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Specialty cheeses are a retailer’s best friend

September 4, 2015

Perhaps there is nothing more versatile than specialty cheeses. Retailers who carry the product ring up more sales and promote the products throughout the stores.

3 U.S. states dominate, but Canada wins top honors in American Cheese Society contest

September 1, 2015

Dairy processors in Wisconsin, California and Vermont won the most ribbons but the Best of Show belongs to a blue cheese from Canada.

Flavored cheeses spice up the cheese market

John A. Lucey Ph.D., Director, Center for Dairy Research

August 4, 2015

To gain a slice of the billion-dollar flavored-cheese market, add flavors or inclusions. But watch out for issues like contamination, allergens and undesirable flavor profiles due to aging.

Food safety

Packaging film flaw leads to Kraft Singles cheese recall

A potential choking hazard exists of a thin strip of packaging film is not removed from a cheese slice.

August 3, 2015

The Kraft Heinz Co. on Friday voluntarily recalled certain packages of Kraft Singles individually-wrapped cheese slices.

The harm to Parm

Where’s the beef? It’s right here: Grated Parmesan cheese is being adulterated with starches and imitation cheeses. That’s fraud, says a cheesemaker.

A cheesemaker takes a stand against adulterated Parmesan and Romano cheeses. They are mislabeled, they don’t taste right and they mislead consumers and foodservice customers.

Neal Schuman

May 7, 2015

Neal Schuman of Arthur Schuman Inc. is taking a stand against processors of hard Italian cheeses who adulterate the products with cellulose, starches and imitation cheeses.

Harm to Parm

Adulterated Parmesan hurts the cheese industry

Cutting grated cheese with extra starches and cellulose deceives consumers about how pure Parmesan should taste.

James Carper

May 7, 2015

That Parmesan cheese you're shaking on your spaghetti and meatballs might not be quite up to snuff.

No matter how you slice it, natural cheese rules

Sarah M. Kennedy

April 10, 2015

Unit sales are up slightly for the natural cheese category, but sales of processed cheese continue to decline.

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Ornua is the new name for the Irish Dairy Board

Ireland’s largest dairy product exporter has a new global identity as the EU removes its milk quotas.

April 1, 2015

The Irish Dairy Board changed its name to Ornua, The Home of Irish Dairy.

U.S. cheesemakers meet the demand for industrial cheese

Susan Larson

March 17, 2015

More than 2.5 billion pounds of cheese were bought by industrial users, accounting for 25% of all cheese consumed in the United States. Cheese exports are up 575% since 2000.