JBT FoodTech will supply an automated batch retort system to sterilize various dairy-based drink products. The retort system will allow O-AT-KA to process a wide range of products and processes at optimal performance and efficiency.
A weekly news recap of dairy suppliers, including Akro-Mils, Verallia North America, D.D. Williamson, GEA Process Engineering, personnel changes and more.
From a consumer’s perspective, ice cream is about fun and good times. The ice cream division of Mars Chocolate North America shares that point of view. Evidence of the company’s sense of humor is a banner welcoming visitors to Mars’ little “corner ice cream shop.” In fact, the processing facility is larger than an airplane hangar. The building consists of four production lines, wet and dry ingredient storage areas, packaging supplies and a warehouse.
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?
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.
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.
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.
Fogg Filler, Holland, Mich., a designer and manufacturer of rotary filling systems for the liquids industry, is continually focused on improving technology that better serves its customers and the environment. Fogg’s new VSE-30 cap sorter will maximize efficiency of caps being sorted to high-speed packaging lines.