or 73 percent of total cooking oil purchased so far in the current 2009/10 oil year. Soyoil accounted for 20 percent at 1.4 million tonnes.
Mistry said the rise in global prices would also prohibit India from either slapping a levy on crude vegetable oils or raising the levy on refined varieties.
Palm oil has rebounded 19 percent from an eight-month low on July 7 on speculation that demand will increase from Asia and harvesting in Malaysia and Indonesia will be disrupted in November and December should La Nina cause flooding.
Source : Reuter dt 22.09.2010
Lighter Oven Bands Could Result In Energy Saving
Energy savings strategies for bakeries includes oven band heating . Oven bands are of various types which are used to convey wet products to the oven for baking . Normally this type of oven bands are required in biscuits , cookies , pizza , Swiss rolls manufacturing using tunnels oven with length varying from 150 ft - 300 ft . Heat balance of oven shows that product itself requires 30- 40% for its own heating , 10 - 20 % is required for oven heating and balance heat used for heating of make up air ,oven and losses. Oven band have repeated cycle of heating and cooling .
Many manufacturers have switched to lighter oven bands for energy savings .
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Imaforni Intl S.p.A - World Major Bakery Equipment Manufacturers - A Profile
Imaforni have been serving world bakery industry for long . It has installation across the globe and bakery equipments have been installed in numerous bakeries in world . Imaforni have been pioneer in bakery technologies its manufacturing expertise and services had made them world leader in bakery equipments .Established in 1962 This Italian bakery equipment brand has established its popularity among bakery manufacturers for better design and service .Imaforni has installed and have equipments in more than 110 countries with 170 people employed in the company .
Equipment manufacturing are categorised in following section in Imaforni Intl Spa
Bakery
Imaforni market leading mixing and forming equipment is based on over 50 years experience of the specialist needs of high-output plant bakeries producing a wide product range. Other areas of expertise include baking, and there is specialist equipment for the production of niche products such as Pizza , swiss rolls and cookies
Hard Sweet Biscuits / Cracker/ Soft Dough /Cookies
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Hard sweet biscuits and cracker/ soft dough / cookies unit have following units such as Laminators , cutting or moulding units , gauge rolls , baking ovens ( tunnel oven s ) , Mixers , Packaging machines, depositors , oil Sprays , cooling conveyors
Muffins . layer cakes ,Pizza and Swiss rolls
Swiss rolls have sponge sheets baked into oven with other decorating devices which perform different functions such as fillings , rolling , shearing etc these rolls are then packed in hfw packing machine .
Cake plant s have planetary mixers with which batter are prepared and placed in paper boxes and these are placed in moulds for baking .The depositor may be made with a double head to produce two-colour products. For the production of more sophisticated products, it is also possible to position two depositors one after the other. The task of the oven is to transform the liquid material into a tasty, edible, appealing food; consistent temperature and uniform baking are essential factors for obtaining the desired lift and quality
After Sales Service
Imaforni takes complete project from design to commissioning stage from customer . through their Aftermarket services from Italy and regional centres .Imaforni provides excellent support in terms of spares for their equipments such as moulds , dies , moulders and cutters , service contracts , benchmarking , optimising ,inspection and measuring equipments.
It was in 1962 when Demetrio Castello and Ugo G. Bademer put a name to their passion for the design and manufacture of industrial equipment: Imaforni was born.Today Imaforni is an international world leader, and its vast know-how has made it a landmark in terms of the reliability of its equipment and the innovation of its design.Since 1962 Imaforni has been coming out with innovative products in field of biscuit , bread , cake manufacturing equipment .The major competitors for Imaforni are Baker Perkins , Werner Pfliederer
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Bread Pakora 's The Favorite Indian Bread Snack
Its Rains all over India !.
What a way to enjoy rains with Hot Bread Pokaras served hot with chutney( the favorite Indian Bread snack)
Here is a video with recipe and preparation method
Try this out when it rains you will love it .
What a way to enjoy rains with Hot Bread Pokaras served hot with chutney( the favorite Indian Bread snack)
Here is a video with recipe and preparation method
Try this out when it rains you will love it .
Pepperidge Farm Inc To Reduce Salt In Bakery Products
After number of American food companies such as Pepsico , Kraft , General Mills Inc and Bumble Bee foods taking initiatives for salt reduction in their product ,Pepperidge Farm Inc joins this club by declaring its plans to reduce sodium in its 69 products by 10- 33%.Higher Level of salts in food are responsible of many heart related ailments
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Pepperidge Farm Inc. says it will cut the sodium levels in the majority its breads, rolls and bagels by 2011, making it the latest of many food makers to respond to demands for healthier products.
The company, owned by Campbell Soup Co., said the reductions will ultimately result in sodium levels 10 to 33 percent lower in 69 of its U.S. bakery products.
Health experts say Americans eat too much salt and the vast majority is from processed food. That excess is dangerous because sodium can contribute to high blood pressure, which can lead to stroke, kidney disease, heart disease or heart failure.
The issue has become so pressing that the Institute of Medicine issued a report in April that urged the federal government to limit salt allowed in food.
Pepperidge Farm said it has already begun some of the reductions, such as cutting sodium in its original white bread from 225 milligrams per slice to 150 milligrams last year.
Based on positive response to those changes and growing consumer demand, the company said it decided to aim to lower sodium levels 80 percent of its products by February 2011.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Pepperidge Farm Inc. says it will cut the sodium levels in the majority its breads, rolls and bagels by 2011, making it the latest of many food makers to respond to demands for healthier products.
The company, owned by Campbell Soup Co., said the reductions will ultimately result in sodium levels 10 to 33 percent lower in 69 of its U.S. bakery products.
Health experts say Americans eat too much salt and the vast majority is from processed food. That excess is dangerous because sodium can contribute to high blood pressure, which can lead to stroke, kidney disease, heart disease or heart failure.
The issue has become so pressing that the Institute of Medicine issued a report in April that urged the federal government to limit salt allowed in food.
Pepperidge Farm said it has already begun some of the reductions, such as cutting sodium in its original white bread from 225 milligrams per slice to 150 milligrams last year.
