Hindustan Unilever

FMCG major Hindustan Unilever on Wednesday reported a rise of 6.2 per cent in its profit after tax (PAT) to Rs 1,183 crore for the fourth quarter (Q4) of the 2016-17 Fisal ended March 31. The company's PAT for Q4...

Targeting a revenue of Rs 1,000 crore by FY2021, bread major Modern Food Enterprises will soon be launching an entirely new range of bread and bakery items while looking at new food segments, said a top company official. The company...

Food regulator FSSAI said major wheat-flour brands like ITC, HUL, Cargill and Patanjali would begin to fortify wheat flour with iron, folic acid and vitamin B-12. According to a PTI report: Fortification means deliberately increasing the content of essential micronutrients...

Patanjali Ayurved, the FMCG venture promoted by yoga guru Ramdev, was the biggest disruptive force in India's fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) market, according to a report. "Patanjali Ayurved has turned out to be the most disruptive force in the...

Food Safety and Standards Authority (FSSAI) is revising food labelling norms and examining global models, its CEO Pawan Kumar Agarwal said. "Our labelling provisions are currently under revision. We are looking at Codex norms. We are going beyond that to...

Baba Ramdev's Patanjali, which debuted in 2015 has secured the first place to become India's most attractive brand in 2016 in FMCG-diversified sub-category, according to a study titled 'India's Most Attractive Brand 2016', carried out by Trust Research Advisory...

FMCG major Hindustan Unilever (HUL) today posted an 11.54 per cent rise in its standalone net profit at Rs 1,095.6 crore for the September quarter, helped by higher income from operations. The company had a net profit of Rs 982.17...

Advertising watchdog ASCI has pulled up several companies, including Bharti Airtel, Tata Teleservices, Mahindra & Mahindra and Himalaya, for misleading advertisements in July. According to a PTI report: During the month, the Customer Complaints Council (CCC) of Advertising Standard Council...

Beauty brand Dove has marked its entry in the baby care category by announcing the launch of Baby Dove in India. Actress Genelia Deshmukh and TV show host Tara Sharma unveiled the product range here. At the launch, Vice President Skincare...

Rapidly growing multinational fast food chains in India are the largest contributors to hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) emissions and could add the equivalent of nearly one million tonnes of carbon emissions by 2020, says a new international study. US-based McDonald's, Starbucks, Subway...