Growing Potential of Indian Food Processing Industry

China is the world's largest producer of food followed closely by India which in fact, has the potential of being the biggest with the food and agricultural sector. The total food production in India is likely to double in the next ten years and there is an opportunity for large investments in food and food processing technologies, skills and equipment, especially in areas of Canning, Dairy and Food Processing, Specialty Processing, Packaging, Frozen Food/Refrigeration and Therm o Processing. Fruits & Vegetables, Fisheries, Milk & Milk Products, Meat & Poultry, Packaged/Convenience Foods, Alcoholic Beverages & Soft Drinks and Grains are important sub-sectors of the food processing industry. Health food and health food supplements is another rapidly rising segment of this industry which is gaining vast popularity amongst the health conscious.

Despite being one of the worlds major food producers, India only accounts for less than 1.5 per cent of international food trade. This indicates vast scope for both investors and exporters. Food exports in 1998 stood at US $5.8 billion whereas the world total was US $438 billion. The Indian food industries sales turnover is Rs 140,000 crore (1 crore = 10 million) annually as at the start of year 2000. The industry has the highest number of plants approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) outside the United States.

Food processing sector covers fruit and vegetables; meat and poultry; milk and milk products, alcoholic beverages, fisheries, plantation, grain processing and other consumer product groups like confectionery, chocolates and cocoa products, Soya-based products, mineral water, high protein foods etc. The most promising sub-sectors includes -Soft-drink bottling, Confectionery manufacture, Fishing, aquaculture, Grain-milling and grain-based products, Meat and poultry processing, Alcoholic beverages, Milk processing, Tomato paste, Fast-food, Ready-to-eat breakfast cereals, Food additives, flavors etc.

Weather dulls hopes of good mango yield

The cent per cent flowering of mango trees this January had painted a rosy picture for a good yield of the fruit in the state. However, the recent cloudy and stormy weather in some parts of the state, coupled with rainfall in several other places, has resulted in excessive fruit and flower drop. This has left mango farmers staring at a shortfall in production and a possible price rise too this year. Experts believe that the mango season will only last for 35-45 days this time.

G M Waghmare, officer-in-charge at the Fruit Research Station in Aurangabad, said the recent rainfall in Aurangabad led to considerable flower and fruit drop. "Mango trees bear two types of flowers - male and hermaphrodite. It is the latter that bears fruits. Though the male flower drop is considerable every year, the recent weather conditions resulted in hermaphrodite flowers declining too, leading to a 25-30 per cent fruit and flower drop. Also, in such weather conditions, fruits tend to catch diseases such as anthracnose," he said.

Source: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-10/pune/28676751_1_mango-production-mango-farmers-mango-season

JADLI FOODS @ DUBAI

We are Pleased to inform that this year also we are exhibiting in
Gulf Food 2011, Dubai from 27/02/2011 to 02/03/2011 and will be
show-casing our product range like Mango Pulp, Guava Pulp, Tamarind Concentrate, Pickles, Jams, Tomato Ketch-up etc.

We will be pleased to welcome you all at our Stand.

STAND DETAILS :-

JADLI FOODS (INDIA) PVT. LTD.

Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre,

Sheikh Saeed Halls,

STALL NO. S-A39

APEDA PAVILION - INDIAN PAVILION

Contact Telephone Numbers in the Show are as follows :-

DUBAI NO. +971-555366167

Manufacturer and Exporter of Fruits-Pulp/Puree & Concentrate

JADLI GROUP, is one of most reliable, progressive, well managed and rapidly expanding groups in India mainly in the line of processed food products & agro commodities. For the company’s success, we believe in treating customers with trust, dignity, respect and fair business practices.

JADLI INTERNATIONAL FOODS LTD , an ISO 9001:9002 Certified Co., Govt. of India Recognized Star Export House is one of the leading manufacturer and exporter of Fruits-Pulp/Puree & Concentrate mainly of Alphanso and Totapuri Mango, Pink & White Guava, Litchi & Tamarind packed in Aseptic Bag and OTS Cans, has been supplying to Fruit Juice and Dairy Industries in Far East, Sub Continent, Middle East, European and African Countries for more than a decade.