Based on positive response to those changes and growing consumer demand, the company said it decided to aim to lower sodium levels 80 percent of its products by February 2011.
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Margins Under Threat For FMCG Co
Reduction in grammages , substituting ingredients, relocating plants and hiking prices are few steps taken by all major fmcg companies including Big 3 of biscuit industry namely Britannia , ITC and Parle .As reported earlier inflation has made operations for small and medium bakery very difficult .
Report in ET
NEW DELHI: With food inflation crossing 15% and raw material prices at a high mainly on supply constraints, consumer product companies are resorting to frantic measures like hiking prices, reducing weight of product packs by maintaining existing price points or substituting expensive raw materials with cheaper ones.
“There isn’t enough cushion to deal with commodity costs. We have to pass on the burden to consumers in some ways,” said Chitranjan Dar, divisional chief executive of ITC Foods, which makes Bingo chips and Sunfeast biscuits. The strategies ITC is adopting include raw material substitution like edible oil instead of butter, grammage reduction and price hikes of high-margin biscuit packs.
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Report in ET
NEW DELHI: With food inflation crossing 15% and raw material prices at a high mainly on supply constraints, consumer product companies are resorting to frantic measures like hiking prices, reducing weight of product packs by maintaining existing price points or substituting expensive raw materials with cheaper ones.
“There isn’t enough cushion to deal with commodity costs. We have to pass on the burden to consumers in some ways,” said Chitranjan Dar, divisional chief executive of ITC Foods, which makes Bingo chips and Sunfeast biscuits. The strategies ITC is adopting include raw material substitution like edible oil instead of butter, grammage reduction and price hikes of high-margin biscuit packs.
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Top 14 Popular Bakery Products To Start Your Bakery Business With
Bakery products which are now popular with consumers and much in demands and with newer technologies and innovation, new recipes and packaging for better shelf life one could start with popular bakery product to launch bakery business . Check competition in the neighborhood ,find the local preference of the population , plan your investment and take the plunge in the world of fascinating bakery products.Most popular bakery items are now being branded with innovative packaging which were earlier made in organised sector .
One can have bakery business in form below mentioned business formats and this also answers the question as to how to start a bakery business in india
Home made bakery items
Bakery shop
Bakery Cafe
Central Kitchen Concept
Small/Medium/Big automated bakery plants
Bakery products can be categorised into following types
Dry - Longer shelf life but lower margins like cookies , biscuits , rusk
Wet - Lower shelf life requires additional food safety equipments but with premium margins. cakes , pies , bread , cup cakes ,pastry etc
Frozen - For people who would like to bake as per their own timing and style
Most Popular Bakery Items are
bakery products
One can have bakery business in form below mentioned business formats and this also answers the question as to how to start a bakery business in india
Home made bakery items
Bakery shop
Bakery Cafe
Central Kitchen Concept
Small/Medium/Big automated bakery plants
Bakery products can be categorised into following types
Dry - Longer shelf life but lower margins like cookies , biscuits , rusk
Wet - Lower shelf life requires additional food safety equipments but with premium margins. cakes , pies , bread , cup cakes ,pastry etc
Frozen - For people who would like to bake as per their own timing and style
Most Popular Bakery Items are
- Biscuits /Cookies
- Cakes
- Bread/Buns/Burgers/Rusk
- Wafer Biscuits
- Pizza
- Dough Nuts
- Bagels
- Waffles
- Muffins
- Cupcakes
- Pies
- Swiss rolls
- Puff
- Pastries
bakery products
Food Conveyor Belt From Habasit
Habasit one of the world major belt conveyor manufacturers having representation in all major regions . It has come up with new food conveyor belts as per FDA standards for pizza and bakery products
Habasit America introduces XVT-2396 TPU food conveyor belts to our food processing line. This blue colored belt food belt is calendared coated and offers a smoother surface for easier cleaning. The contrasting blue color allows for easy identification of food product rejects. This belt is most commonly used in bread, pastry and pizza processing.
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Habasit America introduces XVT-2396 TPU food conveyor belts to our food processing line. This blue colored belt food belt is calendared coated and offers a smoother surface for easier cleaning. The contrasting blue color allows for easy identification of food product rejects. This belt is most commonly used in bread, pastry and pizza processing.
Best 4 Ways To Keep Your Daily Bread Fresh
An useful article for everyone who buys bread on daily basis . Certain steps to keep your bread fresh .
Stale bread is tasteless bread. That is how we use to describe bread that loses its crustiness and delicious airy characteristic. So why not learn ways to keep bread fresh until dinner tonight or better yet, breakfast tomorrow? When baking your own bread or buying newly baked bread, you must remember that there are certain steps to follow to prolong its crispiness and retain its baked oven taste. Here are some good ideas.
1. Avoid wrapping warm or hot bread too soon because the hot air that would be trapped inside the packages could cause condensation and moisture. When this happens, the moisture could seep in to the other parts of the bread and make it limp or soggy.
2. When storing the bread keep it on room temperature while in paper, sealed plastic bags or airtight break box. It can last up to one week if it is on secured and clean container. Keeping the bread as well inside the fridge can prevent the molds from quickly contaminating it although other bread makers may not recommend it because accordingly if the temperature fails molds may still grow on it.
3. If you want to store bread for longer periods, wrap the loaf in foil and put it inside airtight plastic bag and keep it inside the freezer. If possible, the loaf must be whole to prevent freezer burn but if you want to cut out a slice make sure the remaining part are once again stored in the same condition.
4. Frozen bread needs thawing at room temperature. When thawing completes, warm the bread in the oven with a 350 degrees Fahrenheit for around ten minutes to make it crispy again. If there is no oven available, slices can be put into the toaster.
Maryann loves to cook and really enjoys writing about her experiences. She recently purchased a new KitchenAid toaster that does way more than what she ever imagined. The author also has a hearing impairment. This has made it quite challenging for her in the kitchen. To fix the problem, Maryann came up with a solution and would like for you to check out a review for how she never missed the timer at http://beltonehearingaids.org/beltone-touch-hearing-aid-review.
