Mikawaya is a Vernon, Calif.-based candy maker and ice cream processor that is on the move with new products and formats backed by social media marketing. The company plans to expand its ice cream offerings with its first pint line — Mikawaya Exottics — to be released as early as this April.
Expect to see some new feature flavors—in both the natural and churned lines—this year from Velvet Ice Cream Co., Utica, Ohio. And while president Luconda Dager is hush-hush about other 2012 plans, she says what won’t change is the company’s continued focus on quality and value.
Each flavor made by Salt & Straw Ice Cream includes local, organic and sustainable ingredients. The Portland, Ore.-based company opened in May 2011 with the goal of featuring the “best Oregon has to offer, through ice cream.” The owners call their business a “farm-to-cone” company.
Philip R’s Frozen Desserts made headlines in 2010 with its award-winning Lollibons (picture an ice cream lollipop or a cake pop on a stick). The Swiss vanilla almond Lollibon was selected as a silver finalist for Outstanding Perishable Foodservice Product in the 2010 sofi Awards from the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade. In 2011, the novelty received a top award from the World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product contest in the creative and innovative class.
Philip R’s Frozen Desserts made headlines in 2010 with its award-winning Lollibons (picture an ice cream lollipop or a cake pop on a stick). The Swiss vanilla almond Lollibon was selected as a silver finalist for Outstanding Perishable Foodservice Product in the 2010 sofi Awards from the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade. In 2011, the novelty received a top award from the World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product contest in the creative and innovative class.
Expect to see some new feature flavors—in both the natural and churned lines—this year from Velvet Ice Cream Co., Utica, Ohio. And while president Luconda Dager is hush-hush about other 2012 plans, she says what won’t change is the company’s continued focus on quality and value.
Each flavor made by Salt & Straw Ice Cream includes local, organic and sustainable ingredients. The Portland, Ore.-based company opened in May 2011 with the goal of featuring the “best Oregon has to offer, through ice cream.” The owners call their business a “farm-to-cone” company.
Mikawaya is a Vernon, Calif.-based candy maker and ice cream processor that is on the move with new products and formats backed by social media marketing. The company plans to expand its ice cream offerings with its first pint line — Mikawaya Exottics — to be released as early as this April.
Cocoa Metro Dark Drinking Chocolate, a gourmet chocolate milk produced by Trickling Springs Creamery, Chambersburg, Pa., has been available in Whole Foods Market stores and specialty retailers in major Eastern cities since late 2010.
Saint Benoît Creamery, Petaluma, Calif., uses organic Jersey cows milk to produce its new whole milk, which joins the company’s popular hand-crafted yogurt line.
Consumers’ growing interest in chef-inspired home cooking is driving the development of flavorful butters, as such cooking aids and condiments provide a culinary touch to even the simplest recipes.
Bacetti is a new line of bite-sized premium ice cream novelties developed by a brother and sister team who founded the same-named San Francisco-based company about a year ago.
There was no energy crisis when it came to demand for energy drinks in the 52 weeks ended Dec. 25, 2011. The category showed double-digit growth in both dollar sales (up 16.6%) and unit sales (up 17.6%), according to Chicago-based SymphonyIRI Group.
Reducing sodium levels will require masking agents and metallic/bitter blockers to eliminate the off-flavors caused by potassium-based salt substitutes.
High levels of dietary sodium can increase blood pressure. But the health consequences of population-wide sodium reduction are still the subject of some debate. Americans consume on average 3,400 milligrams of sodium daily.
Mikawaya is a Vernon, Calif.-based candy maker and ice cream processor that is on the move with new products and formats backed by social media marketing. The company plans to expand its ice cream offerings with its first pint line — Mikawaya Exottics — to be released as early as this April.
A manufacturing facility in Luana, Iowa runs 24/7, every day of the year. Swiss Valley Farms produces Swiss-style cheeses, cream cheeses and whey powders.
Northeastern Iowa was shaped by the glaciers and the Mississippi River, which makes up its eastern border. The landscape here defies the stereotype of Midwestern flatness. Rolling hills yield unexpected delights for motorists negotiating the winding county roads.
By exiting the fluid milk and cultured business to concentrate on cheese, Swiss Valley Farms CEO Don Boelens has turned the Iowa-based dairy cooperative into a nimble processor that can react quickly to customers’ requests.
Swiss Valley Farms chief executive officer Donald A. Boelens was dealing with volatile milk prices and a collapsing export market in 2008-2009. Looking back, he says he knew there had to be a better management structure, one that could allow the company to take advantage of opportunities caused by price fluctuations and at the same time deal with the hardships.
Expect to see some new feature flavors—in both the natural and churned lines—this year from Velvet Ice Cream Co., Utica, Ohio. And while president Luconda Dager is hush-hush about other 2012 plans, she says what won’t change is the company’s continued focus on quality and value.
Each flavor made by Salt & Straw Ice Cream includes local, organic and sustainable ingredients. The Portland, Ore.-based company opened in May 2011 with the goal of featuring the “best Oregon has to offer, through ice cream.” The owners call their business a “farm-to-cone” company.
