Fssai Gazette Notifi cation Seals Stand-ards for Country Liquer & Whisky

FSSAI (Food Safety and Stand-ards Authority of India) has issued a gazette notifi cation

with respect to standards for al-coholic beverages. Aiming at the safety of alcoholic beverages,

FMCG companies have made sugar reduction a global priority. Nestlé has done pioneering research in

this area and the fi rst application of that research is Milkybar Wowsomes. The bar is described as the fi rst choco-late bar in the world to use uniquely structured particles of sugar so that it has 30% less sugar than similar choco-late products.

Milkybar Wowsomes is a unique new chocolate bar that has 30% less sugar than similar chocolate products, yet no artifi cial sweeteners, preserva-tives, colors, or fl avors. The gluten-free bar lists milk as its number-one ingre-dient and has a creamy-tasting center and crispy oat cereal pieces; the latter help make the bar a source of fi ber. Sugar reduction is achieved via a new-ly developed process claimed to only use natural ingredients.

Nestle India Will Include Breakfast Cereals Ce-real Partners Worldwide

In line with its vision to introduce products rooted in nutrition, health and wellness, Nestlé India will be

adding Nestlé Breakfast Cereals from Cereal Partners Worldwide (CPW) to its existing portfolio this year.

CPW is a 50-50 joint venture which combines the expertise of Nestlé S A, Switzerland and General Mills Inc, Unit-ed States, to produce and sell breakfast cereals. Nestlé India’s board of directors has approved the proposal.

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the regulations deal with foodsafety and labelling requirements in alliance with the FSS Act 2006, and the Regulations 2011, there under.

The regulations will be called

as Food Safety and Standards (Al-coholic Beverages) Regulations, 2018, and the standards specifi ed under them shall apply to distilled and undistilled alcoholic bever-ages, as per the notifi cation.

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The GST will be applicable on food and beverage items in train not at the concessional rate of 5% as specifi ed by

the government through a circular, Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR).

Outdoor catering attracts 18% GST, while canteen services faces 5%. The levy on supply of food or beverages by facilities such as a mess or canteen was reduced to 5% in November. Subsequently, in January supplies made to Indian Railways were also put in the 5% bracket via a circular.

The AAR ruling came in response to an application by Deepak & Co that entered into an agreement with the Indian Railways for supply of food and beverages (packaged, cooked or at MRP) on mail and express trains.

FOOD NEWS • All about Food Business 2

FSSAI Can-celled the Licence Given to Pan Masala Unit

The Food Safety and Standards Author-ity of India (FSSAI)

has cancelled the licence given to the pan masala manufacturing unit at Nallanthottam near Su-lur from where the police seized large quantities of gutkha on April 29. Ac-cording to offi cials, the licence given to the unit for making pan masala and supari, both non-tobacco-based items, was cancelled on April 30 fol-lowing the seizure of 648 kg of gutkha.

Parle Agro Launched#Feelthefi zz with a Budget of Rs 100 Crore

Parle Agro has launched its new #FeelTheFizz marketing campaign for its brand Appy Fizz with a budg-

et of Rs 100 crore. This will be the fi rst campaign for the brand, featuring its

new brand ambassador Salman Khan.The new campaign, which builds on

the need for the brand consumers to own their fi zz, is targeted towards the youth across India. It is a part of the

overall strategy of the company, which is targeting a turnover of Rs 5,000 crore by the end of 2018, as well as building the Fruit plus Fizz category to Rs 4,000 crore over the coming years.

Supply of Food products In Trains Will Face Goods and Services Tax

Yum Misses Estimates on Key SalesMeasure as Pizza Hut, KFC Fizzle

MARKET UPDATE • All about Food Business 3

Dairy Stocks Rally as Parag Milk Talks of Robust Growth

Hindustan Unilever Q4 profi t rises 14% YoY toRs 1,351 crore

Competition between restaurants has intensifi ed as Yum, McDonald’s Corp and Domino’s Pizza Inc pull out all the stops to lure diners with dollar menus,

discounts and new breakfast items as consumers increas-ingly spend less on processed food and eating out.

The results contrasted stronger-than-expected quar-terly sales from McDonald’s and Domino’s over the past week, indicating that Louisville, Kentucky-based Yum may have lost market share to rivals. Same-restaurant sales at KFC rose 2 percent in the fi rst quarter of 2018, the slowest growth rate in four quarters.

Pizza Hut also missed expectations for same-restaurant sales, which rose a lower-than-expected 1 percent worldwide, refl ecting a 2 percent decline in overseas markets.

Overall revenue at Yum fell 3 percent to $1.37 billion but topped estimates of $1.09 billion, thanks to stronger sales at Taco Bell.

Net income jumped to $433 million from $280 million last year, refl ecting gains from the sale of company-owned restaurants to franchisees.

Excluding one-time items, Yum earned 90 cents per share, ahead of expectations of 68 cents.

FMCG major Hindustan Unilever (HUL) on Mon-day reported 14.20 per

cent YoY rise in net profi t of Rs 1,351 crore for the March quarter.

The fi rm had reported Rs 1,183 crore profi ts in the year-ago quarter. Sales for the quarter came in at Rs 9,003 crore, up 2.62 per cent YoY over Rs 8,773 crore in the same quarter last year. Analysts had anticipated Rs 8,868 crore revenue.

Volume growth for the quarter stood at 11 per cent, the company said in a BSE fi ling. Ebitda for the quarter rose 24 per cent to Rs 2,048 crore from Rs 1651 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.

