Articles Tagged with ''ESL''

After receiving several great applications, the Dairy Foods editorial staff determined that California Dairies Inc.’s (CDI) Valley Natural Beverages (VNB) facility in Bakersfield, Calif., should be honored as the 2025 Plant of the Year. 

The 200,000-square-foot greenfield facility meets the growing demand for innovative fluid milk products in both the U.S. and international markets. 

There are a lot of things HP Hood LLC’s Batavia, N.Y., plant could be honored for this year, including the many bells and whistles featured at the 458,000-square-foot plant.

Dairy Foods has visited many plants over the years, but few match the size of Westrock Coffee Co.’s facility, opened earlier this year. 

The company announced the expansion of capabilities at its Extract and Ready-to-Drink (RTD) facility in Conway, Ark., and also entered into a non-binding letter of intent with Select Milk Producers to establish a joint venture to build and operate an extended shelf life and aseptic, multi-serve bottle facility in Texas.

It has been an excellent past 12 months — and beyond — for Kansas City, Kan.-based Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a national farmer-owned cooperative with nearly 11,000 family-farm owners and about 19,000 employees.

Leveraging packaging and processing technologies that enhance food safety while reducing waste is vital if processors are to enhance efficiencies while operating in a more sustainable manner.

Good Culture is known for its portfolio of cultured dairy products that use simple ingredients and support gut health.

Specialty packaging market expected to grow significantly for the remainder of the decade.

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) announced the acquisition of two extended shelf-life (ESL) processing facilities from SmithFoods. The processing plants, located in Richmond, Ind., and Pacific, Mo., produce a variety of extended shelf-life dairy and non-dairy beverages, ice cream and shake mixes for both retail and food service customers.