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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian dairy company}}<br />
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{{Infobox company<br />
| name = Milky Mist Dairy Food Limited<br />
| logo = MMD Logo 2023.png<br />
| logo_alt = Milky Mist Logo 2023<br />
| logo_caption = Logo used from 2023<br />
| type = [[Public company|Public]]<br />
| industry = [[Dairy]]<br />
| foundation = 2008<br />
| founder = T. Sathish Kumar<br />
| location = [[Erode]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/1023949D:IN|title=Milky Mist Dairy Food Ltd - Company Profile and News|website=Bloomberg.com}}</ref><br />
| key_people = {{ubl|T. Sathish Kumar (CMD)|K Rathnam (CEO)}}<br />
| revenue = {{profit}} {{INRConvert|1940|c}} (2024)<br />
| num_employees = <br />
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| subsid = {{hlist|Smart Chef |Briyas |Asal Foods |Capella}}<br />
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.milkymist.com/}}<br />
| footnotes = Financials {{as of|2024|03|31|lc=y|df=yes}}.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Jacob |first=Shine |date=18 July 2024 |title=Milky Mist gears up for Rs 2,000 cr IPO at a valuation of Rs 20,000 cr |url=https://www.business-standard.com/markets/ipo/milky-mist-gears-up-for-rs-2-000-cr-ipo-at-a-valuation-of-rs-20-000-cr-124071800998_1.html}}</ref><br />
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'''Milky Mist Dairy Food Limited''' (MMD) is an Indian manufacturer of dairy products, based in [[Perundurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. Formed in 1997 by T. Sathish Kumar, Milky Mist is engaged in milk procurement, processing, and manufacturing of other dairy products.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kaur |first=Mandeep |date=2024-03-12 |title=Milky Mist: A beacon of excellence in India's dairy landscape |url=https://www.foodtechbiz.com/business-updates/milky-mist-a-beacon-of-excellence-in-indias-dairy-landscape |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=FoodTechBiz.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-12 |title=The Dairy Disruptors |url=https://www.fortuneindia.com/long-reads/the-dairy-disruptors/107666 |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=www.fortuneindia.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ayyar |first=Ranjani |title=From inheritance of loss to milky way of success |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/from-inheritance-of-loss-to-milky-way-of-success/ |access-date=2024-09-23 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Milky Mist's products include frozen food, dairy, desserts, food enhancers and yogurts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Products |url=https://www.milkymist.com/products |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Milky Mist |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Milky Mist was founded in 1985 initially as a milk trading company.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=K Ashokan |first=Abhyjith |date=17 July 2024 |title=Milky Mist looks at ₹20,000 crore IPO to take on Amul and expand to North India |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/milky-mist-looks-at-rs-20-000-crore-ipo-to-take-on-amul-and-expand-to-north-india-101721190752696.html}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> In 1994, Milky Mist began producing paneer and subsequently other dairy items including curd, butter, cheese, yogurt and ice cream.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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Milky Mist's initial plant was set up in a 2 acres of land in [[Chithode]], Erode district. In 2019–20, Milky Mist shifted its manufacturing facility from the old plant to a new plant spread over {{cvt|55|acre}} with a processing capacity of {{convert|1000000|L|spell=in}} per day (MLPD). It manufactures dairy products like curd, yogurt, mozzarella cheese, and paneer.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.milkymist.com/about-us|title=About us|website=Milky Mist}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, the company launched its [[Direct-to-consumer|D2C]] [[e-commerce]] website and mobile app.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}<br />
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The company has been setting up India's largest single-location cheese making unit in [[Perundurai]] in the [[Erode district]], about 430&nbsp;km west of Chennai, with an investment of ₹450 crore.<ref name=":1">{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/from-inheritance-of-loss-to-milky-way-of-success/articleshow/62842119.cms | title=From inheritance of loss to milky way of success | date=9 February 2018 | newspaper=The Times of India | first=Ranjani | last=Ayyar | access-date=11 July 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/food/milky-mist-ropes-in-pe-cos-for-expansion/articleshow/59709936.cms|title=Milky Mist ropes in PE cos for expansion|first=Bharani|last=Vaitheesvaran|newspaper=The Economic Times|date=22 July 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Manchanda |first=Harsh Upadhyay & Kunal |date=2022-06-27 |title=Milky Mist posts Rs 928 Cr revenue in FY21 with 4 fold jump in profit |url=https://entrackr.com/2022/06/milky-mist-posts-rs-928-cr-revenue-in-fy21-with-4-fold-jump-in-profit/ |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=Entrackr |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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==Products==<br />
MMD's products include [[Curd]] (Indian Yoghurt), Fresh Paneer, Mozzarella Cheese, Cheddar Cheese, Processed Cheese, Gouda cheese, Fresh and UHT Cream, UHT Milk, Butter, Ghee, Khova, Yoghurts, traditional milk-based products like Shrikhand, Payasam (Kheer), Mishti Doi, Spray dried products such as Dairy Whitener, Skimmed Milk Powder, and Whey Powder. Also, they have launched new products such as Probiotic Curd, Frozen Pizza, UHT Lassi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.milkymist.com/products|title=Products|website=Milky Mist}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-08-13 |title=Milky Mist's winning formula to transform consumer behaviour |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/milky-mists-winning-formula-to-transform-consumer-behaviour/articleshow/85291604.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-09-23 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref><br />
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==Operations==<br />
MMD operates the largest fully-automated mozzarella plant in the country which comprises a robotic line production facility for paneer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.milkymist.com/sustainability|title=Sustainability|website=Milky Mist}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pandey |first=Aayush |date=2023-10-26 |title=Milky Mist acquires SIG's filling technology |url=https://packagingsouthasia.com/supply-chain-function/filling-sealing/milky-mist-sig/ |access-date=2024-09-23 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-10-13 |title=Milky Mist Dairy Food explores future processing with new GEA FLOWVENT valves |url=https://www.foodtechbiz.com/processing/milky-mist-dairy-food-explores-future-processingwith-new-gea-flowvent-valves |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=FoodTechBiz.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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MMD procures 8 [[lakh]] litres per day of milk directly from 70,000+ farmers spread over 20 districts of Tamil Nadu and 1 district in Karnataka.<ref name="auto1" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.milkymist.com/media|title=Media|website=Milky Mist}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Economy of Erode]]<br />
[[Category:Companies based in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Dairy products companies of India]]<br />
[[Category:Companies based in Erode]]<br />
[[Category:1992 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1992]]<br />
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