bakery industry

Canadian Sodium Working group to recommend voluntary salt reduction

2009-11-08T05:15:00.000-08:00

SWG (Sodium working group) has been constituted by Canadian government to recommend ways and means to reduced salt intake of Canadian people . SWG has recommended to go for voluntary reduction by food companies with some visibility and public targets .

Voluntary method is the best method in present circumstances as any mandatory laws would be cumbersome and non effective. Giving example of other countries the Vice Chair Marry L Abbe added that there are no country which has mandatory salt reduction laws. Food habits would take time and food industry would require time to develop , test and take trials for alternative to salt.

It also recommends labels on pack similar to UK Color coding "traffic light" method for salt levels in the food pack . Red , amber and green with red signify the danger level of recommended salt intake and green indicates safe level of salt in the product.

Bakery manufacturer in Canada such as Canada bread and Campbell soup have started working on reduction of salt on to their products .

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Combi a new product from Rebisco -Philippines

2009-11-07T20:46:00.000-08:00

Combi brands of biscuit is a new variant from Rebisco (Republic biscuit corporation) , Philippines . Crackers with cream filling has been around for some times but Crackers with wafers is something unique and is liked my consumers . Crackers shell wrap wafers in between giving you crispness and taste .

Republic biscuit corporation -A Profile

Established in year 1963 the group has grown to be the leading biscuit manufacturer in Philippines.Along with subsdiary Suncrest which manufactures cakes Rebisco group dominates the Philippines bakery market .

Bakery business 2009 - Mumbai

2009-11-07T10:01:00.001-08:00

Venue:
World Trade Centre Mumbai

Country:
Mumbai, India

Start Date:
11-NOV-09
End Date:
13-NOV-09

Organiser

Hospitality First

19, 1st Floor, Above Ajanta Auto Garage, Next To Four, Seasons Hotel,18-E Moses Road, World, Mumbai, India.
Tel:+(91)-(22)-24955376

EVENT PROFILE

Bakery Business 2009 is the only dedicated and stand alone show in India, where buyers and sellers in the bakery industry can meet, network and transact business on its very own turf. It is very well known for its high level of specialization which has resulted in 80 percent growth in last three years. Bakery Business 2009 has emerged as an unrivalled platform for business visitors and exhibitors alike.

VISITOR'S PROFILE

visitors from Wholesale bakery plants, Retail outlets/Malls, In-house supermarket bakeries, Catering companies, Restaurants, Hotels, Artisan bakeries, Home bakers, Snack producers & Biscuit & cookie producers.

EXHIBITOR'S PROFILE

Profile for exhibit includes Baking ovens (convection, rotary, deck and rack), Bakery & Bread plants, Bread slicers, Bun dividers, Cookie mfg Machines, Packaging machinery, Refrigerated display counters, Dough Sheeters, Planetary Mixers, Baking agents, Raw materials, Bakery enzymes, Chocolate & finishing ingredients, Partly baked & finished products, Ice Cream Dispensers, Decorative items & baking accessories, Clean & hygiene products, Laboratory & measuring equipments.

courtesy:biztradeshow.com

Cake and Biscuits are favoured as Any time food item

2009-11-07T03:29:00.000-08:00

Poll survey conduted by bakerybazar blog on eating habits where in timings preferred to have cakes , biscuit and cookies has confirmed these categories ( cake and biscuits ) as Any time food items . 50% of the votes were in favour of Any time category where as 30 % preferred them with evening tea or snacking time in evening and rest voted for morning time .

Pakistan s Biscuit Industries face sugar shortage

2009-11-07T02:39:00.000-08:00

Pakistan's biscuit and confectionery manufacturers association has asked government to supply sugar to biscuit factories as sugar availability in open market has been reduced drastically

The chairman of the Association Mr Maqsood Ismail has warned government for the closure of biscuit factories which would result in heavy job losses as biscuit and confectionery industry employs around two million people directly and indirectly .He also urged the Trading Corporation of Pakistan to come into action in this matter and make sugar available to them.