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1. Avoid wrapping warm or hot bread too soon because the hot air that would be trapped inside the packages could cause condensation and moisture. When this happens, the moisture could seep in to the other parts of the bread and make it limp or soggy.
2. When storing the bread keep it on room temperature while in paper, sealed plastic bags or airtight break box. It can last up to one week if it is on secured and clean container. Keeping the bread as well inside the fridge can prevent the molds from quickly contaminating it although other bread makers may not recommend it because accordingly if the temperature fails molds may still grow on it.
3. If you want to store bread for longer periods, wrap the loaf in foil and put it inside airtight plastic bag and keep it inside the freezer. If possible, the loaf must be whole to prevent freezer burn but if you want to cut out a slice make sure the remaining part are once again stored in the same condition.
4. Frozen bread needs thawing at room temperature. When thawing completes, warm the bread in the oven with a 350 degrees Fahrenheit for around ten minutes to make it crispy again. If there is no oven available, slices can be put into the toaster.
Maryann loves to cook and really enjoys writing about her experiences. She recently purchased a new KitchenAid toaster that does way more than what she ever imagined. The author also has a hearing impairment. This has made it quite challenging for her in the kitchen. To fix the problem, Maryann came up with a solution and would like for you to check out a review for how she never missed the timer at http://beltonehearingaids.org/beltone-touch-hearing-aid-review.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=MaryAnn_Reynolds
Parle Counters Competition With Plans To Increase Capacities
Parle have taken on to competition with declaration that it would enhance its capacities in tune of 15 % . with competitors planning for expansions such as Britannia , ITC , Unibic and new entrants like Shakti Bhog and United Biscuits it has to be aggressive to protect its turf . Parle has recently being elevated itself to No-1 company in Indian biscuits market by volume of sales .
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Parle Products is extending its distribution network and increasing manufacturing capacity by a fifth to maintain its market share. The leading biscuit maker has been unable to meet the growing demand for its products through its distribution channels.
Praveen Kulkarnii, general manager (marketing) of Parle Products, said they had not been able to meet the demand due to supply issues. “We are increasing our capacity by 15-20 per cent. The franchisees for outsourced manufacturing would be making investment for capacity addition.”
Parle, which clocked a turnover of Rs 4,000 crore in 2009-10, markets products such as Parle G, Melody, Monaco and Krack Jack. The company is expecting its sales to grow by 15-20 per cent this financial year.
The company is looking at expanding the product portfolio by introducing newer categories. “Parle Top, which was launched recently, will be extended to other markets in a few weeks. We will be spending around Rs 5-10 crore for advertising,” said Kulkarnii.
The market is split between three major players — Parle, Britannia and ITC — and a clutch of regional players.
“We are aware of the increasing market share of our rivals. We are trying to plug in the gaps in distribution. We are beefing up our marketing strategies and promotions, advertising to woo consumers,” said Kulkarni
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Parle Products is extending its distribution network and increasing manufacturing capacity by a fifth to maintain its market share. The leading biscuit maker has been unable to meet the growing demand for its products through its distribution channels.
Praveen Kulkarnii, general manager (marketing) of Parle Products, said they had not been able to meet the demand due to supply issues. “We are increasing our capacity by 15-20 per cent. The franchisees for outsourced manufacturing would be making investment for capacity addition.”
Parle, which clocked a turnover of Rs 4,000 crore in 2009-10, markets products such as Parle G, Melody, Monaco and Krack Jack. The company is expecting its sales to grow by 15-20 per cent this financial year.
The company is looking at expanding the product portfolio by introducing newer categories. “Parle Top, which was launched recently, will be extended to other markets in a few weeks. We will be spending around Rs 5-10 crore for advertising,” said Kulkarnii.
The market is split between three major players — Parle, Britannia and ITC — and a clutch of regional players.
“We are aware of the increasing market share of our rivals. We are trying to plug in the gaps in distribution. We are beefing up our marketing strategies and promotions, advertising to woo consumers,” said Kulkarni
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Inflation Eats Up Profit Margin of Small and Medium Biscuit Manufacturer
Inflation which is in double digit range of 11-15% has made small and medium biscuit manufacturers reporting lower profit margin . Prices of major raw material ,packaging , fuel and transportation have reported significant rise in recent times which makes maintaining present price s of biscuits difficult for these small biscuit manufacturers . These manufacturers have to compete with big players like Britannia , Parle and ITC due to economies of scale such companies could get better prices from suppliers and manage to give products at lower prices preventing any major price hike by these small players
Article from BS
The increase in commodity prices, coupled with rising fuel and power costs, is eating into the margins of local biscuit manufacturers in Andhra Pradesh.
“We are facing a lot of competition from market leaders like Parle, Britannia and ITC. The cost of production has increased, but since they do bulk business, in both sales and purchase of raw materials, they get bigger discounts. But small and medium manufacturers have no scope for bigger revenue,” said Somasuresh Kumar, a director of Biking Foods Private Limited.
Sugar prices have increased by around 50 per cent to Rs 27 a kg from Rs 18 kg in 2008 while vegetable oil is up to Rs 51 from Rs 43 in the January-March quarter. The main raw material, wheat, has increased by Rs 3 a kg and is now ruling at Rs 15 a kg.
“The actual cost of the product has increased by 8-9 per cent due to a rise in cost of packaging, raw materials and other expenses. We have only managed to hike the price by 3-4 per cent on some products,” he adds.
The cost of power, which used to be Rs 3.20 per unit before August 1, has increased 10 per cent Rs 3.52 per unit, with an additional charge of Re 1 per unit between 6 pm and 10 pm.
Likewise, the price of bio-diesel (used as fuel) has risen by 20 per cent since January this year to Rs 37 per litre, from Rs 31. Petroleum products, including polythene and poly laminates, which are the main ingredients for packaging, have seen a big jump in prices — from Rs 200 per kg in January this year to Rs 240-250 a kg since June.
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Article from BS
The increase in commodity prices, coupled with rising fuel and power costs, is eating into the margins of local biscuit manufacturers in Andhra Pradesh.
