Dairy Foods eMagazine

2011 December

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Kraft Foods is the 2011 Dairy Processor of the Year

The cheese processor is energizing old school brands like Philadelphia and Velveeta, developing new foods and formats, and adopting manufacturing practices that save natural resources.
James Carper
December 1, 2011
It’s difficult enough for any business to stay relevant, especially when it has brands established 100 or more years ago. Then throw in the challenge of adapting to ever-changing consumer tastes and habits, not to mention manufacturing in an era when a small carbon footprint is a measure of a corporation’s citizenship. That’s part of the landscape in the 21st century, and every business operates in it, some better than others.
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Highlights from the 2011 International Trade Show and Events Calendar

December 6, 2011
Whey components can do all this: promote infant gut health, improve body composition, create novel foods and affect brain function. Scientists at the 6th International Whey Conference shared their research.Milk is a complex biological food, which yields unique bioactive fractions that can be harvested via the whey stream.
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Alpina Foods: Yogurt

December 9, 2011
Alpina Foods LLC, Miami, is the recently established U.S. subsidiary of Alpina, a leading dairy-producing company in South America with global headquarters in Colombia. For almost a decade, the company has been importing an array of Hispanic-style dairy products into the United States. In 2012, Alpina will begin manufacturing yogurt from its newly built plant in Batavia, N.Y. This opens doors for innovations that will help grow its consumer base beyond the U.S. Hispanic population.
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String Cheese Sales Increase

Marina Mayer
December 6, 2011
For a child in the 1980s, string cheese was the ultimate must-have lunch snack. The simple act of peeling strings away from a cylindrical-shaped “stick” was both exciting and innovative and transformed the way consumers eat cheese.
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Flavor Trends, New Ideas in Frozen Desserts

When the weather outside gets frightful, it’s a sign to finalize your new flavor innovations for the upcoming ice cream season.
D. Berry
December 1, 2011
When the weather outside gets frightful, it’s a sign to finalize your new flavor innovations for the upcoming ice cream season.
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Next Foods: Coconut Water

December 12, 2011
NextFoods, Boulder, Colo., manufacturers of GoodBelly probiotic fruit drinks, adds GoodBelly Probiotic Coconut Water to its beverage lineup. All GoodBelly products promote digestive health thanks to the addition of the company’s patented probiotic strain, Lp299v.
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Ginseng Up: Fruit Juice

December 12, 2011
Since 1981, Ginseng Up has been on the lips of loyal followers throughout the Caribbean eager to get their daily dose of ginseng. This botanical extract has been a nutritional supplement in Asian diets for more than 6,000 years and is believed to boost energy, relieve stress and improve memory. Now, after 30 years of popularity overseas, the Rockleigh, N.J. -based namesake company is rolling out Ginseng Up throughout the United States.
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Honeydrop Beverages: Teas, Juices

December 12, 2011
Honeydrop Beverages, New York, a producer of natural teas and juices made with a spoonful of honey, is growing its product range. “We are really excited to add three new, fresh brewed teas to the Honeydrop line,” says David Luks, CEO and founder. “We continue to work towards our goal of creating low-calorie beverages that taste great without using any refined sugars, artificial sweeteners or chemicals. Following the launch of our first three flavors, we listened closely to consumer feedback and developed a plan to introduce a series of simple, more traditional teas, which led to the introduction of our new Lemon, Lemon Ginger and Green Tea options.”
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Pepsico: Trop 50 Flavors

December 12, 2011
PepsiCo Inc., Purchase, N.Y., is exploring the addition of “tea” to its very popular lower-calorie Trop50 beverage line. The new product concepts in test market include Peach with White Tea, Pear Lychee with White Tea and Raspberry with Green Tea. All three new concepts claim to contain 50% less sugar and calories than juice blends. The beverages rely on a stevia-based sweetener, which allows for a “no artificial sweetener” claim.
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Win Shuler Foods: Cheese Spreads

December 12, 2011
Win Schuler Foods, Southfield, Mich., introduced Lia Marie’s Original Garlic Spread and Five Cheese Garlic Spread. Both spreads, which are made with butter and cheese, among other ingredients, are available in 12-ounce tubs and merchandised near butter in the refrigerated dairy case.
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International Products: Yogurt, Ice Cream

December 9, 2011
Manipulating texture is the latest rage when it comes to creating a point of differentiation in the crowded drinkable yogurt category. In Brazil, Coop, a global chain of supermarkets, introduces private label Whipped Part Skimmed Drinking Yogurt with Honey. The whipped texture adds a new dimension to the category.
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Ehrmann USA:Yogurt