Source:Dawn News

Major player in Pakistans biscuit industry are

EBM (English Biscuit Manufacturers (Private) Limited)

Coronet Foods (Private) Ltd

Continental Biscuits (LU)

Montgomery Biscuits,

Silver lake

Mehtab Industry (Krunchi)

Together they constitutes approximately 70% of the branded Market.50% market share is still unbranded

Additional equipments required for biscuit production line

2009-11-05T19:43:00.001-08:00

Apart from basic equipments such as biscuit oven , mixers , laminators , packaging machine which are used by large biscuit manufacturers in their automated biscuit production line there are certain equipment requirement specific for certain varieties . We can call them accessories to the main biscuit production line .These are either permanently installed on the line or can be fitted on the production line during change overs .Varieties like Crackers , Cream , Nice , Milk and for additives like cashew , pistachio and other nuts would require these additional equipment on the biscuit production line.

To make your plant truly versatile you need to ask your biscuit plant and machinery manufacturer to make the plant for hard dough and short dough variety or in other words biscuit plant which can produce cutting and moulding variety .

Following equipments are

Oil spray unit
Milk spray unit
Flour dusting unit
Cashew or Nut sprinklers
Salt Sprinklers
Sugar Sprinklers
Biscuit Grinders
Sugar Grinders
Creaming Unit
Depositors
Milk Storage and preparation unit

When installing biscuit production line check for above mentioned equipments and make arrangement for them .

Small pack s in Jar - Britannia marketing strategy

2009-11-05T04:40:00.000-08:00

Its common sight now retailers keeping small packs of biscuit in Jar similar to toffees and other confectionery . Britannia as well as Parle s biscuits are now available in Jars and products priced in the range of Rs 2/- Rs5/-.

Britannia's Bourbon , Cream treat , Good day and Tiger glucose are now available in small packs .These packs have 4- 6 biscuit a pack which is sufficient for one time serving for people .

Small Packs In Jar strategy is working for Britannia and is now Rs 250/- - Rs 300/ crore - business annually . This kind of pack are hit in categories like teens and kids primarily . It provides an option for the consumer to buy biscuits in ready -to-eat-on-move as the present 16- 17 biscuit a pack concept is meant for family or group of friends.

UP bans import of sugar in the state

2009-11-05T04:11:00.000-08:00

Uttar Pradesh ( UP ) one of the largest producer of sugar in India has issued orders banning import of raw sugar and its movement into the state . This is done to prevent neighbourhood state farmers to sell their product into the state .

This was done to mollify agitating farmers asking state government to increase the SAP - State administered price against the centres fair remunerative price .

UP State Govt has also announced SAP price of sugar cane to Rs 165/- and Rs 170/- a quintal which is higher than the central govts administered price of Rs 123/- and Rs 129/- for the two major grades of sugar cane .

Britannia asked to pay interim amount of Rs 6.6 crores to KOPT

2009-11-05T03:35:00.000-08:00

Kolkatta,Nov5,2009- Alipore court today asked Britannia Industries to pay interim amount of Rs6.6 crores to Kolkatta Port Trust to get a stay order against the eviction notice issued by the KPT . Earlier Britannia has asked court to grant stay order s against eviction notice given by port authorities .

Britannia was operating its production,marketing ,logistics and other activities on the land leased by KPT at Taratola . Rent dispute has arisen due to rate revision by the KPT which was not acceptable to Britannia for which KPT has got court orders in favour of them .

Total due amount is about Rs 13.0 crores on Britannia which includes penalty .It has to been seen what Britannia does pays the rent or vacates the premise ?
Ref - Financial express
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Spiral conveyors -Optimising space in your bakery

2009-11-04T03:39:00.000-08:00

Spiral conveyors have wide applications in bakery industry . Main advantage is that it occupies less floor space . Spiral conveyors can be used for cooling , shifting finished goods , cartons , bags and boxes .Acts like elevator or lowerator .

