PLANNED INDIAN NON-DIARY PRODUCT LABELLING RULE ANGERS PLAN-BASED MILK MAKERS
August 2nd, 2020 A NEW draft regulation released by the Indian government that would ban packaging in India containing non-dairy products like soya milk or coconut milk from being labelled as ‘milk’ has been welcomed by the dairy industry but opposed by plant-based milk companies. “We don’t claim [our product] to be cow’s milk, in fact, the selling point of the product is that it is not cow’s milk,” said Abhay Rangan, CEO of Goodmylk, that makes plant-based milk alternative products in Bengaluru (Bangalore). “There is no way that anyone can confuse it with ...
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