Amul breaks ground on Rs 700 crore Bengal dairy complex
Amul breaks ground on a Rs 700 crore Bengal complex built around the world's largest curd plant.
- Rs 700 crore complex to process 30 lakh litres of milk a day
- World's largest curd plant, at 1,000 MT of dahi and cultured products daily
- Value-added dairy is a fast-moving quick-commerce and grocery category
- Deepening eastern supply raises pressure on D2C dairy challengers
Amul broke ground on 19 July for the Amul Bengal Dairy Project in Kolkata, an integrated complex the cooperative says will house the world’s largest curd manufacturing plant. Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah performed the Bhoomi Pujan at New Town.
The roughly Rs 700 crore facility is designed to process 30 lakh litres of milk a day and churn out 1,000 MT of dahi and cultured products daily, alongside packaged and UHT milk, paneer, ghee, ice cream, sweets, flavoured milk, yoghurt and buttermilk. Amul expects it to benefit over 1.25 lakh dairy farmers at the start, scaling towards 2.5 lakh milk producers.
The lane that matters for operators is value-added dairy. Curd, paneer, lassi and ice cream are among the fastest-moving categories on quick-commerce and grocery marketplaces, and Amul is now hard-wiring eastern India supply for exactly those SKUs.
That deepening footprint raises the competitive bar for D2C dairy challengers such as Country Delight and Milkbasket, and for regional brands leaning on cold-chain and freshness as their edge. More local value-addition can translate into tighter delivery timelines and sharper price points on the shelf.
For brands in adjacent categories, the signal is that the cooperative giant intends to defend its share of the chiller aisle as online grocery scales in the east.
Zane’s analysis draws on original reporting by DD News. Read the original report.