Philip R’s Frozen Desserts made headlines in 2010 with its award-winning Lollibons (picture an ice cream lollipop or a cake pop on a stick). The Swiss vanilla almond Lollibon was selected as a silver finalist for Outstanding Perishable Foodservice Product in the 2010 sofi Awards from the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade. In 2011, the novelty received a top award from the World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product contest in the creative and innovative class.
Reducing sodium levels will require masking agents and metallic/bitter blockers to eliminate the off-flavors caused by potassium-based salt substitutes.
High levels of dietary sodium can increase blood pressure. But the health consequences of population-wide sodium reduction are still the subject of some debate. Americans consume on average 3,400 milligrams of sodium daily.
Tate & Lyle has announced the expansion of its range of native starches, with the introduction of two extra dry starch products with low moisture contents.
The health benefits associated with tea and coffee continue to grow, and dairies are well-poised to manufacture innovative products based on these two globally desired beverages.
Chocolate milk has been in the news recently — and part of that focus has been on its popularity as a recovery beverage for elite professional and endurance athletes.
During a recent visit to Whole Foods Market, I slowed down my pace in order to better observe the trends in new products and label claims. Filtering out natural, organic and similar marketing tactics, one solid trend that was apparent across most food categories was a tie-in to fruit. The pork chops had a serving suggestion to include apple sauce. Breakfast cereals either contained dried fruit pieces or a recommendation to add something fresh from the farm stand.
The International Cheese Technology Exposition has outgrown its previous venues. So it moves to Milwaukee in April. It will be the ICTE’s largest event ever.
The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association and the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research, both headquartered in Madison, Wis., are hosting the cheese industry’s most exclusive show — the International Cheese Technology Exposition (ICTE), April 10-12 at the Frontier Airlines Center in Milwaukee, Wis.
Trade with Mexico required a wide range of development activities, including retail and foodservice promotions, regulatory clarifications and trade policy advocacy.
A week or so before Thanksgiving 2011, Mexico became our first billion-dollar overseas market. It was like watching our first-born go through a graduation ceremony — the satisfying reward after years of careful nurturing.
Effective training of plant and quality assurance personnel is essential to achieving quality and food safety standards. The training should involve both technical and practical applications of the process. In addition, it must involve all employees, especially Bubba and his counterparts — Junior, Leroy, “They” and “Supposed To.”
What would be the perfect package? One that protects the product, has a small carbon footprint, benefits the retailer and processor, and is accepted by consumers.
Dairy processors seek the perfect package, whatever the food or beverage. The package needs to be sustainable and protective of the product. Bottles or containers must also offer the consumer convenience.
The Dual Rototex series scraped surface heat exchanger/evaporator is designed to heat, cool or concentrate a wide variety of products, particularly highly viscous, proteinaceous or heat-sensitive liquids that tend to stick to or foul a heat-transfer surface.
The new Terlotherm vertical scraped surface heat exchanger can handle various applications such as heating, cooling, pasteurization, crystallization and aseptic processing of dairy products in a small footprint.
The APV Cavitator can heat liquids without scale build-up, and can be used for a variety of sanitary applications, ranging from pasteurization to low-pressure homogenization.
The International Cheese Technology Exposition has outgrown its previous venues. So it moves to Milwaukee in April. It will be the ICTE’s largest event ever.
The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association and the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research, both headquartered in Madison, Wis., are hosting the cheese industry’s most exclusive show — the International Cheese Technology Exposition (ICTE), April 10-12 at the Frontier Airlines Center in Milwaukee, Wis.
This Solids/Liquid Injection Manifold (SLIM) is a high-shear mixer system designed to accelerate the dispersion of hard-to-wet-out solids while eliminating floating powders in batch tanks and reducing dusting in the mixing area.
The two-stage in-line disperser ensures that smooth, particulate-free product is delivered through the HTST every time when the unit is installed immediately upstream of the balance tank.
Trade with Mexico required a wide range of development activities, including retail and foodservice promotions, regulatory clarifications and trade policy advocacy.
A week or so before Thanksgiving 2011, Mexico became our first billion-dollar overseas market. It was like watching our first-born go through a graduation ceremony — the satisfying reward after years of careful nurturing.
Effective training of plant and quality assurance personnel is essential to achieving quality and food safety standards. The training should involve both technical and practical applications of the process. In addition, it must involve all employees, especially Bubba and his counterparts — Junior, Leroy, “They” and “Supposed To.”
What would be the perfect package? One that protects the product, has a small carbon footprint, benefits the retailer and processor, and is accepted by consumers.
Dairy processors seek the perfect package, whatever the food or beverage. The package needs to be sustainable and protective of the product. Bottles or containers must also offer the consumer convenience.
The health benefits associated with tea and coffee continue to grow, and dairies are well-poised to manufacture innovative products based on these two globally desired beverages.
On-Demand: Nothing can compare to attending the Practical Membrane Technology Short Course in person, however this year marks the first time you will be able to attend a portion of the conference remotely.
An at once an all-inclusive guide to the meaning of hundreds of technical terms and ideas needed for ice cream manufacturing, as well as a practical introduction to the ingredients, freezing methods, flavoring, and packaging of ice cream, sherbet, sorbet, gelato, frozen yogurts, novelties and many other kinds of frozen desserts.
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