Mother Dairy

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.

In July 2020, Mother Dairy started making breads.

In January 2021, the company launched packaged food products under its Safal brand, sourced from tribals of Jharkhand.

The company sells milk and milk products under the "Mother Dairy" brand. Mother Dairy also sells packaged sweets.

Safal is the retail arm of Mother Dairy. It operates a large number of milk and milk product stores in the Delhi NCR, and also has a significant presence in Bengaluru. Safal also has a plant in Bengaluru, which produces aseptic fruit pulp and concentrates. It supplies milk and milk products to food processing companies such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Hindustan Unilever, and Nestlé India. Safal also has a presence across 40 countries viz., US, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa and exports fresh fruits and vegetables (grapes, banana, gherkin, onion, etc.), fruit pulp & concentrate, frozen fruits & vegetables.

In January 2020, Mother Dairy opened its first restaurant 'Café Delights' in Noida.