It could be installed after packing section for finished good cartons or near warehouse to shift CBBS ,Laminates and Wrappers to and from mezzanine floors . Span of conveyor could be between 8 ft - 4 ft and angle of inclination of the conveyor is maintained between 9 deg - 11 deg so that material does not slip .

Conveyor could be slat conveyor , roller conveyors or belt conveyors as per requirement . Spiral conveyor has a single motor drive hence saving in energy . Spiral conveyor manufacturer normally assemble it at their fabrication shop and ship them as pre- fabricated way easy to assemble mode . Spiral conveyor can travel in both direction ie from bottom to top or from top to bottom .Smaller bakeries have lot to gain from such conveyors.

Sustainability and energy reduction rewarded at IBA

2009-11-03T18:53:00.001-08:00

Interview with Peter Becker ,President of German Bakers confederation speaking on bakery industry and latest trends
( Audio clip) at recently concluded IBA trade fair at Dusseldorf ,GERMANY

Sustainability and energy reduction rewarded at IBA
-Podcast

Vada -Pav and other bakery products to cost more in Maharashtra

2009-11-03T10:48:00.000-08:00

Declaring the price increase for bakery products which has come into effect from 1Nov ,The President of Maharashtra Bakery Utpadak Shramik Mahasangh has called upon the bakery owners of the state to increase the price of bakery products as a means to fight closures due to inflation.Already there has been 12000 jobs losses .

The impact would be of Rs 2/- Rs 3/- on most of the products ie increase of 10% for the most of the product. With increase in raw material price bakeries have no option but to go for the price increase .Mr Kesav Kshirsagar was of the view that as Major Player like Parle , Britannia and ITC gets wheat on subsidy from Punjab Krishi Utpadak Bazaar Samiti at 35% rate, similar arrangement should be made for the bakeries in Maharastra.

The Maharashtra Bakery Utpadak Shramik Mahasangh has membership of around 30,000 small bakeries spread across the state.

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Ceylon Biscuits Ltd- Srilanka s largest biscuit manufacturer -A profile

2009-11-03T10:32:00.000-08:00

Ceylon Biscuit Ltd ( CBL ) , A major biscuit and cake manufacturer of Sri lanka was in news for
Launch of its products in China . CBL would be exporting to Chinese shores adding up china into its ever growing list of nations where it exports .Ceylon Biscuit Ltd exports its product to 36 countries .Sri Lankan has got the maximum consumption of biscuit per capita in Asia .
Sri Lankan Institute of Marketing ( SLIM) has awarded Munchee biscuit brand as the top most brand- 2009 of Srilanka and best brand to be exported . Munchee is aleading brand of Ceylon Biscuit Limited ( CBL )

A Profile
Established in year 1968 to manufacture high protein biscuits under the aegis of Care Organisation of USA and SriLankan government it has come a long way as top biscuit manufacturer of Sri Lanka with market share of more than 50% and with 10 manufacturing units in Sri Lanka and two units in India . It has taken over Bakemans factory in Ludhiana and Madras snacks and diet of Parry India, Chennai .

Products : It main products are biscuits , cakes , fruit juices and dried fruits , soya beverages , chocolates .

