Beverage Industry Braces for Mandatory Health Star Ratings as Costs and Reformulation Pressures Rise

Beverage Industry Braces for Mandatory Health Star Ratings as Costs and Reformulation Pressures Rise

Mandatory health star ratings are moving closer, and for beverage makers that means the label on pack is no longer a background compliance issue. It is becoming a front-of-store commercial decision that will affect positioning, reformulation and how quickly a product can win trust. The immediate impact lands on brands with mixed nutritional profiles, but … Read more

How Audit Grade Determines the Financial Health of Your Cooperative Society

How Audit Grade Determines the Financial Health of Your Cooperative Society

Last March, a dairy cooperative in Sangli district, Maharashtra, with over 1,200 member-farmers, was denied a ₹45 lakh working capital loan by the district central cooperative bank. The reason wasn’t low revenue or shrinking membership — it was a single letter on a government document: audit grade “C.” That one classification, buried in an annual … Read more