Ebitda margins for the quarter improved by 160 ba-sis points led by strong sav-ings programme. The com-pany has declared a fi nal dividend of Rs 12 per share.

Source: ET

Tata Global Beverages Ltd. Results for Quarterand Year End March 2018

For the year, after ex-cluding the impact of sale and restructuring

of the group’s businesses, revenue from operations has increased by two per cent in constant currency on a comparable basis.

Profi t before exception-al items, at Rs 774 crore, is

higher by 18 per cent as com-pared to the previous year due to improved operating perfor-mance, restructuring, good cost management and lower fi nance costs. The group’s consolidated net profi t for the year, at Rs 557 crore, is higher by 22 per cent as compared to the previous year.

Whilst the operating per-formance from the branded segment was 18 per cent higher, profi ts from the non-branded segment were low-er due to the adverse impact of abnormal and extreme weather conditions, resulting in substantially lower cof-fee crop harvested. This was

Strong growth projec-tions given by the Parag Milk management during

the analysts’ meet sparked arally in the shares of dairy product manufacturers on Monday. Analysts are upbeat on the sector, with expecta-tions of a normal monsoon and fall in milk procurement prices.

Shares of Parag Milk Food gained 9 per cent to Rs 337 while Umang Dairies and Prabhat Dairy gained 5 per cent each to close at Rs 90.75 and Rs 179, respectively. Tasty Dairy Specialities gained 14

further accentuated by lower commodity prices.

For the quarter, after ex-cluding the impact of sale and restructuring of the group’s businesses, its rev-enue from operations in-creased by four per cent in constant currency on a com-parable basis. The group’s net

per cent to Rs 49. The Parag management revealed its Vi-sion 2020 wherein it plans to achieve revenue of Rs 2,700-

3,000 crore by FY 2020,implying a CAGR of 18-24per cent over the period FY 2018-20.

profi t for the quarter grew by 40 per cent as compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year due to the lower level of exceptional expenditure. The year saw strong focus on strengthen-ing our core brands, stream-lining the business and cat-egory expansion.

Overallrevenue at Yum fell 3 percent

to $1.37 billion but topped estimates of $1.09 billion

TECH NEWS • All about Food Business 4

Scientists Develop Test to Safely andAccurately Diagnose Peanut Allergies

Smart Water Me-ters to Harness the Power of Internet of Things (IoT)

Five to eight per cent of UK children have a food allergy with up to one in 55 children having a peanut allergy,

according to Food Standards Agency Medical Research Council scientists

have developed a new laboratory test to diagnose peanut allergy. The test has 98 per cent specifi city and, unlike current op-tions, it doesn’t run the risk of false-posi-tives or causing allergic reactions such as anaphylactic shock.

The simple blood test is fi ve times more cost-effi cient compared to the oral food challenge (OFC) – the standard food al-lergy test – and could be adapted to test for other food allergies.

The new test, called the mast activa-tion test (MAT), could act as a second line tool when skin-prick test results are inconclusive and before referring children and their families to specialists for an OFC, according to researchers from the MRC & Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma. Their new study was published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Im-munologyopens in new window.

The New PCE-ISFET Ph Meter for Food Applications

New ISFET pH meter from PCE Instruments (PCE-ISFET) has been

designed for food applica-tions. The glass free electrode makes it particularly safe to use in food production as no glass splinters can get into the food if the electrode breaks. Unlike glass pH elec-trodes, ISFET pH sensors are highly resilient and do not re-quire wet storage.

They give reliable results

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under tough conditions. The PCE-ISFET pH tester’s highly sensitive electronics can achieve a resolution and ac-curacy of 0.005 pH, at a meas-urement range of 0.00 16.00 pH. The PCE-ISFET pH meters can also be used to check per-manently installed pH meters often used in food production.

The 3.2� LCD colour dis-play with backlight makes all measurement results and other information clearly

Smart meters’ ability to re-duce non-revenue water losses and improve bill-

ing accuracy attracts invest-ments, fi nds Frost & Sullivan.

Water-stressed countries are leading the shift from tra-ditional water meters to smart water meters, even as govern-ments all over the world alter policies to enhance the effec-tiveness of their water net-works and manage consump-tion levels. Smart water meter installations are expected to grow from 13.8 million units in 2017 to 82.1 million units by 2026; China is the fastest growing market due to its rapid urbanisation, smart city development, and favorable policies. This market demand has opened up growth oppor-

tunities for Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled smart meters, which, in turn, has energized an entire ecosystem of meter-ing infrastructure.

The communication mod-ule of smart water metershas undergone rapid tech-nological transformations.There is a steady rise in the demand for IoT-enabled advanced metering infra-structure (AMI) smart water meters due to their multiple capabilities of real-time visu-alisation, leak detection, and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications,” said Paul Hudson, SeniorResearch Ana-lyst, Energy & Environment, Frost & Sullivan.

readable. The pH value is dis-played in a large font and is continuously displayed during menu operation. The intuitive and user-friendly interface available in multiple languag-es allows quick access to the meter’s advanced features and settings. Large ergonomic keys make it easy to navigate through the menu and to se-lect options.

The intelligent calibration wizard simplifi es the calibra-tion process, reducing calibra-tion time and error suscepti-bility.

The measured data (up to 65,000 measured values) as well as calibration reports can be saved and transferred to a computer via USB. The software is included in the standard package. However, the probes must be ordered separately.