“We are facing a lot of competition from market leaders like Parle, Britannia and ITC. The cost of production has increased, but since they do bulk business, in both sales and purchase of raw materials, they get bigger discounts. But small and medium manufacturers have no scope for bigger revenue,” said Somasuresh Kumar, a director of Biking Foods Private Limited.
Sugar prices have increased by around 50 per cent to Rs 27 a kg from Rs 18 kg in 2008 while vegetable oil is up to Rs 51 from Rs 43 in the January-March quarter. The main raw material, wheat, has increased by Rs 3 a kg and is now ruling at Rs 15 a kg.
“The actual cost of the product has increased by 8-9 per cent due to a rise in cost of packaging, raw materials and other expenses. We have only managed to hike the price by 3-4 per cent on some products,” he adds.
The cost of power, which used to be Rs 3.20 per unit before August 1, has increased 10 per cent Rs 3.52 per unit, with an additional charge of Re 1 per unit between 6 pm and 10 pm.
Likewise, the price of bio-diesel (used as fuel) has risen by 20 per cent since January this year to Rs 37 per litre, from Rs 31. Petroleum products, including polythene and poly laminates, which are the main ingredients for packaging, have seen a big jump in prices — from Rs 200 per kg in January this year to Rs 240-250 a kg since June.
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Gasifier could cut fuel cost in Bakeries
In one of my post on energy balance we got response from a gasifier manufacturers M/s Infinite Energy P ltd who have pioneered biomass conversion and its application to bakery industry with processes like biomass gassification,biomass pyrolysis , biomass briquetting and biomass drying. I thought to post a article on this technology .
With increase in fuel prices the bakery manufacturers are now experimenting for low cost technology to save fuel cost . One such technology is gasification . Thermal gasification is a process that converts biomass usually consisting of fire wood into burnable gas or in other words to get producer gas . The producer gas can be piped from the gasifier to ovens which is burnt in specially designed burners . Wood can be replaced with biomass briquettes , rice husk , coconut shell or any other powdered biomass in the process.
Gasifier is basically a chemical reactor where reactions like pyrolysis , combustion and reduction takes place .It effectively replaces the expensive liquid gases with low cost wood without any change in operations .
Advantage of gasifier are that they use low cost fuel such as wood and ensures minimum energy loss . Dry gas generators improve overall thermal efficiency . Most of the operations have been automated except for the biomass feeding and ash disposal which are at present done manually . Other advantage of such gasifiers are its has low waste generation and zero liquid effluent.
Gasifier process benefits
Indian companies which have installed gasifier
Ravi food , Hyderabad
Raj Agaro Hyderabad
Sururchi Biscuit Kolkata
Satya Biscuit , BHOPAL
Suraj Biscuit, Rajkot
Harvest Gold
Super Bakers , Vadodara
Kushboo Namkeen
You can contact
http://www.infiniteenergyindia.com/
Manglam Gasifier from Eagle Bakers Pvt Ltd
154, Industrial Area , Jhotwara , Jaipur -302012, Rajasthan ,India
ph - 91-141-3296631. Fax - 91-141-2344854
email : manglamgasifier@yahoo.com
webiste : www.manglamgasifier.com
With increase in fuel prices the bakery manufacturers are now experimenting for low cost technology to save fuel cost . One such technology is gasification . Thermal gasification is a process that converts biomass usually consisting of fire wood into burnable gas or in other words to get producer gas . The producer gas can be piped from the gasifier to ovens which is burnt in specially designed burners . Wood can be replaced with biomass briquettes , rice husk , coconut shell or any other powdered biomass in the process.
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| Pic courtesy - Infinite Energy Pvt Ltd . |
Gasifier is basically a chemical reactor where reactions like pyrolysis , combustion and reduction takes place .It effectively replaces the expensive liquid gases with low cost wood without any change in operations .
Advantage of gasifier are that they use low cost fuel such as wood and ensures minimum energy loss . Dry gas generators improve overall thermal efficiency . Most of the operations have been automated except for the biomass feeding and ash disposal which are at present done manually . Other advantage of such gasifiers are its has low waste generation and zero liquid effluent.
Gasifier process benefits
- Reduced energy cost
- Extremely fuel efficient combustion with high combustion temperature
- No emission of air from the gasifier
- Environment friendly
Indian companies which have installed gasifier
Ravi food , Hyderabad
Raj Agaro Hyderabad
Sururchi Biscuit Kolkata
Satya Biscuit , BHOPAL
Suraj Biscuit, Rajkot
Harvest Gold
Super Bakers , Vadodara
Kushboo Namkeen
You can contact
| Infinite Energy Pvt. Ltd. | ||
| Regd Office: 1 floor,”Baba house”,149 A,kilokri,opp.Maharani Bagh,New Delhi 110014 | ||
| Works: Village-Bakhri,opp sainik colony,Faridabad,Haryana | ||
| Ph: 011-65273819,65191937 | ||
| Mob: 9212084933 | ||
| Fax: 011-26903696 | ||
| E-mail: infinitenergy@vsnl.net infenergy@gmail.com |
http://www.infiniteenergyindia.com/
Manglam Gasifier from Eagle Bakers Pvt Ltd
154, Industrial Area , Jhotwara , Jaipur -302012, Rajasthan ,India
ph - 91-141-3296631. Fax - 91-141-2344854
email : manglamgasifier@yahoo.com
webiste : www.manglamgasifier.com
Bureau of Indian Standards ( BIS ) Opens Its Sales Portal
Bureau of Indian Standards ( BIS ) the national standards body of India which layouts or stipulates national standards for everything for manufactures/consumers for various industry and products .Bureau provides with ISI quality labels for consumers . Manufacturers can apply for this quality label by BIS .
Bakery owners and manufacturers should have these standards for ready reference for their products which gives standards on ingredients , packaging and labels , HACCP , hygiene etc .
http://www.standardsbis.in.
Facility available are Download Soft Copy /Order Hard copy / and get amendments for free .
Organisation's website : www.bis.org.in
Rice Bread Popular In Japan
Good news for people allergic to wheat and bakery products made up of wheat flour and to those countries which does not have wheat grown in their country . Japanese bakers have developed rice bread which is gaining popularity among Japanese people .
