The latest in a long line of the world's largest cheese plants is up and running in Clovis, N.M., Leprino Foods is making major upgrades at several of its plants, and Hilmar Cheese is about to break ground at a greenfield site in the Texas panhandle. Cheese is not the only game in town when it comes to construction projects this year, but it seems to be the driver of the most substantial projects.
Product developers typically stabilize dairy systems in order to provide thickness, thus increasing viscosity; retard or prevent separation of dispersed components such as cocoa powder, fruit puree, etc; inhibit crystallization; and/or form gels. Food-grade gums are capable of all this, among other functions.
Editor's Note: A very low-calorie diet can help the heart age more slowly, according to researchers who recently released what they call the first-ever human study on the subject. The findings confirmed earlier studies on mice and rats that demonstrate the cardiac benefits of a restricted-calorie diet.
As has been said many times in Dairy Foods, milk processors possess all the right tools to produce and distribute juice and fruit drinks. The margins on these products are often much greater than they are for milk.
LongMastertaste Inc., Teterboro, N.J.- Chris Long is gen. mgr. of the Sweet Flavors team in Commerce, Calif. Most recently, Long served as national sales mgr.with California Custom Fruits and Flavors,
Processing and packaging is what dairy processors do, and for most dairy products the second part of the equation is done with filling equipment. Whether it's a gravity fed rotary filler for gallon jugs of milk, a volumetric ice cream filler or an in-line cup filler for yogurt, the filler is the integral packaging component in most dairy lines.
The North American market for cultured dairy products is more robust and diverse than ever. Functional products are grabbing a stronger foothold, as marketers commit resources and U.S. consumers become more serious about nutrition. Meanwhile some well-known brands have been resurrected and there is some new technology in use for cottage cheese.
PreGel, a Gelato manufacturer, will be launching a new range of ice cream mixes for wafers and cones, made with Tate & Lyle's Ice Cream Rebalance™ 022 Solution Set. The new recipes, which will be in shops and ice cream parlors this Spring, have been specially created for consumers who want to reduce their calorie or fat intake, while still enjoying the full flavor of traditional PreGel gelato.
Foss' MilkoScan™ FT2 is a new analyzer that allows dairies to improve analysis operations, offering a 20% improvement in accuracy for main parameters in milk compared to the Foss MilkoScan™ FT 120. Obtaining faster results, closer to the production line is a benefit.
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