According to the National Coffee Association, New York, 55% of U.S. adults say that they consume coffee on a daily basis. More importantly, daily consumption of gourmet coffee beverages has jumped to an unprecedented high with 17% of the overall adult population partaking, up from 14% in 2007. Many of these gourmet beverages include a dairy component.
Reaching for the Stars: Oregon Ice Cream has transformed itself from old-school regional to organic fireball. It’s been 12 years since the Gleason family took this company in its new direction, and it's all because a husband listened to his wife.
FDA does not recognize the term functional foods, but the industry certainly does. Datamonitor estimates that the average U.S. consumer now spends $90 a year on functional foods. Dairy foods are a leading delivery vehicle for numerous functional ingredients.
Innovative cultured dairy products make it challenging for retailers to stock anything else but dairy foods in their refrigerated dairy cases. It’s an exciting time for the cultured dairy products category;for yogurt, cottage cheese, cream cheese, dips and sour cream, as formulators have is covered that these dairy foods are ideal carriers for many of the better-for-ingredients that consumers are seeking. This, of course, is on top of the fact that cultured dairy products are inherently a great source of nutrients-high-quality protein, calcium and more.
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