Mother Dairy was commissioned in 1974 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Dairy

Development Board (NDDB), under ‘Operation Flood.It was an initiative under Operation Flood, a
dairy development program aimed at making India a milk sufficient nation. Mother Dairy sources a
significant part of its requirement of liquid milk from dairy cooperatives and village level farmer
centric organizations.

The company originally focused on Delhi and other parts of the National Capital Region (NCR), and
has 1500 milk booths and 300 safal outlets in the market.It later expanded to other regions in India.
It currently sells milk, milk products, under Mother Dairy brand and fresh fruits and vegetables
through 400 safal outlets and frozen vegetables, pulses and honey under "Safal" brand and
manufactures and markets edible oils under the "Dhara" brand.

The company sells milk products under the "Mother Dairy" brand, and is a leading milk supplier in
Delhi-NCR, and sells around 30 lakh litres of milk per day in this region. It is also currently the only
dairy company to offer other products in diverse fields like fruits, vegetables, edible oils, milk and
dairy products and packaged sweets in addition to milk.

Safal is the fruit and vegetable arm of Mother Dairy. It operates a large number of fruit and
vegetable stores in the NCR, and also has a significant presence in Bengaluru. Safal also has a plant in
Bengaluru, which produces around 23,000 MT of aseptic fruit pulp and concentrates annually. It
supplies to food processing companies such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Unilever, Nestle, etc. Safal also has
a presence across 40 countries viz., USA, Europe, Russia, Middle East, Asia and Africa and exports
Fresh Fruits & Vegetables It also added some limited sweets in its portfolio and had been expanding
it gradually.

Sandwich bread, Brown bread, and a first in the category, Milk and Fruit bread for kids, are the three
variants launched by Mother Dairy as its breakfast basket in July 2020.[3] Presently, Sandwich bread
is available in two packs – 700 gms (for Rs 40) and 500 gms (for Rs 30) and Brown Bread is available
in 400 gms pack size for Rs 30 and Fruit and Milk Bread for 150 gms at Rs 15.[3]

Mother Dairy is also present into edible oils segment under the brand name Dhara, which was
launched under the Operation Golden Flow program of NDDB.

Mother Dairy opens first restaurant 'Café Delights' in Noida and plans more outlets in Delhi