The other range of Processed Food Products include Canned Fruits, Vegetables, Pickles, Jam etc packed in Consumer Catering & Industrial pack size.

JADLI INTERNATIONAL FOODS LTD , is also engaged in exports of Basmati & Non Basmati Rice, Spices, Pulses, Sesame Seed, Groundnut Kernels, Wheat Flour, Millets, Corn, Honey, Jiggery and other foods commodities for worldwide customers.

JADLI FOODS (INDIA) PVT. LTD , the Domestic Wing of Jadli Group supplies Pickles, Jams, Sauces, Syrups, Squashes, Juices, and Canned Foods in Domestic Market like Retail Shops, Super Market Chains, Institutions and also have the privilege to supply the range of Processed Food Products to Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India. The products packed in consumer and catering pack are also exported in their own “MANSA” Brand as well as on private label in the international market.

Jadli Group meets out all the stringent quality control parameters and taste of product par excellence to the customer satisfaction due to which it stands high than the rest in the International Market & Domestic Market.

The ‘king of fruits’ might leave mango lovers a tad disappointed this summer. AP, which is one of the largest producers of delicious mangoes in the country, is fast losing its crown with a downward slide in the expected yield this season.
If experts are to be believed, the production is likely to be barely one-third of last year’s when it recorded a bumper crop of 43 lakh metric tonnes. While the horticulture officials too are not hopeful of a better yield, experts attribute the pessimism to fluctuations in temperatures, untimely rains, retention of high humidity in the atmosphere and ground water depletion. “It’s unusual. The entire south never had it so bad in the last 30 years with a significant drop in mango production in Andhra Pradesh,” Dr Y T N Reddy, scientist at Indian Institute of Horticulture Research, Bangalore, told TOI. The erratic flowering pattern notwithstanding, the fruit setting has been very poor because of which the yield would be very low. “The short supply could have a severe impact on the cost of the fruit,” said A Bhagwan of Fruit Research Station in Ranga Reddy district. The flowering was only 20-25 per cent at some places due to hot climatic conditions as the winter lasted for a brief period only in December — the prime season for mangoes. Both farmers and the officials are baffled by the delayed flowering in the mango growing belt of Krishna, Chittoor, East Godavari and other crop areas like Khammam, Kadapa, Karimnagar, Adilabad and parts of Warangal. “This year, the crop will be less than 50 per cent in almost all parts of the state,” rued Bandla Shekhar, a grower in Madanapalle. The horticulture department was hoping the flowering season in Feb-March 2010 could be good but even it was patchy. Andhra Pradesh is famous for its Banganapalli (Benishaan), Rasaalu and Himayat varieties. The other varieties grown prominently are Thotapuri, Alphonso, Neelam, Mallika and Amrapaali. The state has a total of 2.76 lakh hectares of area under mango cultivation, while the average annual production is pegged at around 32.5 lakh MTs. The production in 2007-08 was 41 lakh metric tons. “Too much moisture in the air during the flowering season has affected the growth of fruits. Another worrying factor is the considerable fruit dropping this time,” said L Jalapathi Rao, a field expert on mango orchards. Horticulture experts said this would mean fewer arrivals from the districts to the city’s markets. Industry sources observe that the mango processing industry too will be hit by the shortfall. The industry uses the Thotapuri variety — the pulp of which is used to make jams, beverages, squashes, jelly and fruit bars. With dip in crop quantity, the prices are set to hover between Rs 35,000 and Rs 40,000 a tonne. Also, exports to countries like Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, China and the US could be hit. “In fact, the climate for mango crop hasn’t been favourable right since the flowering season of December,” reasoned G V Ramanjaneyulu of the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture. But industrialist and organic horticulturist Chalasani Dutt sees hope. “With application of nutrients, hormones and irrigation management, the fruit-bearing capacity can still be increased,” he added.