December 9, 2011
Ehrmann USA LLC, Mishawaka, Ind., a subsidiary of the family-owned German dairy Ehrmann AG, entered the U.S. dairy market with the rollout of All Natural Lowfat Bavarian Yogurt.
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Borden Dairy: Borden Life! Milks

December 9, 2011
A line of innovative fluid milk products branded Borden Life! debuted in Houston in four unique formulations: Calcium, Fiber, Multi-Vitamin and Protein. Developed by the Borden Dairy Co., Dallas, each formulation is supercharged with vitamins, minerals or select nutrients with well-recognized health and nutritional benefits.
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Reasons Why Processors Should Add Nutrients to Dairy Foods

D. Berry
December 1, 2011
Ever since I can remember I have been challenged with swallowing pills. When I was a little girl, my mom would dissolve the orange-flavored baby aspirin in a spoon of water for me to swallow. Thank goodness Flintstones vitamins were chewable. When I got older, my doctor encouraged me to take the same approach as one does with their pets, and that is to hide the tablet or capsule in a piece of cheese or some bread. Let’s just say it’s pretty challenging to trick oneself.
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Bel Brands USA: Spreadable Cheese

December 9, 2011
Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based Bel Brands USA, a subsidiary of Fromageries Bel, a family-owned cheesemaker headquartered in Paris, extends its world-renowned Boursin Gournay cheese brand to flavored premium spreadable cheeses. Garlic & Herbs (the flavor of the original Boursin cheese) was the first to debut about a year ago.
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How to Control Texture in Cultured Dairy

Phillip S. Tong
December 1, 2011
The consumer can find a wide range of textures in fermented milk products. From drinkable to spoonable to spreadable – these foods are expected to exhibit textures of semi-solid gels, viscous liquids or thin liquids, depending upon the specific product (for example, fermented milk beverage, stirred yogurt, quark, etc.) and consumer expectations.
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Best Practices in Blow Molding for Dairy Processors

Vendors of blow-molding equipment offer more than machinery. Dairy processors can turn to them for advice about package design and manufacturing efficiencies.
December 1, 2011
Companies that build machinery to produce, trim and handle packages are a valuable resource to the package designer, says Brian Dowler of Graham Engineering, York, Pa. Their experience with a broad array of packages can benefit a dairy processor.Lessons that equipment vendors learned in one application, such as the production of bottles for non-food applications, often can be applied to produce innovative options for food packages as well, he says. Container light weighting is one example.
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Bella Pak’s Plant Becomes USDA Organic Certified

December 9, 2011
Bella Pak’s Appleton, Wis., plant is now USDA Organic certified by the Midwest Organic Services Association, Inc. (MOSA) to produce organic Parmesan and Romano cheeses under its Redwood Farms line. Bella Pak’s cheese comes from certified-organic farms and processing plants.
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Hilmar Cheese Awarded 2011 Corporate Donor Honor

December 9, 2011
Hilmar Cheese Co. Inc. received the 2011 Outstanding Corporate Donor in Philanthropy award by The Yosemite Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals in cooperation with the Modesto Rotary Club, both in Modesto, Calif., for its generosity to Emanuel Medical Center, Turlock, Calif.
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Sargento, Tillamook Receive GFSI Certification

December 9, 2011
Sargento Foods’ North Sioux City, S.D., plant became certified to the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) with an “A” rating from the British Retail Consortium (BRC), demonstrating excellence in both food safety and quality operations.
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Dairy People Making the News

December 9, 2011
Officers and members of the board of directors for 2011-12 were sworn in at the association’s 67th annual meeting. Inductees include Bob Branham, General Mills, elected chairman-elect, and Scott Haws, Land O’Lakes, secretary. Newly elected to the board of directors are John Farmer, Global Dairy Products; and Steve Ostrander, Crystal Farms.
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Leprino Foods Named Exporter of the Year

December 9, 2011
Leprino Foods Co., Denver, was selected the Dairy Foods 2011 Exporter of the Year (see article in the November issue). At the annual meeting of the U.S. Dairy Export Council, Dairy Foods chief editor Jim Carper (second from left) presented the award to Leprino’s Paul Vraciu, Sue Taylor, Allison Specht and Derek Friedman.
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MilkPEP Names Winners of 2011 MilkPEP Awards

December 9, 2011
The Milk Processor Education Program (MilkPEP), Washington, D.C., announced the winners of the 2011 MilkPEP awards. Six category winners and an overall grand prize winner were honored for their commitment to increasing fluid milk sales, promoting the benefits of drinking milk and their use of MilkPEP programs and resources to help increase awareness and sales of their dairies’ branded milk products.
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IDFA Backs FDA Food Safety Priorities

December 9, 2011
The International Dairy Foods Association, Washington, D.C., says it supports the Food and Drug Administration’s long-term strategic plan to improve effectiveness and efficiency under its Foods and Veterinary Medicine Program.
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Dannon, McCarty Family Farms Forge Relationship

December 5, 2011
The Dannon Co. Inc., White Plains, N.Y., forged a new and unique relationship with McCarty Family Farms, Bakersfield, Calif., to supply the milk for Dannon’s Fort Worth, Texas, plant. Historically, Dannon has relied exclusively on a co-op for fresh milk.
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Ingredients

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Dairy Ingredients: Cargill Inc.

