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2019 ProFood Tech trade show will build on previous success

ProFood Tech, the biennial trade show that showcases new technologies and innovative solutions in the food and beverage processing sector...

Roger Massicotte named president of Agropur Cooperative

He succeeds René Moreau, who retired.

Smucker Foods of Canada invests millions in Sherbrooke milk-processing facility

The investment will help modernize the facility, allowing for increased production of local products.

Whitehall Specialties names Steve Snyder CEO

The appointment reinforces the company’s mission to help customer partners meet their evolving demand for finished, bulk and ingred...

Litehouse Inc. names Kelly Prior president

Prior previously held the role of chief financial officer and interim president.

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Ice Cream/Novelties

Social media network Tasty launches limited-edition ice cream line

Tasty, the social food network part of New York-based BuzzFeed, is moving from the virtual world to the freezer aisle. …

Packaging Technologies-Dairy Processors

Consumer trends define new rigid container offerings

Anna Boisseau

To compete in a crowded grocery store aisle, dairy processors are choosing rigid containers that help them stand out and connect with consumer preferences. Grocery shoppers frequently view packaging that …

Non-Dairy Beverages

Flexitarian trends are impacting dairy, nondairy beverages

Jessica Jacobsen

In 2017, Target Corp. released a TV commercial in which the father says that he's going on a milk run and asks what everyone wants. One child says skim milk, …

Frozen Desserts

Dairy inclusions get indulgent

Kimberly Decker

Texturally speaking, "ice cream" is something of a misnomer. Yes, consumers expect the frozen treat to be creamy; but any hint of actual iciness, either in the scoop or on …

Dairy Processor News

Take back the dairy case

Julia Kadison

With marketplace pressures stronger than ever, 2018 was a challenging year for milk across the value chain, from farmers to processors, brands, retailers and more. Milk is amidst a competitive …

Cheese

New cream cheese size

Prairie Farms Dairy Inc., Edwardsville, Ill., expanded its product lineup to include an 8-ounce package of its original cream cheese. …

New Dairy Products

Dairy Farmers of America introduces locally sourced cheese brand

The cooperative is joining with family farms in New York to launch Craigs Creamery. …

Operations

Address corrosion in 'stainless' steel

Timothy Rugh

Stainless steel is generally the most preferred and most commonly used material in the design, construction and fabrication of food processing equipment and is specified in 3-A Sanitary Standards.

Food Safety for Dairy Processors

Eagle Product Inspection releases food safety guide

The publication is designed to help companies meet BRC standards.

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Blogs

Transparency is key to gaining consumer trust

By Kathie Canning

In recent years, much has been written and said about the need for transparency on the part of food and beverage companies. The more transparent the company, the greater the odds that consumers will trust it, and its brands.

Industrial robots now ready for dairy

By Sean Riley

Digitalization and the food and beverage industry

By Robert Glass

Dairy Foods Columnists

Keys to future growth: promotion, innovation and trade

Blake Anderson

We, the dairy industry, have not engaged on a broad scale as marketers of plant/alternative proteins increased their attacks, developed trade associations and aggressively launched marketing offenses.

Dairy Foods Columnists

The positive side of lactose

Samuel D. Alcaine

When you read the word lactose, what do you think? Does the processor in you wonder what you'll do with so much of it? Does the marketer in you wish of ways to be free of it? Does the consumer in you feel a little bloated?

Dairy Foods Columnists

Consider ice cream mix processing advances

Bruce Tharp

Steve Young

Each innovative modification of ice cream mix processing must consider what is to be modified and the influence (+/-) on multiple-unit operations (i.e., assembly of amount/type of ingredients, creation of a uniform mix, pasteurization, homogenization, mix aging). Each operation has its own set of influences (+/-) on the chemistry and physics of any given mix going forward into other downstream processes.

Dairy Foods Columnists

Full-fat dairy is a healthy choice

Sharon Gerdes

"Jack Sprat could eat no fat. His wife could eat no lean." This might be a modern day couple, with one spouse following a plant-based low-fat diet while the other adheres to a high-fat, low-carb regimen with generous portions of meat and dairy.

Dairy Foods Magazine

2019 February

Check out the February issue of Dairy Foods, including a profile of Toft Dairy and our dairy/nondairy beverages Outlook Report.

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