A report
TOKYO : Rice has always been a main staple in the Japanese diet, but the consumption of rice has been falling in recent years - hurting the rice industry.
Making bread with rice flour is gaining popularity in Japan.
Hisako Sato, a baker at KiNaRi, decided to try it out.
She said: "For Japanese, rice is something always there. If I can use rice to bake, I want to try using it."
Hisako uses organic rice from Akita in northern Japan, her hometown.
One drawback of rice bread is that rice flour is more expensive than wheat because of the higher grinding cost.
But now there is an alternative - making bread from the readily-available rice grain.
The manufacturer of one machine claims it is a world's first. Chie Ito, who works in the Marketing department at Sanyo Electric, said: "Most of our wheat is imported. We hope that more people will consume rice harvested in Japan in various ways. So we have decided to propose a new eating style using rice in bread."
One cafe uses the machine to make its popular rice bread. Its secret recipe consists of rice, sugar, a tinge of salt, dry yeast and shortening.
Its rice bread comes with toppings such as small fish jako and fried burdock roots.
One customer said: "It is nice to have such toppings. It can even be served with seasoned seaweed paste, and spicy cod roe."
For those who are allergic to wheat, it is believed that rice bread makes a great alternative.
According to Japan's Agriculture Ministry, the consumption of rice has halved in the last 50 years to about 59 kilogrammes per person a year. And the food sufficiency level has fallen from 76 per cent to 40 per cent.
Now, the government is counting on rice bread to rescue Japan's dwindling rice industry.
Source
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/eatndrink/view/1080175/1/.htmlCNA/ms
A report
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| Pic Courtesy : CNA |
Making bread with rice flour is gaining popularity in Japan.
Hisako Sato, a baker at KiNaRi, decided to try it out.
She said: "For Japanese, rice is something always there. If I can use rice to bake, I want to try using it."
Hisako uses organic rice from Akita in northern Japan, her hometown.
One drawback of rice bread is that rice flour is more expensive than wheat because of the higher grinding cost.
But now there is an alternative - making bread from the readily-available rice grain.
The manufacturer of one machine claims it is a world's first. Chie Ito, who works in the Marketing department at Sanyo Electric, said: "Most of our wheat is imported. We hope that more people will consume rice harvested in Japan in various ways. So we have decided to propose a new eating style using rice in bread."
One cafe uses the machine to make its popular rice bread. Its secret recipe consists of rice, sugar, a tinge of salt, dry yeast and shortening.
Its rice bread comes with toppings such as small fish jako and fried burdock roots.
One customer said: "It is nice to have such toppings. It can even be served with seasoned seaweed paste, and spicy cod roe."
For those who are allergic to wheat, it is believed that rice bread makes a great alternative.
According to Japan's Agriculture Ministry, the consumption of rice has halved in the last 50 years to about 59 kilogrammes per person a year. And the food sufficiency level has fallen from 76 per cent to 40 per cent.
Now, the government is counting on rice bread to rescue Japan's dwindling rice industry.
Source
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/eatndrink/view/1080175/1/.htmlCNA/ms
New Index for Growth - Biscuits
Interesting observations by Mr Subir Roy on making development Index linked with quality of biscuit of a nations .He tracks down biscuits in India from era of fifties and sixties to improved versions of biscuit available in present time . For him development has to been seen through quality and competition available in items like food . Interesting essay how things have changed for biscuit industry in India
Excerpt
"Much fine-tuning needs to be done before the new development index can be applied usefully across countries but the candidate has great potential. A key decision will be to determine whether the index is to be based on a particular biscuit or biscuits in general. While one biscuit will have all the virtues of specificity, the genre scores in comprehensiveness. My earliest memories, going back to the fifties, is of biscuits being a tremendous treat, the excitement over the prospects of being able to consume a couple of them being akin to the excitement over developing the country rapidly, five years at a time, that was then widespread. Then came a long interregnum, from the sixties through to the eighties, when developmental progress floundered and with it the quality of biscuits. Things began to change in the nineties and if you want a measure of the country picking itself up and going places, all you have to do is to look at the sea change that has been taking place in last 10 years or so in biscuits. Not only has quality improved, increasing competition has kept prices low and the sharp rise in real per capita incomes in the last several years is accurately reflected in the higher value that biscuits have been delivering.
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Excerpt"Much fine-tuning needs to be done before the new development index can be applied usefully across countries but the candidate has great potential. A key decision will be to determine whether the index is to be based on a particular biscuit or biscuits in general. While one biscuit will have all the virtues of specificity, the genre scores in comprehensiveness. My earliest memories, going back to the fifties, is of biscuits being a tremendous treat, the excitement over the prospects of being able to consume a couple of them being akin to the excitement over developing the country rapidly, five years at a time, that was then widespread. Then came a long interregnum, from the sixties through to the eighties, when developmental progress floundered and with it the quality of biscuits. Things began to change in the nineties and if you want a measure of the country picking itself up and going places, all you have to do is to look at the sea change that has been taking place in last 10 years or so in biscuits. Not only has quality improved, increasing competition has kept prices low and the sharp rise in real per capita incomes in the last several years is accurately reflected in the higher value that biscuits have been delivering.
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Unibic Invest Rs 12.0 Crore In Expansion
Unibic In Expansion Mode
The company, in its fourth year of production, is spending around Rs 12 crore in capital expenditure to set up a new oven and in balancing equipments in its plant on Tumkur Road near Bangalore. It has already invested Rs 25 crore so far. Apart from catering to larger demand for its cookies in the Indian market, enhancement in production capacity will help Unibic India to export its products to more number of countries. Talking to Deccan Herald, Unibic Biscuits India Managing Director Nikhil Sen said “Against the industry average of around 12 per cent, our sales are growing at 40 per cent per annum. We have established us as leader in the premium cookies market which accounts for about 10 per cent of total biscuits market in terms of value.”
Unibic India which sells 80 per cent of its products in the retail market, 10 per cent through strategic alliance and 10 per cent in exports, is in the process of expanding all three categories. The best selling brands are Chocolate Chip cookies, Oatmeal cookies, Butter, Cashew, Choconut and Jamz cookies.
