Food giants reformulate for health: milk-based ice cream, sugar cuts and clean labels
Kwality Wall's, Dabur and Nestlé India are overhauling recipes for health-conscious buyers—shifting to milk-based ice cream, cutting sugar 5%+ and driving clean labelling. Moves ride FSSAI rules, GST 2.0's 5% packaged-food rate and 20%+ growth in premium health foods through 2026-27.
Indian food giants Kwality Wall's, Dabur and Nestlé are reformulating products for health-conscious consumers—shifting to milk-based ice cream, cutting sugar, and clean labelling—amid FSSAI rules, GST 2.0 tax cuts, and fast-growing premium health-food demand.
Why this matters
Reinforces Kwality Wall's pivot to fully dairy: it is exiting frozen desserts and dropping vegetable fats across India by 2027, while parent Magnum opened a Bengaluru RDI centre to back reformulation.
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