Major brands : Munchees,Ritzybury,Tiara,Cecil,Lankasoy,Samaposha,Rasa Hari , Go Jelly.
Competitors : Britannia , Maliban

Chairman : M.P. Wickramasingha
ManagingDirector:LMJ De Silva

HQ :
Ceylon Biscuits LimitedP.O.Box 3,High Level Road,Makumbura, Pannipitiya, Sri Lanka.
Tel:
Exports : +94-11-2855056Sales : +94-11-2855362Imports : +94-11-2857207
General : +94-11-2749749,+94-11-2749700
Fax:(+94)-11-2855367
website:www.muncheelk.com
E-mail:ceybis@muncheelk.com

Organic wheat bread gets USDA fundings

2009-11-03T07:57:00.001-08:00

Organic food products have gained popularity as an alternative method for farming to conventional way of farming . Organic wheat are grown in larger part of US. To support this and further research and development USDA has pledged support of USD 19.0 Mn to Universities engaged in these research .Bakeries in America are now using more of organic wheat for their products and are lapped by consumers .To name few Rose bakery ,Borealis Bakery ,Rudis Organic bakery,Bread of Life bakery

Organic farming is method of farming where farmer uses methods like crop rotation , green manure ,natural pesticides and mechanical cultivation and where synthetic or chemical fertilizers and pesticides are avoided.

"Organic agriculture is one of the fastest growing segments of US agriculture and the USDA and Congress, through the 2008 Farm Bill, are committed to helping this industry succeed by addressing critical organic agriculture issues through the integration of research, education and extension projects," said Ms Merrigan. "These grants are an important part of USDA's new 'Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food' initiative, which will help develop local and regional food systems and spur economic opportunity by assisting organic producers with new production and marketing practices to meet rising consumer demand." source fruitnet.com.

Britannia -Kolkatta worker s approach Mamta for help

2009-11-02T02:00:00.000-08:00

Britannia - Kolkatta worker have approached Central Govt Railway Minister Ms Mamta Banerjee the President of all powerfull Trinamul congress and Mukest roy central minister for shipping . They have asked these minister to intervene in the rent issue between Britannia Industries ltd and resolve the issue , failing to which they might loose their jobs .

In a letter to both Mamata and Roy, the union leaders have appealed to them to “consider our grave situation in a sympathetic view and intervene in the matter so that the Calcutta Port Trust may restrain from taking any step on the basis of the notice.” The Telegraph has a copy of the letter.
Source : The Telegraph

Britannia Industries Ltd has moved to court for stay order on eviction notice . The court has given Dec 1 date of next hearing .

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Fun - Bun launched by ingredient Major AB Mauri

2009-11-01T04:36:00.000-08:00

AB Mauri a major ingredient supplier to food manufacturers in India . In recently concluded Fi 2009 ,in Mumbai . AB Mauri has launched new "Fun bun " bun with flavour of Coffee and straw berry. This has been developed in Malaysia and would be introduce in India soon.
It would be priced with same league as of Indian buns priced Rs 5-7/-.Another product from AB Mauri group has been multi grain bread mix .
AB Mauri has come up with 2000 flavours -variants of basic flavours for bakery industry. It is also a major supplier of ingredients to food manufacturers like Nestle , Britannia ,Unilever and Haldiram . It has got three manufacturing units in India .

A Profile
AB Mauri is an UK based company owned by Associated British Foods Plc ( ABF ) .With acquisition of Innovative Cereal Systems USA, and Sohovos Brasil it is now a major player in bakery ingredient market globaly .It has two major groups guiding and assiting in reasearch and development of yeast and bakery ingredients .

Global technology group -Sydney australia

Bakery technology group-Netherlands

Apart from Bakers Yeast AB Mauri produces following bakery ingredients

Bakery Fats & Oils

Bread Ingredients - inc Dough Conditioners/Bread Improvers

High performance micro-ingredients

Bread Mixes & Concentrates

Cake Mixes & Concentrates

Donut Mixes & Concentrates

Fillings and Gels

Speciality Products

Colours and Flavours

AB Mauri has its presence in 26 countries and have a total sales turnover of over US$ 1.2 billion.

United Biscuit to use sustainable palm oil

2009-10-31T07:29:00.000-07:00

UB ( United biscuit) has joined group of companies committed to promote sustainable palm oil on guidelines of RSPO . United biscuit has entered into a two year supply agreement with New Britain Palm Oil Limited.( NBPOL). There has been lots of criticism of food company ignoring RSPO ( Roundtable on sustainable Palm Oil).