In the last two years the company has focused on expanding its distribution and retail sales outlets across India through modern retail, traditional trade and institutions. “We are present in more than 1,00,000 outlets and have extensive coverage across all channels all over India” said Sen. Unibic will soon announce a strategic tie up with a beverage company and also launch new products in the healthy cookies segment, he added.
Source
http://www.deccanherald.com
Author : Dilip Maitra , Bangalore DH news service
Date: 9 Sept 2010
The company, in its fourth year of production, is spending around Rs 12 crore in capital expenditure to set up a new oven and in balancing equipments in its plant on Tumkur Road near Bangalore. It has already invested Rs 25 crore so far. Apart from catering to larger demand for its cookies in the Indian market, enhancement in production capacity will help Unibic India to export its products to more number of countries. Talking to Deccan Herald, Unibic Biscuits India Managing Director Nikhil Sen said “Against the industry average of around 12 per cent, our sales are growing at 40 per cent per annum. We have established us as leader in the premium cookies market which accounts for about 10 per cent of total biscuits market in terms of value.”
Unibic India which sells 80 per cent of its products in the retail market, 10 per cent through strategic alliance and 10 per cent in exports, is in the process of expanding all three categories. The best selling brands are Chocolate Chip cookies, Oatmeal cookies, Butter, Cashew, Choconut and Jamz cookies.
In the last two years the company has focused on expanding its distribution and retail sales outlets across India through modern retail, traditional trade and institutions. “We are present in more than 1,00,000 outlets and have extensive coverage across all channels all over India” said Sen. Unibic will soon announce a strategic tie up with a beverage company and also launch new products in the healthy cookies segment, he added.
Source
http://www.deccanherald.com
Author : Dilip Maitra , Bangalore DH news service
Date: 9 Sept 2010
Types of Industrial Biscuit Ovens
Various types of biscuit ovens are used in biscuit industry for production of varieties of biscuit . Selection parameter for any biscuit oven are capacity ( which covers length ,width and speed ) , products , baking time and type of fuel .Normally in bakery parlance ovens are defined as per width and no of baking zones .
Biscuit ovens are mainly classified under following types
Direct gas fired
The gas fired oven is used for those product that require great heating power . They can burn natural gas or LPG . The gas is mixed with air in a special mixing pipe based on the Venturi tube principle . In each zone the heat at top and bottom can be independently set by regulating the two combustion air fans which controls the volume of gas fed to the burners . A bar graph potentiometer set by operator can be used to select the heat ratio between top and bottom . Each zone is equipped with a suitable humidity extraction system .
Indirect radiating cyclotherm oven
The Indirect Gas / Diesel fired ovens also known as cyclotherm oven - transfer heat to the product by radiation . Each zone consists of set of tubes at the top and bottom of the baking wire band through which the hot air which has been previously heated by burner flows .
At the end of each baking zone the hot gasses are collected by a plenum and returned by blowing fan to the burner where they are heated up again to the working temperature and sent back to the tube circuit . The heating system is there for completely independent and the products of combustion does not comes in contact with dough being baked . Each zone has extraction fan to remove humidity from baking chambers .
Convection oven
The convection oven is suitable for baking delicate products like cookies , wire cut or sponge . Its baking chamber is constituted by a plenum duct positioned on the top and bottom of the baking wire band where hot air is gently blown out of properly designed slats and comes in contact with the dough . The heat transfer is mainly by convection . The convection type of oven can be direct or indirect . In those cases where the available fuel is natural gas or lpg and the reduction of baking time is a necessity the direct convection is the correct choice . In the In direct convection type of oven the air is heated up by passing through a dedicated heat exchanger hence baking never comes into contact with the dough .Humidity is removed through extraction fans in each zone .
Hybrid Oven
Hybrid ovens are those ovens which have combination of any of the above types of ovens. Sections are divided into different type of heating systems , depending upon product and its baking requirement .
Electric Oven
Electric ovens are not so popular with manufacturers due to low cost of lpg,cng or diesel as compared to electricity . Oven consist of electric heater s which en capsuled into radiating pipes . These are then set for set temperatures by thermostats .
Biscuit ovens are mainly classified under following typesDirect gas fired
The gas fired oven is used for those product that require great heating power . They can burn natural gas or LPG . The gas is mixed with air in a special mixing pipe based on the Venturi tube principle . In each zone the heat at top and bottom can be independently set by regulating the two combustion air fans which controls the volume of gas fed to the burners . A bar graph potentiometer set by operator can be used to select the heat ratio between top and bottom . Each zone is equipped with a suitable humidity extraction system .
Indirect radiating cyclotherm oven
The Indirect Gas / Diesel fired ovens also known as cyclotherm oven - transfer heat to the product by radiation . Each zone consists of set of tubes at the top and bottom of the baking wire band through which the hot air which has been previously heated by burner flows .
At the end of each baking zone the hot gasses are collected by a plenum and returned by blowing fan to the burner where they are heated up again to the working temperature and sent back to the tube circuit . The heating system is there for completely independent and the products of combustion does not comes in contact with dough being baked . Each zone has extraction fan to remove humidity from baking chambers .
Convection oven
The convection oven is suitable for baking delicate products like cookies , wire cut or sponge . Its baking chamber is constituted by a plenum duct positioned on the top and bottom of the baking wire band where hot air is gently blown out of properly designed slats and comes in contact with the dough . The heat transfer is mainly by convection . The convection type of oven can be direct or indirect . In those cases where the available fuel is natural gas or lpg and the reduction of baking time is a necessity the direct convection is the correct choice . In the In direct convection type of oven the air is heated up by passing through a dedicated heat exchanger hence baking never comes into contact with the dough .Humidity is removed through extraction fans in each zone .
Hybrid Oven
Hybrid ovens are those ovens which have combination of any of the above types of ovens. Sections are divided into different type of heating systems , depending upon product and its baking requirement .
Electric Oven
Electric ovens are not so popular with manufacturers due to low cost of lpg,cng or diesel as compared to electricity . Oven consist of electric heater s which en capsuled into radiating pipes . These are then set for set temperatures by thermostats .
