Dairy Foods and its partners have scheduled a series of webinars on a variety of processing topics. The live events are free (and will be archived).  See links below to register.

April 9. Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts: Formulating & Processing for Success

Steven Young and Bruce Tharp, who write the popular “Tharp & Young On Ice Cream” column for the magazine present an overview of innovative ice cream and frozen desserts. They’ll discuss the hottest new products, ingredient and flavor options, and packaging, processing and sustainability improvements.

April 25. Food Plant of the Future: Global Food Safety Impact on Facilities

Food safety standards, including SQF 2000, FSMA, ISO 22000/PAS220, affect the entire food supply chain. Yet because of the depth and breadth of the various standards, their influence on the design and construction of facilities is sometimes lost. This webinar from Hixson and BNP Media (owner of Dairy Foods) examines the different standards that are having an impact on the design of food and beverage facilities and how to prepare a facility to address the appropriate standards.

Archived. Guided Microwave Spectroscopy Has Marked Another Step Forward for Cheese Milk

Equipment used to monitor milk composition has historically used mid-range or near infrared wavelength, but the latest developments in Guided Microwave Spectroscopy have marked another step forward for cheese milk standardization. Michael Busch of Thermo Fisher Scientifics shared the findings of Bob Bradley from the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research on data obtained from the Burnett Dairy GMS installation in Grantsburg, Wis.