The UK refinery will have a dedicated supply source from NBPOL's certified sustainable plantations, which it said means the palm oil will be fully segregated and traceable from seed to finished product. UB has plan to get 100% sustainable palm oil for all its product by end of year 2011.
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Britannia seeks courts stay on eviction notice

2009-10-31T03:10:00.000-07:00

Britannia Industries Ltd ,Kolkatta has approached local court, Alipore Judges Court for stay on eviction notice issued by KPT ( Kolkatta Port Trust ). Earlier KPT has won an legal battle on rent dispute these two parties in continuation of that KPT has asked Britannia to pay the over due rent or evict the premises which it has leased to Britannia .

Read more on The Telegraph

Saw Dust replaces Wood in some small bakeries in Ghana

2009-10-30T22:02:00.000-07:00

Bakers in Ashanti region of Ghana are using briquette of saw dust instead of saw dust as source of fuel for baking . This technique has been developed by EPL ( Energy Pool Ltd ) with collabration Forest Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG) and found to be of high quality for use in the bakery industry and households.
Another advantage of this fuel is that its smokeless hence has less effect on bakery worker health .

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Britannia post 11% increase in net profit- Q2 results

2009-10-30T03:21:00.000-07:00

Britannia s net profit after tax has increased by 10.8 % to Rs 59.1 crore in Q2 in comparison to same results in Q2.last year . Even with spiralling prices for raw material company with its prudent revenue management skill managed to post increase in profit . Britannia launched smaller packs of Rs 5.00 along with new variants in nutrichoice and marie . It also relaunched its dairy business with launch of UTH milk and flavoured milk .Britannia is a major player in bakery and dairy product market in India .

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Cartons selection for your products –bakery industry

2009-10-30T01:10:00.001-07:00

Cartons are used as secondary packaging in bakeries .These are termed as corrugated paperboard boxes ( CBBS) in bakery lingo . These cartons are used for transporting biscuits , cakes and cookies to consumers through distribution channels . Cartons are the most economical mode of packaging done for transportation and handling .These are easy to palletize and suitable to be packed in containers . Cartons with 1kg,2kg,3kg and 5kg are popular in bakery industry as these are easy to handle and lift manually .

Following are important features to check before finalizing carton for your product

Box type

Regular slotted cartons

This is the most common carton design, and efficient for many applications. All flaps have the same length and the two outer flaps (normally the lengthwise flaps) are one-half the container's width, so that they meet at the center of the box when folded. There is very little manufacturing waste, usually making this type of box the most economical.

Half slotted cartons

Same as Regular Slotted Carton without one set of flaps. Normally used as a cover, an open storage container, a deep tray, or as a bottom part of a 2-piece box where a telescope top would serve as a box cover

Full telescope

The 2-piece box made from two scored and slotted trays.

Book fold

One piece of board cut so that it provides a flat bottom, with flaps forming the sides and the ends, and extensions of side flaps meeting to form the top. Most common uses include books, paper reams, audio and video, artwork, mirrors, and many more.

Five panel folder

A single cut and scored piece features a fifth panel used as a closing flap, completely covering a side panel. The closed box has several layers of combined board on each end, providing stacking strength and protection for long articles of small diameter which might me damaged, or damage the box if pushed through the ends.

Inner Pack

Pads are plain shapes of corrugated fiberboard. They can be used to fill the space between the inner flaps of an RSC, to completely cover the bottom or top of a box, pr to separate layers of product (horizontally or vertically).

Ref:www.terracepaper.com

Dimension

Dimension of corrugated box are given L X W X H . These are arrived upon by doing mock exercise with the products .Products can be arranged horizontally or vertically as per the maximum number of packets that can be arranged .So check your product dimensions and its arrangement in CBBS .

