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Conveyor systems and robotic palletizers do the heavy lifting in dairy plants

September 8, 2015

Conveyor systems and robotic palletizers, not people, are moving heavy packages around dairy plants. Robots grab cases and build pallets of dairy products destined for the load-out dock or the warehouse.

Consumers want natural ingredients/colors, so dairy processors aim to please

Kimberly Decker

September 7, 2015

Natural colors, that is. Consumers say they want natural ingredients, so dairy processors are aiming to please. Color suppliers offer some advice about reformulating products with natural colors.

Cheese production

Nuestro Queso grows with Hispanic-style cheeses: a look inside the cheese plant

The owners bought a building in Kent that had been used for cheesemaking since the 1940s. It was empty when they took possession of it, so the owners had to outfit it with new equipment.

James Carper

September 4, 2015

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.

For frozen desserts — unique flavor innovations, homemade-style desserts and seasonal flavors are showing up on menus

Sarah M. Kennedy

September 3, 2015

Frozen dessert makers can find inspiration for the next big thing by looking at what’s happening on restaurant menus across the United States.

Food trends

Nuestro Queso meets the needs of Hispanic buyers on the East Coast and in the Midwest

The Illinois company is also serving a 'shadow market' of non-Latinos that like Hispanic foods and culture.

James Carper

September 2, 2015

The start-up U.S. dairy Nuestro Queso (‘our cheese’ in Spanish) meets the needs of Hispanic buyers on the East Coast and in the Midwest. The company also is building a following for its award-winning products among non-Latinos who appreciate the natural, fresh cheeses.

100 largest dairies

Nestle, Dean, Saputo are North America’s largest dairies

More than one-third of the dairy processors on the Dairy 100 have annual revenues of $1 billion or more.

James Carper

August 17, 2015

Dairy Foods' 22nd annual Dairy 100 report identifies the largest dairy processors based in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Three companies are based in Canada and one in Mexico. Wisconsin is home to the most Dairy 100 firms (12), followed by California and Minnesota (each with 10).

In the mix

Ingredient producers showcase new sweeteners, colors, extracts, cultures and more at the 2015 IFT Show in July.

Themes were clean label, natural and healthy.

August 13, 2015

Exhibitors at IFT focused on clean labels and highlighted new sugar alternatives and more.

How to outfit an on-site dairy lab

August 6, 2015

What's next for the dairy processor who buys and installs the proper laboratory equipment? It's performing the proper tests and maintaining the required records.

Membrane forum presented new technologies

August 5, 2015

Speakers at the Membrane Technology Forum (membraneforum.com) in June presented important concepts and ideas in processing, from fundamentals of membrane technology to fouling and cleaning.