Aavin, the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers Federation, has called for Expression of Interest (EOI) from interested consultants to study the possibilities of manufacturing packaged mineral water in a commercial manner.
The milk major has a facility at Madhavaram, where it can make 10,000 bottles a day. Official sources in Aavin said the idea was to use the same facility and those available at dairies to produce packaged mineral water. “Other cooperatives, including Karnataka’s Nandhini, have their own bottled water brands. While we have cookies and flavoured milk, when our products are supplied for large functions or even sold at kiosks in bus stands and railway stations, customers also demand water. We are unable to provide that. Sometimes, we arrange for supply of mineral water if the orders are large,” a source said.