December 14, 2011
Cargill introduced Vitex AYS stabilizers, a customizable functional system that enables dairy food manufacturers to manage raw material costs in yogurt while still providing consumers with the same creamy products.
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Dairy Ingredients: Gelita USA Inc.

December 14, 2011
Gelita presents body function-stimulating bioactive collagen peptides Verisol for “beauty from within” and Gelita RXL (reduced cross-linking) gelatine for improved shelf life and stability of hard and soft capsules.
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Operations

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Create Value by Reducing Your Carbon Footprint

Clay Detlefsen
December 7, 2011
The U.S. dairy industry has been diligently gathering data, crunching numbers and double-checking methodologies to ensure that the carbon footprint and life-cycle assessments for fluid milk and cheese are consistent with internationally accepted schemes and protocols. Since we are pretty much done with those, now what?
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Suppliers

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Plant Equipment: DuPont Qualicon

December 11, 2011
DuPont Qualicon introduced the BAX System STEC Suite, a trio of real-time PCR assays that enable food processors, reference labs and government labs to rapidly and reliably detect the Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) most frequently associated with severe foodborne illness.
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Plant Equipment:Psion

December 14, 2011
Psion’s Workabout Pro 3 is a handheld computer that delivers the choice of numerous hardware add-ons, from biometric scanners to RFID readers, as well as software applications and upgrades.
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Plant Equipment: SPX Flow Technology

December 14, 2011
SPX’snew APV cavitator, which is exclusively licensed from Hydro Dynamics Inc., Rome, Ga., sends shockwaves produced from the collapse of “controlled cavitation” bubbles and works by taking fluid into the machine housing that passes through a controlled cavitation field created by the reactor’s spinning rotor.
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Plant Equipment: Spirax Sarco Inc.

December 14, 2011
Spirax Sarco released phase 1 of its pressure-reducing valve (PRV) module.Based on suggestions and user feedback, the module was enhanced to incorporate additional features and benefits.
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Plant Equipment: Softrace Ltd.

December 14, 2011
Softtrace introduces a suite of tracing software solutions. Softtrace cheesecan determine daily production and yields, respond immediately to any production problems, provide a plant balance of milk by volume and composition across all products and processes, verify the quality and grade of each pallet of cheese and reduce waste.
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Plant Equipment: Reiser

December 14, 2011
Ross tray sealers from Reiser produce modified atmosphere packages from preformed trays of almost any size or shape.
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Plant Equipment: Omega Engineering, Inc.

December 12, 2011
The Thermal Imager OSXL160 from Omega Engineering offers a temperature range of -4° to 2,192°F. Plus, it is equipped with voice annotation, analysis software, flash memory storage, USB connection to PC and a colored thermal image with sounds and alarms.
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Plant Equipment: Luxel Biosciences

December 11, 2011
Luxcel Biosciences released the GreenLight range of food safety tests, which allows for easy, same-day detection and enumeration of bacteria in food and beverage samples.
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Plant Equipment: AsepTrans

December 11, 2011
Asep tanks from AsepTrans can aseptically transport liquid food products in bulk quantities (up to 24,000 liters), while delivering higher payload, greater efficiency and secure product integrity.
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Heat and Control, Food Process Systems Form Partnership

December 9, 2011
Heat and Control and Food Process Systems (FPS) formed a global partnership to develop and market new technology for applying batters, breading and other coatings to a variety of food products. FPS designs and builds versatile applicators for coating bakery products, nuts and more. Heat and Control is a leading international manufacturer and supplier of machinery systems and controls for food processing, seasoning application, conveying, inspection, weighing and packaging.
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Solazyme Roquette Nutritionals Expands in Paris

December 9, 2011
Solazyme Roquette Nutritionals is opening a Phase II commercial production facility in Lestrem, France, to produce its lead microalgae-derived food ingredient — whole algalin flour. The 5,000-metric-ton facility is scheduled to be completed by end of 2012.
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Spirax Sarco Joins DOE's Energy Leader program

