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Amul was founded on 14 December 1946 as a response to the exploitation of small dairy farmers by traders and agents. At the time, milk prices were arbitrarily determined, giving Polson an effective monopoly in milk collection from Kaira and its subsequent supply to Mumbai. [11] [12]
Amul India: 9.6 12 Savencia Fromage & Dairy France: 6.6 13 Unilever United Kingdom: 6.3 14 Sodiaal France: 5.9 15 Meiji Holdings Japan: 5.9 16 Agropur Canada: 5.8 17 Müller Germany: 5.7 18 DMK Deutsches Milchkontor Germany: 5.2 19 Schreiber Foods United States: 5.1 20 Froneri United Kingdom: 5.0
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, visits India and Amul with Harichand Megha Dalaya, in December 1980 . Operation Flood is the programme that led to the "White Revolution." It created a national milk grid linking producers throughout India to consumers in over 700 towns and cities, reducing seasonal and regional price variations while ensuring that producers get a major share of the profit by ...
The union procured 614.7 million kilograms (1,355 × 10 ^ 6 lb) of milk during 2012–13 at an average milk procurement of 3.2 million kilograms (7.1 × 10 ^ 6 lb) of milk per day during peak season. The union is ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14000:2004, and ISO 22000:2005 certified and is an environment-friendly organization.
Milk, Butter, Coffee, other dairy products Polson is the name of a dairy products brand that was started in India by Pestonjee Eduljee in 1915 in Mumbai . Polson's first dairy was set up in Anand, Gujarat at the cost of ₹ 7 lakh (US$8,200) in 1930.
Powdered milk, also called milk powder, [1] dried milk, or dry milk, is a manufactured dairy product made by evaporating milk to dryness. One purpose of drying milk is to preserve it; milk powder has a far longer shelf life than liquid milk and does not need to be refrigerated , due to its low moisture content.
Verghese Kurien (26 November 1921 – 9 September 2012) was an Indian dairy engineer and social entrepreneur.He led initiatives that contributed to the extensive increase in milk production in India termed as the White Revolution.
Harichand Megha Dalaya (22 October 1921 – 14 September 2004) was the inventor of the first spray-dryer for buffalo milk in the world. His invention revolutionized India's dairy farming industry (Operation Flood) and laid the foundation for Amul cooperative's immense success.