Major Bakery Manufacturer In Green Peace Safe Food Guide (2) Red List
Dabur and KRBL emerged as the top green/ companies while Nestle, PepsiCo, Haldiram and Hindustan Unilever Ltd among others faired poorly to find themselves on the red/list.
The current and long term policies of these companies on the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), their willingness to inform their position to consumers and proactiveness in ensuring a labelling and liability regime on foods derived from GM crops, were the main parameters used in this guide.
On the basis of these factors each company was assessed.
The Red list include companies like Nestle, Pepsico, Cargill, Hindustan Unilever Ltd , Britannia, Godrej Hersheys Ltd., Haldirams, MTR, Parle Biscuits Pvt. Ltd., Agrotech, Surya Foods, Amul, GSK, FieldFresh (Bharathi Enterprises] and Kelloggs. These companies have not taken any concrete steps to provide Indian consumers with GM free food for now or in future thereby being irresponsible.
Green list companies include Dabur India, KRBL Ltd. whose flagship product is India Gate rice and Vippy Industries .These companies have not only taken necessary steps to ensure that they remain GM-free now and in future but also are ready to engage with the government and relevant industry associations to keep the Indian food market free from GM food.
Yellow list companies include popular brands like Cadbury's, ITC, Ruchi Soya, LT Foods, Heinz India, Bambino Agro and Kohinoor Foods Ltd., which have said that that they are committed to sourcing ingredients that are GMO-free but are yet to take a long-term position on being GM free or share their position with the consumers.
Source :
http://www.greenpeace.org/india/press/releases/greenpeace-releases-safe-food
The current and long term policies of these companies on the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), their willingness to inform their position to consumers and proactiveness in ensuring a labelling and liability regime on foods derived from GM crops, were the main parameters used in this guide.
On the basis of these factors each company was assessed.
The Red list include companies like Nestle, Pepsico, Cargill, Hindustan Unilever Ltd , Britannia, Godrej Hersheys Ltd., Haldirams, MTR, Parle Biscuits Pvt. Ltd., Agrotech, Surya Foods, Amul, GSK, FieldFresh (Bharathi Enterprises] and Kelloggs. These companies have not taken any concrete steps to provide Indian consumers with GM free food for now or in future thereby being irresponsible.
Green list companies include Dabur India, KRBL Ltd. whose flagship product is India Gate rice and Vippy Industries .These companies have not only taken necessary steps to ensure that they remain GM-free now and in future but also are ready to engage with the government and relevant industry associations to keep the Indian food market free from GM food.
Yellow list companies include popular brands like Cadbury's, ITC, Ruchi Soya, LT Foods, Heinz India, Bambino Agro and Kohinoor Foods Ltd., which have said that that they are committed to sourcing ingredients that are GMO-free but are yet to take a long-term position on being GM free or share their position with the consumers.
Source :
http://www.greenpeace.org/india/press/releases/greenpeace-releases-safe-food
Private Label In Bakery- If you have the money We have the Products
Private label products concepts which has been successful and initiated by many super markets , malls , mega marts convenience stores are now being taken over by individual entrepreneurs , businessmen and investors . Private label concepts is giving tough times to branded biscuit category world over . Business groups who have money to invest are following this route for profits .
Advantages for private label products
Investors need not to spend on assets
Test market for any product
New Product development
No overheads for this kind of business
Manufacturer with Idle capacity can have orders
Here are basic steps in any private label production in Biscuit Industry
Get a low cost manufacturer to produce your kind of product with negotiated price . Here manufacturer can be from within the country or can be sourced from offshore manufacturers ( countries like India ,China, UAE , Philipines , Malaysia , Srilanka , Singapore , Thailand , Vietnam , GCC ,CIS Countries )
Check for food safety management system such as GMP , HACCP , BRC ,ISO etc for quality .
Open LC for the ordered quantity with delivery dates
Finalise the product and packaging design ( Ensure that the product specifications and labels confirm or adhere to the food laws of the country to which product is marketed )
Production run
Inspection before despatch from any reputed third party
Dispatch from manufacturer
Distribution through select channels
Advantages for private label products
Investors need not to spend on assets
Test market for any product
New Product development
No overheads for this kind of business
Manufacturer with Idle capacity can have orders
Here are basic steps in any private label production in Biscuit Industry
Get a low cost manufacturer to produce your kind of product with negotiated price . Here manufacturer can be from within the country or can be sourced from offshore manufacturers ( countries like India ,China, UAE , Philipines , Malaysia , Srilanka , Singapore , Thailand , Vietnam , GCC ,CIS Countries )
Check for food safety management system such as GMP , HACCP , BRC ,ISO etc for quality .
Open LC for the ordered quantity with delivery dates
Finalise the product and packaging design ( Ensure that the product specifications and labels confirm or adhere to the food laws of the country to which product is marketed )
Production run
Inspection before despatch from any reputed third party
Dispatch from manufacturer
Distribution through select channels
Britannia Industries To Set Up New Plant In Bihar and Orissa
Britannia Industries (BIL) will invest around Rs 100 crore to set up a plant each in Bihar and Orissa to scale up production to cater to the growing market. “We are looking for a suitable location near Bhubaneswar and Cuttack in Orissa to set up a biscuit plant. The state government has identified some locations and we will shortly sign an MoU.
Some 700 people will get employed in the proposed plant. Besides, we are planning to start a plant in Bihar with an investment of Rs 40-45 crore,” BIL managing director Vinita Bali told ET on Sunday.
Ms Bali was here to deliver the Foundation Day lecture at the city based B-School, Xavier Institute of Management.
Industry secretary, Saurabh Garg, who met Ms Bali on Sunday, said that Ms Bali is scheduled to visit Bhubaneswar again later this month.
“We are hopeful of signing the MoU for the proposed plant this month,” he said. He further said that BIL has asked for 10-12 acres. BIL has a plant with less than 1,000-tonne capacity in Myurbhanj district through franchise agreement. The company, however, now wants to set up its own unit, Mr Garg added.