Colors

Kraft Liner - linerboard manufactured from pulp produced by the Kraft cooking process. This is the most economical type of color because no further processing is applied.

White Top (Klay) Liner - a two-ply sheet composed of one bleached and one unbleached layer. Terrace Paper Company uses a high quality grade of klay, thus very little kraft surface of the unbleached kraft layer shows through. White-top corrugated board can be ordered one-sided (only one linerboard is White Top, the other is Kraft) or two-sided (both linerboards are White Top).

Bleach Liner - liner that is composed entirely of bleached virgin fibers, making it white throughout. This corrugated board can also be ordered one-sided or two-sided (with either one linerboard or both linerboards bleached).

Strength

Burst Test is a traditional form of measuring box strength (also known as Mullen Test). Burst Test is the force required to rupture board hydraulic pressure. This force is measured in pounds per square inch. Thus, a box’s burst strength of 200 test indicates that this box can withstand 200 lbs of hydraulic pressure per square inch. Burst strength relates to individual box’s ability to withstand internal or external forces and to contain contents during rough handling. Out of the two types of test board, Burst Test board is considered a stronger and better quality kind.

The Edge Crush Test (ECT) is another form of measuring box strength and it measures top-to-bottom compression strength of the finished box. Thus, it is usually measured by stacking weight on top of a carton until it crushes. This force is also measured in pounds per square inch. Thus, a box with a 44 ECT indicates that its board can withstand a force if 44 pounds per square inch before crushing. The higher the ECT number is, the stronger is the compression that box can withstand.
Compression strength may be important depending on the types of materials and filling capacity of the box. When a box is packed with heavy material and NOT filled all the way to the top, it is more likely to crush when other boxes are stacked.

Structure

Single Face - one medium is glued to one flat sheet of linerboard.

Single Wall - the medium is between two sheets of linerboard. Also known as Double Face.

Double Wall - three sheets of linerboard with two mediums in between.

Fluting

C-flute: the largest in size and most commonly used material. Offers superior stacking strength and is commonly used for shipping cartons.

B-flute: thinner than C-flute, provides good puncture resistance, commonly used for die-cut boxes and shipping cartons.

E-flute: lightweight, great printing surface, commonly used for die-cut boxes and retail packaging.

F-flute: very lightweight, easily folded, excellent printing surface. commonly used for retail packaging and small die-cut boxes.

Label winding design options for laminate/wrapper rolls

2009-10-29T20:57:00.001-07:00

Bakery packaging with help of laminates ,wrappers , bopp films ,hdpe or ldpe requires certain labels to be printed on it . Packaging manufacturer would provide you with this design chart out of which you have to select your requirement as per pack design and machine requirement .

Here are few options .

Check for Rolls opening up direction
Check for label text orientation
Check for the eye mark location

ref : Label –arle

Britannia Vs Parle – Battle for the market continues

2009-10-28T22:40:00.001-07:00

Britannia and parle the two food majors of India in the field of biscuits and bakery products . fighting it out in market for the share of consumers pocket and market dominance .In yester years it was market segments which both have dominated and not much was seen to disturb that arrangement.Parle with its Parle G , Kraxkjack and manaco where as Britannia has Good day , Marie gold , Creams

Britannia dominated the premium segment of biscuits where as parle dominated the mass ,low premium biscuits ,things were pretty predictable but for the

entry of new players have changed that status .Now that ITC and Priya gold are trying to break into their market and have established them selves as important players in biscuit market . These two major biscuit producers has are now forced to innovate products by the consumers to create brands which could be differentiated .

Both are trusted brand are ranked in top brands for biscuit ,both have a long history of brands . The Major difference though is that where Britannia is revenues from bakery products is around 90 % ,share of biscuit sales is around –80% for parle

Recently two categories has seen major ad war are bourbon and salty snacks . Parle has come up with new bourbon under its hide and seek umbrella brand .Pitching against Britannia s popular bourbon which has 70% market share of the bourbon biscuits . Parle upped its TV ads by roping in Hritik roshan . Similarly Parle has re jigged its Krack Jack biscuits to Britannia's 50- 50 eating up its market share . Krack Jacks with new packaging and TV ads of Krack and Jack promoting the brands . It would be interesting to see what impacts these would have on the sales of these two biscuits .

