Aavin

Aavin is the trademark of Tamil Nadu Co-

operative Milk Producers' Federation
Limited, a Tamil Nadu-based milk
producer's union. Aavin procures milk,
processes it and sells milk and milk
products to consumers.
Aavin

Type Cooperative

Genre Milk and milk products

Predecessor Tamil Nadu Dairy

Development
Corporation Limited

Founded 1958 (Tamil Nadu,

India)

Headquarters Tamil Nadu

Revenue US$ 660 million (2012-

13)
Owner Government of Tamil
Nadu
Parent Department of Animal
Husbandry, Dairying
and Fisheries (Tamil
Nadu)
Website http://www.aavinmilk.com/

History
The Dairy Development Department was
established in Tamil Nadu in the year 1958
to oversee and regulate milk production
and commercial distribution in the state.
The Dairy Development Department took
over control of the milk cooperatives. It
was replaced by the Tamil Nadu
Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Limited in the year 1981. On 1 February
1981, the commercial activities of the
cooperative were handed over to Tamil
Nadu Co-operative Milk Producers'
Federation Limited which sold milk and
milk products under the trademark "aavin".
Tamil Nadu is one of the leading states in
India in milk production with about 14.5
million liters per day.

'Aa' or 'ஆ' in Tamil means 'ப (cow)' and

'பா ' means 'milk'. 'Pasuvin paal'
('ஆவ பா ') translates to 'cow's milk'
('ப வ பா ').

Activities
The Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk
Producers' Federation Limited is an apex
body of 17 District Cooperative Milk
Producers' Unions. It is headquartered
located at Aavin Illam, Madhavaram,
Chennai and has four dairy plants at the
following locations in Chennai.[1]

Ambattur - capacity of 4 LLPD

Madhavaram - capacity of 3 LLPD
Sholinganallur - capacity of 4 LLPD
Ambattur - Product Dairy

These dairies collect milk from district

unions, process and pack in sachets and
send for sale to the consumers. The
Ambattur product Dairy is engaged in the
manufacture of milk products.

Milk Products of Aavin

Aavin produces 4 varieties of milk.[2]

Toned milk (3% fat)

Doubled toned milk (1.5% fat)
Standardized Milk (4.5% fat)
Full Cream Milk (6% fat)

It is also engaged in the manufacture of

milk products such as milk khoa,
mysorepak, gulab jamun, curd, butter milk,
lassi, yoghurt and ice-creams.

In September 2017, Aavin announced that

it would be launching seven varieties of
milk-based sweets for Deepavali[3]

Controversies
In 2012, there were widespread rumors
about the milk being adulterated when the
milk was being transported from
cooperative societies to dairies. In 2014, a
major adulteration racket was busted by
the police in Villupuram district. The
modus operandi of the gang was to
transfer cans of milk from transport that
carries pure milk from Chennai to
Tiruvannamalai and replace with it with
equal quantity of water. Aavin said that it
has encountered an estimated loss of
₹10 crore (US$1.4 million) due to the
racket.[4]

References
1. Dairy Development Department,
Government of Tamilnadu. "Policy Notes" .
Archived from the original on 16 March
2012. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
2. Government of Tamilnadu (11 March
2008). "Press Release Notes" (PDF).
Retrieved 16 July 2010.
3. "Aavin launches special sweets for
Deepavali" . The Hindu. Special
Correspondent, Special Correspondent.
2017-09-26. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved
2017-10-11.
4. "Aavin Milk Adulteration Racket Busted" .
Times of India.

External links
 Website of the Tamilnadu Co-operative
Milk Producers' Federation Limited
[1]
[2]
[3]
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