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Mozambique Riots After Price Hike In Bread By 20%
It disturbing to know that 10 people lost their lives in food riots in Maputo capital city of Mozambique . Riots happened in suburbs of Benfica and Hulene on the city's outskirts.Mozambique is one of the poorest countries in Africa heavily dependent upon imported food supplies .
As reported in bbc news the riot began when government suddenly increased prices of few essential food items including bread in the range of 20 % .this led to people protesting and indulging in riots . This bring us the memories of 2008 food riots in various poor countries where food stock are negligible and countries are dependent on imports .
Recent price rise in international price of wheat has necessitate bakers to increase price s of bread . Government should have anticipated the problem and should have arranged for buffer stocks to handle such emergencies .
Alternate vendors / source of supply should always be kept open even one has to pay premium for the food item (. in this case wheat .)
Government should keep control on essential prices during emergencies through subsidy to the manufacturer on the wheat prices .
Latest in the developments ( 9 Sept 2010 ) Mozambique government has confirmed that it would inspect bakeries and flour milling units to ensure that the prices are reverted to earlier prices .Government has agreed to give subsidy to milling companies which in turn would help maintaining the price of flour
As reported in bbc news the riot began when government suddenly increased prices of few essential food items including bread in the range of 20 % .this led to people protesting and indulging in riots . This bring us the memories of 2008 food riots in various poor countries where food stock are negligible and countries are dependent on imports .
Recent price rise in international price of wheat has necessitate bakers to increase price s of bread . Government should have anticipated the problem and should have arranged for buffer stocks to handle such emergencies .
Alternate vendors / source of supply should always be kept open even one has to pay premium for the food item (. in this case wheat .)
Government should keep control on essential prices during emergencies through subsidy to the manufacturer on the wheat prices .
Latest in the developments ( 9 Sept 2010 ) Mozambique government has confirmed that it would inspect bakeries and flour milling units to ensure that the prices are reverted to earlier prices .Government has agreed to give subsidy to milling companies which in turn would help maintaining the price of flour
Import Impacts Indonesian Biscuit Industry
Many importers are active in each country where in they push biscuits imported from low cost manufacturing countries to make profits sometimes affecting local biscuit industry .This has been case for most of the African nations but now Indonesia is feeling the heat of low cost imports of biscuit .
A report
http://www.tempointeractive.com/hg/nasional/2010/09/02/brk,20100902-276015,uk.html
A report
Jakarta
The government will carry out preventive measures against the bad impact of the rise of biscuit imports.
“We have already asked the biscuit association if imports disrupt the market. If it causes injury, we will take measures (to protect industries),” said the Minister of Trade, Mari Elka Pangestu in Jakarta, yesterday.
This instrument is usually used by the Department of Trade related to the rise of imports that disturb industries is additional import duty through safeguard and dumping.
“Meanwhile, we will keep on monitoring the rise of biscuit imports,” she said.
Based on data by the Bread and Biscuit Association (Arobim) obtained from the customs and excise office, cacao biscuit import in the first half of 2010 have already reached US$ 1,983 million.
The import increase is 1,060 percent compared to the same period last year.
Even though there are increased imports, said Mari, the portion of imported biscuits in the market is still 10 percent.
“This (import biscuit market) must be watched so domestic biscuits can still compete,” she said.
“We have already asked the biscuit association if imports disrupt the market. If it causes injury, we will take measures (to protect industries),” said the Minister of Trade, Mari Elka Pangestu in Jakarta, yesterday.
This instrument is usually used by the Department of Trade related to the rise of imports that disturb industries is additional import duty through safeguard and dumping.
“Meanwhile, we will keep on monitoring the rise of biscuit imports,” she said.
Based on data by the Bread and Biscuit Association (Arobim) obtained from the customs and excise office, cacao biscuit import in the first half of 2010 have already reached US$ 1,983 million.
The import increase is 1,060 percent compared to the same period last year.
Even though there are increased imports, said Mari, the portion of imported biscuits in the market is still 10 percent.
“This (import biscuit market) must be watched so domestic biscuits can still compete,” she said.
Few of the local bakery manufacturer are
- P.T.Khong Guan Biscuit Factory
- P.T.Mayora Indah
- P.T. Nissin Biscuits Indonesia
- P.T. Pacific Millenia Pangan Makmur
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Burger King May Be Up For Sale
The second biggest US hamburger company after Mcdonalds . It has been considering a possible sale and has been talking to pontential buyers .Recent news points to their discussion to 3G Capital .
Burger King , which has a market capitalization of about $2.3 billion, has been public since May 2006.
Famed for its flame-broiled Whopper, Burger King had previously been owned by private equity, which still hold a stake in the company. TPG, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs had owned it; after buying Burger King from British drinks company Diageo in 2002 for about $1.5 billion.
The Wall Street Journal previously reported the news, saying that Burger King has been in talks with private equity firms in recent weeks about a possible sale, and one interested firm was 3i Group Plc.
The source who spoke to Reuters confirmed that one potentially interested party was 3i.
Burger King and 3i cound not immediately be reached for comment.
Burger King in August forecast weak demand for its new fiscal year amid a struggling economy and said it was unsure how costs for key ingredients like beef would impact the company.
The company did not issue an earnings forecast for fiscal 2011 but said on Tuesday that high U.S. unemployment and government austerity programs in several European countries would weigh on same-restaurant sales.
The company, which competes with McDonald's Corp, said it expected commodity costs in the United States to be flat in fiscal 2011, although prices of wheat and beef were uncertain.
Private equity firms have become increasingly active in the past few months, amid a spurt of M&A activity.
In August, Blackstone Group struck a deal to buy power company Dynegy Inc for $543 million, or $4.7 billion including debt.
.Source : Reuter
Latest News 3.09.2010
Burger King Sold To 3G Capital For $ 3.2 Bn
The deal, worth $24 a share, comes after Burger King's stock price surged more than 15% on Wednesday and opened on Thursday up 23% at $23.25.
In a statement, the companies said that the deal represented a 46% premium to Burger King's share price before news of a possible takeover surfaced.
3G will also take on Burger King's debt, valuing the deal at $4bn in total.
Source : bbc.co.uk
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