PARLE VS BRITANNIA

Business

Description	Britannia	Parle
Established	1896	1929
Nature of business	Public ltd	Family run business
No of manufacturing units	5 own ,40CMU	8 own units ,60 CMU
Market share ( value)	32.80%	32.94%
Ads Major methods	Cricket events and players	Celebrities endorse ment
New areas of promotion	Environment	Health and wellness

IMPORTANT BRANDS PITCHED AGAINST EACH OTHER

Category	Britannia	Parle	Leader
Glucose	Tiger	Parle -G	Parle-G
Marie	Marie Gold	Parle Marie	Marie Gold
Salty snacks	50-50	Krack Jack	Krack Jack
Choco chips	Good day	Hide n seek	Good day
Milk	Milk bikis	Milk sakhti	Milk bikis
Bourbon	Bourbon	Hide n Seek	Bourbon
Nice	Nice	------	Britannia Nice
Multi grain	Nutri choice	-----	Nutri choice
Cream	Cream Treat	Kreams	Cream treats
Cookie	Good day	20-20	Good day

So the battle for market share continues and advantage is for consumers who will get better product from both these biscuit majors .

Glucose biscuits market share on slide- Indian story

2009-10-27T04:27:00.000-07:00

Glucose biscuits are the mainstay of Indian biscuit industry . Glucose market share was growing at a very low rate but suddenly for the last three years there has been drop in glucose biscuit sale . All three major biscuit manufacturers( ITC ,Parle , Britannia ) has started re jigging their product mix ( SKU s ) in favour of premium biscuit against glucose biscuit .The Glucose share is almost 50% of the total biscuit market share .Rest are other varieties like cream , crackers , snacks ,digestive, marie ,nice ,wafers etc

"Parle-G, which contributed to more than 70% of Parle’s revenues a couple of years ago, now accounts for 60-65%. According to a report released last month by Motilal Oswal, contribution of the glucose segment to ITC Foods’ revenue has come down from 56% in 2007-08 to 48% in 2008-09. Britannia’s largest brand Tiger yields just over 20% of the company’s revenue."
Ref : ET .

The ever increasing Indian middle class are now experimenting different categories of cookies /biscuits at premium range .Tapping this market Britannia , ITC , Parle all have come up with their own product . such as Britannia s Nutrichoice , Parles Hide and seek bourbon biscuit . The Genius of Parle G is waning .

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FSSAI to issue Integrated license for all food products w.e.f Jan2010

2009-10-26T08:32:00.000-07:00

FSSAI ( Food Safety and Standards Authority of India ) set up by government of India in 2006 to monitor entire food safety issues and a single authority to handle legal and statutory requirements for rules and guidelines for entire food supply chain . FSSAI has declared that they would issue a single integrated license to the manufacturers for their manufacturing processes .
Earlier food manufacturers were subjected to plethora of acts and laws e.g PFA Act , Weight and measurement Act ,Act for milk , Act for Edible Oils , Act for meat processing units etc .These laws would be merged into single entity and would be implemented in phased effective from January next year .

The licence for the larger industries would be issued from the government of India while the state governments will issue the licence for smaller industries. 'Since licences for smaller industries were issued by bodies like panchayats and municipalities, we are now working on getting all these integrated into one licence,' Mr Suvrathan said. Mr Suvrathan is the CEO of the FSSAI .

FSSAI is working on comprehensive Act which is being formulated with analysing present standrads in other countries and Codex Alimentarius.Each sectors has been studied and standards matched with best practises across the globe .

Labelling and Advertising laws are also under review .

source :IANS