U.S. Center for Dairy Excellence opens in Singapore
The new USDEC facility solidifies the U.S. dairy industry’s in-region base, elevating a customer-centric, innovation-driven approach to collaboratively seize ‘future-of-food’ opportunities.
The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), Arlington, Va., said it unveiled the start of an exciting new chapter for its presence in Southeast Asia on Oct. 21 with a virtual event officially launching the new U.S. Center for Dairy Excellence (U.S. CDE). As the first overseas physical investment by USDEC, the U.S. CDE in Singapore is funded by U.S. dairy farmers and processors and envisioned as a gateway for collaboration between the U.S. dairy community and Southeast Asia’s food and beverage stakeholders, the culinary sector, health professionals and other partners.
As today’s technological and societal changes continue to drive and reshape the food and beverage industry, the U.S. CDE will focus on inspiring regionally tailored nutrition and innovation solutions with U.S. dairy ingredients and cheeses to meet evolving consumer needs. The investments in the center will also pave the way toward the “future of food,” committing to sustainability, deploying technologies, strengthening collaboration and applying the latest consumer research, USDEC said.