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In March, the Swiss-based multinational food giant Nestlé said it will invest over 25 million euros ($28.1 million) to expand its research and development center in Askeaton, Ireland. The enhanced facility will be located at Nestlé`s existing plant in the city, which produces a range of premium powdered milk-based products for infants, young children and mothers for export to world markets.

Mayfield Dairy Farms manufactures milk for McDonald’s, ice cream for Baskin-Robbins and buttermilk for Cracker Barrel restaurants. The Tennessee-based dairy has expanded to Florida and Louisiana.

Novi, Mich.-based Michigan Milk Producers Association said its Constantine and Ovid manufacturing plants have been awarded SQF Level 3 certification by the Safe Quality Food Institute.

There was absolutely no equipment when Nuestro Queso moved into a shuttered cheesemaking facility in Illinois six years ago. As the company continues to grow, it is still buying processing and packaging machines.

The maker of Italian ice thrives when each department operates at its peak and communicates with the others. Getting to that point, though, was not easy.

The most-viewed articles on dairyfoods.com in April were about milk and milk companies, trends in yogurt, protein research and how to reduce sodium in cheese.