India Food Stats

Airline food tastes bland primarily because high-altitude cabin conditions temporarily dull your senses of taste and smell—not because airlines forget to season their meals. The Physiological & Cabin Factors * Dry Cabin Air Dulls Your Sense of Smell: Flavor is roughly 80% smell. On some planes, your taste buds are about 30% less sensitive to sweet and salty foods. Aircraft cabins are pressurized to the equivalent of 6,000–8,000 feet above sea level, and the air has extremely low humidity—often less than 15% , which is drier than most deserts. This dries out your nasal passages and reduces the effectiveness of odor receptors, muting subtle aromas before you even take a bite. * Reduced Sensitivity to Sweet and Salty: Studies (notably by Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics) show that simulated flight conditions reduce human sensitivity to sweet and salty flavors by up to 30%. Because salt and sugar are the primary flavor enhancers in cooking, their suppression make...

CavinKare is a diversified FMCG group with over 25 brands across personal care, dairy, beverages, and foods. Its food business — led by Cavin’s dairy products, Garden snacks, and Ruchi pickles — contributes significantly to revenues, with FY 2025 turnover at ₹1,938 crore and food & beverages forming a fast‑growing segment.  CavinKare FMCG Brand Portfolio Dairy & Beverages Cavin’s Milk, Ghee, Milkshakes, Lassi, Chaas Cavin’s Yogurt, Skimmed Milk Powder Cold beverages and juices Foods Garden (namkeens, farsan, wafers, sweets — acquired 2009) 100+ SKUs across namkeens, farsan, wafers, sweets. CavinKare expanded Garden into Garden Stores retail outlets in South India. Image - Open Food Facts Ruchi Pickles (regional pickles and condiments) Chinni’s (spices and masalas) Personal Care Chik (shampoo sachet pioneer) Meera (herbal hair care) Nyle, Raaga Professional, Indica (hair color, salon products) Fairever (skin care) It's sachet revolution in personal care has been replica...

Mars Inc., the U.S. multinational behind several popular global snacking, food and pet care products and services brands, has been in India since 1995. It has seven factories and employs more than 2,400 people across snacking, food and nutrition and pet nutrition and one Royal Canin packaging centre. It launched its Global Capability Center (GCC) in collaboration with Genpact in Hyderabad in November 2026 as a strategic digital innovation and business enablement hub to support Mars’ global enterprise operations across all markets. The GCC complements Mars’ wider physical supply-chain investments in India, including a $55 million expansion of its Hyderabad Pet Nutrition factory and a $12 million Royal Canin distribution and packaging center aimed at strengthening localization and export resilience.

Shashi Kumar, Founder & CEO of Akshayakalpa candidly shares his experience : " More often than not, we tend to believe that once we have built a brand, we can introduce more products around the same philosophy and make them successful. Our experience with organic bananas has taught us how difficult this can be in practice. On 24 October 2026, we stopped supplying organic bananas to our customers. We started in February 2022 with just 10 kg per day and gradually grew to nearly 3,000 kg per day. The idea was to help our existing dairy farmers diversify their farms and earn additional income. Many farmers planted 50–100 banana suckers alongside their dairy units, while some cultivated bananas on small plots of about a quarter of an acre.  We procured certified organic Yellaki bananas from these farmers and supplied them to Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad.  From the beginning, we wanted to ripen bananas without using external ripening agents. This turned out to be far more di...

Skimmed Milk Powder (SMP) is a dairy product that is produced by removing the cream and fat from whole milk and then evaporating and spray-drying the resulting milk. Skim Milk Powder is commonly used in various food products such as bakery items, dairy products, soups, sauces, frozen foods, beverages, and others Dairy Whitener is formulated specifically for tea/coffee. Dissolves rapidly without curdling in hot liquids. Image - Open Food Facts While both are dry powders made from milk solids, they are formulated differently for distinct culinary and beverage purposes: Attribute Dairy Whitener (e.g., Amulya) Skimmed Milk Powder (e.g., Aavin, Sagar) Primary Purpose Formulated specifically for tea/coffee. Dissolves rapidly without curdling in hot liquids. Designed to replace liquid skimmed milk in cooking, baking, curd-making, or drinking. Fat Content High Fat (~20%): Milk fat is retained (or added) to impart creaminess, body, and whitening power to beverages. Very Low Fat (≤ 1.5% / ~1g...