- Business
- Parag Milk Foods Limited, founded in 1992 and headquartered in Mumbai, India, manufactures and markets a diverse portfolio of value-added dairy products made from 100% fresh cow's milk, operating processing plants in Manchar (Maharashtra), Palamaner (Andhra Pradesh), and Sonipat (Haryana), with a subsidiary dairy farm in Manchar. The company offers traditional products under the Gowardhan brand including ghee, paneer, curd, butter, skimmed milk powder, whole milk powder, dairy whitener, gulab jamun mix, and sweets; processed cheese, natural cheese, cheese spreads, yogurt, UHT milk, buttermilk, lassi, and flavoured milk under the Go brand; premium farm-to-home fresh milk and upcoming high-protein yogurt, Greek yogurt, paneer, and natural cheeses under the Pride of Cows brand; flavoured milk under Topp Up; and vegetarian whey protein concentrates, including new mango flavours and planned protein snacks and chips, under the Avvatar brand. Parag Milk Foods serves retail, foodservice, institutional, and export markets across India and internationally, with value-added products comprising approximately 75-80% of revenues. In 2025, the company announces a Rs 400 crore investment over three to four years from internal accruals to expand cheese production capacity from 60 to 120 tonnes per day, scale Avvatar into new categories with doubled business in three years via a new whey filtration plant, grow Pride of Cows milk output to 250,000 litres daily by 2027 through a 500-acre sustainable greenfield facility at Bota, Nashik featuring biogas and rainwater harvesting, and accelerate new product launches across brands amid 79% year-on-year growth in new-age businesses; it also doubles advertising budgets for high-impact media partnerships in H1 2025, renews Kaun Banega Crorepati integration for tier 2/3 reach, issues warrants raising Rs 40.3 crore for debt reduction, and targets Rs 10,000 crore revenue via 1.5 million distribution touchpoints.