December 9, 2011
Spirax Sarco joined the U.S. Department of Energy’s Save Energy Now LEADER program, making a voluntary pledge to reduce its industrial energy intensity at its Blythewood, S.C., headquarters by 25% over the next 10 years. The LEADER program is a new component of the existing Save Energy Now initiatives, which provide participating businesses with tools and training to help reduce energy and improve productivity, reliability, cost-effectiveness and overall environmental performance.
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Ecolab Receives IDFA Award

December 9, 2011
Ecolab Inc. received the 2011 IDFA Innovation Sustainability Award for its Envirocid Plus clean-in-place cleaner that’s designed to help processing plants manage their effluent and operating costs while improving their sustainability profile. Envirocid Plus uses a patent-pending, blended acid formulation that helps reduce total phosphorus and nitrates in plant effluent.
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International Paper Announces 'Green' Goals

December 9, 2011
International Paper (IP) announced its goals to increase energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020. IP plans to achieve these reductions by increasing manufacturing efficiencies, exploring new technologies and engaging its employees to find innovative solutions throughout its operations.
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Autocrat LLC received an "Excellent" rating

December 9, 2011
Autocrat LLC received an “Excellent” rating on its 2000 Level II certification by the Safe Quality Food (SQF) organization, enabling the company to meet product trace, regulatory, food safety and commercial quality criteria in a structured and cost-effective manner. Autocrat’s employees have been preparing for this certification for nearly two years under the guidance of certified SQF practitioner, Gina Brooks.
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GEA Process Engineering Purchases High-shear Mixing Technology

December 9, 2011
GEA Process Engineering purchased an existing high-shear mixing technology that’s designed for the mixing of high-viscosity dairy and food products such as sweetened condensed milk, ice cream mixes, processed cheese and spreads, ready-to-drink iced coffees and chocolate and isotonic drinks. The new mixing business will be headquartered at GEA Skanderborg in Denmark, and will market products under the new Mixing Formula brand name.
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Gold Coast Ingredients Receives IFS Certification

December 5, 2011
Gold Coast Ingredients received certification for International Food Standard (IFS), Version 5, a standard that is benchmarked against the criteria of the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI). This certification provides evidence of the commitment of Gold Coast Ingredients to build and operate a management system capable of meeting these requirements.
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Ribbon Cutting for Chr. Hansen in Milwaukee

December 5, 2011
Chr. Hansen cut the ribbon at its new Global Expertise Center in Milwaukee, Wis. Designed as the “go-to center” for natural color solutions to the international prepared foods industry, natural color specialists are on hand to help customers solve their technical issues and protect their brands’ equity by converting to natural colors.
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Packaging: Bosch Packaging Technology

December 14, 2011
As part of the Sigpack RNx platform, Bosch Packaging Technology introduced Sigpack RNGS-6/KG3, a vertical flat pouch system that consists of a sachet packaging machine and cartoning unit for packaging, transport and grouping of powders, granulates, pellets and piece goods.
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Packaging: PDC International

December 14, 2011
PDC introduced the 90-2 shrink sealer, which seals more than 400 containers per minute with true 24/7, downtime-free performance.
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Packaging: Polypack

December 14, 2011
Polypack unveiled its Clearprint Series shrink bundler, a high-speed, welded frame that creates pad-supported multipacks using both clear and printed film.
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Packaging: Harpak-ULMA Packaging

December 14, 2011
Harpak-ULMA’sextensive experience in the dairy industry includes a wide variety of packaging solutions, from packaging applications for cheese to yogurt and everything in between.
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Packaging:Lantech

December 14, 2011
Lantech’s RL automatic stretch wrapper is an ultra high-speed ring straddle-style stretch wrapper capable of wrapping up to 200 loads per hour...
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Packaging: OK International

December 14, 2011
OK International introduced its redesigned stainless-steel case liner, the Superliner SL220. This machine comes equipped with enhanced controls and an improved sequence, making it capable of running up to 18 cycles per minute.
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Packaging: Markem-Imaje

December 14, 2011
From yogurt to pallet, Markem-Imaje offers a full product line of coding equipment. The small character 9000 Series inkjet coders, for example, facilitate operator activities by offering intuitive and improved ergonomic utilization.
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Packaging: EPI Labelers

December 14, 2011
EPI Labeler’s B-Series wrap labeler features a self-calibrating bottle labeler, ideal for contract packaging, private label, personal care, nutraceutical and spice and condiment applications.
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Packaging: Sealed Air Corp.

December 14, 2011
Sealed Air’s Cryovac food packaging brings an optimized level of efficiency to automated bag loading with the BLX-F2 taped bag loader.
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Packaging: SIG Combibloc

December 14, 2011
SIG Combibloc’s combiblocMini now comes in a 180-milliliter option volume. The new volume gives beverage producers the opportunity to offer a 6-ounce aseptic carton package to the market.
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