Articles Tagged with ''cream cheese products''

The cultured dairy category is getting a whole lot bigger, bolder

Innovative flavors

Savory flavors are trends in the cultured dairy market

Savory flavors are showing up in yogurt and cottage cheese, while whole-milk cultured dairy products and drinkable yogurts are seeing a boost.

Sarah M. Kennedy

April 5, 2016

The world of cultured dairy is a big one and the shelves are crowded. Health experts continue to tout the many benefits of consuming cultured dairy, including gut health and weight management. This past year some interesting trends have emerged that are poised to help grow and diversify the category even more — bold flavor innovation (including savory flavors), a growing interest in drinkable yogurts and an increase in whole-milk cultured dairy products.

Cultured products

Sierra Nevada Cheese launches line of Cultured Classics

September 22, 2015

New cream cheeses and creamed kefir, including organic, are part of a new line from Sierra Nevada Cheese Co.

Cream cheese dip

New dairy products: Man Dip, a cream cheese-based hearty dip

September 18, 2015

New Man Dip is made with cream cheese, chunks of meat and spices, and comes in six hearty flavors.

Butter, cultured dairy

New dairy products: Challenge Dairy introduces lactose-free butter, flavored cream cheeses

July 20, 2015

Challenge Dairy has a new spreadable lactose-free butter and two new flavored cream cheeses.

Lactose-free dairy

Green Valley Organics creates lactose-free cream cheese

November 10, 2014

Green Valley Organics adds a new lactose-free cream cheese made of real dairy to its line.

Bold cream cheese

Got bacon? Philadelphia Cream Cheese does

October 22, 2014

Philadelphia Cream Cheese teams with Oscar Mayer to offer bacon cream cheese flavor.

Yogurt spread

Karoun Dairies’s new Blue Isle Mediterranean yogurt spreads

September 23, 2014

Karoun Dairies introduced a new line of Mediterranean spreads made with yogurt and available in five flavors.

Cream Cheese

Kraft’s Philadelphia Cream Cheese introduces new high-protein cream cheese

October 23, 2013

Kraft Foods’ Philadelphia Cream Cheese emphasizes high-protein benefits with new 2X protein cream cheese.

Cream cheese

Kraft’s Philadelphia introduces cream cheese Snack Delights

June 7, 2013

Kraft’s Philadelphia Cream Cheese introduces Snack Delights, cream cheese combined with flavors like chocolate and caramel.

Market Trends

Sales of cultured dairy foods have been flat in the past year

Yogurt is a $6.6 billion category, but unit sales did not grow. It’s the same story for cream cheese, cottage cheese and sour cream.

Sarah M. Kennedy

May 10, 2013

Though yogurt continues to dominate the news (and aisles) for cultured dairy products, cream cheese, specifically soft cream cheese, saw a jump in dollar and unit sales.

The global cosmetics market is undergoing a major shift towards the use of natural bioactive ingredients as consumers grow more skeptical of traditional formulations and demand greater transparency and sustainability.

Reverse osmosis (RO) membranes are well established in dairy processing but continue to evolve to improve performance, reduce energy use, and increase operational longevity.