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Food safety

Hygiena’s new easy-to-use gluten test kit

August 20, 2014

Hygiena creates new AllerFlow, an easy-to-use gluten test for testing residue on surfaces.

IFT Show exhibitors debut solutions for dairy processors

August 18, 2014

Palsgaard’s ChoMilk 173 is a multipurpose mixture of emulsifiers and stabilizers designed to enhance the sensory properties and stability of a variety of chocolate milk and other dairy drinks.

Natural flavors shown at IFT Show 2014

August 15, 2014

Natural flavors from Allen, DSM, Flavorchem and more!

New pumps and valves technology for dairy processors

August 14, 2014

Pumps from Meyer, Graco, PIAB USA, Ampco and much more!

Edible dairy packaging and other green ideas

Packaging is not a big contributor to a dairy’s carbon footprint, but to consumers, it can be a symbol of a company’s eco-friendliness.

Clay Detlefsen

August 13, 2014

Besides producing recyclable cartons and wraps, dairy processors use compostable materials. Even edible packaging is possible.

Writing standards for robotic equipment

Robotic automation equipment is common in the auto industry, but the wet conditions in dairy plants have created a need for equipment standards to comply with strict food safety and hygiene rules. Here is what we have done so far.

Timothy Rugh

August 12, 2014

Traditional applications for robot-based automation in food processing have been basic pick-and-place packing operations. On the processing side, dairy plants contain many applications that are repetitive or labor-intensive. These are perfect candidates for robot-based automation.

Food safety

Making the most of lab testing equipment for dairies

Waiting for test results can slow down dairy processing. Faster testing methods cut wait time from minutes to seconds. In-line analyzers deliver information in real time.

James Carper

August 11, 2014

Speed, accuracy and consistency are three metrics that managers of dairy processing plants should be measuring. An on-site dairy laboratory can play an important role in achieving high values in each of those metrics.

Supplier people news

MMPA hires new plant manager; IDDBA names new president

August 8, 2014

The Michigan Milk Producers Association has a new plant manager for its Ovid location; and the IDDBA hired a new president and CEO.

The case for fortifying cheese

Overall, Americans do not suffer from nutrition deficiencies. But cheesemakers might find opportunities in niche markets. Certain bioactive peptides have potential benefits. They are worth watching.

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

August 8, 2014

Fortification is nothing new for the dairy industry. In fact, one of the most well-known examples of beneficial food fortification is the addition of Vitamin D to milk.

Developing foods with dairy proteins

Dairy protein delivers the taste, nutrition, flexibility and functionality that food and beverage manufacturers need so that their formulations satisfy today’s changing lifestyles and dining habits.

Susan Larson

August 7, 2014

Food and beverage formulators are always monitoring consumer trends. Incorporating sources of protein is one of the more popular trends, as evidenced by global protein product launch activity growing 14.5% from 2008 to 2012, according to Innova Database.