Mangalore, November 17: Dakshina Kannada Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd launched a new product Mango lassi to mark the continuation of a tradition where the union has launched a new product as part of National Cooperation Week since the past 12-years.
Lassi, the popular and traditional yoghurt-based drink will get a dash of mango to it will be sold in sachets, the 200-ml mango lassi is priced at Rs 12.
Raviraj Hegde, president of the union, said original mango pulp is being used to manufacture this latest product under the Nandini brand name. "Since sugar is added as preservative to pulp, no additional sugar will be added to the lassi," Raviraj said. DKMUL is the first among 13 milk unions in the state to start mango lassi, he added.
Taking a cue from the day specific theme of the week 'Day to encourage and strengthen value addition in cooperative institutions,' Raviraj said the union is also launching a walk-in deep freezer that will allow DKMUL to store up to 10,000 litres of ice-cream, butter and milk products on its premises at Kulshekar, another first.
Likewise, two 60,000 litre capacity milk silos and 10,000 litre capacity pasteurisation unit too will be inaugurated.
The union will also receive the ISO 22000:2005 certification as warranted under the Food Safety Act. This certificate is an assurance to consumers of the safety and standards of milk and milk products sold by it.
An audio-visual documentary titled Ksheeranjali aimed at highlighting the potential of dairying activities to students will be released at the function, he said, adding professional actors have acted in the documentary to drive home the point.
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