Dairy Foods & Beverages - Articles

Clover Sonoma introduces a non-GMO lactose-free milk line

The line is available in whole-milk, 2% reduced-fat, 1% lowfat, fat-free and chocolate whole-milk varieties

April 4, 2018

The line is available in whole-milk, 2% reduced-fat, 1% lowfat, fat-free and chocolate whole-milk varieties.

Store brand sales soar in mass channel

April 4, 2018

A new report by New York-based Nielsen shows that store brand sales jumped by nearly 10% in 2017 in mass merchandisers, club stores and dollar stores, while the mass channel came closer than ever before to overtaking traditional supermarkets as the place where consumers buy their groceries.

Danzeisen Dairy is a local treasure

Danzeisen Dairy aims not only to provide its Arizona neighbors with great-tasting milk, but also to embrace and give back to the local community

Kathie Canning

April 3, 2018

A growing number of food and beverage processors claim to be part of the local food movement. But for many of them, the definition of "local" is a bit of a stretch.

Improve nonstandardized frozen desserts

The creation of ice cream-like functionalities and sensory appeal involves new challenges on multiple fronts

Bruce Tharp

Steven Young

April 3, 2018

Ice cream formulation and processing have historically complied with the provisions of the U.S Standards of Identity (SOI) for Frozen Desserts with regard to composition, weight and, specifically, allowable ingredients.

Natural cheese sales shred the rest

While processed cheese struggled, dollar and unit sales for cubed, shredded and refrigerated grated natural cheeses rose

April 3, 2018

Natural cheese continues to dominate in the cheese category. The natural cheese category showed dollar sales up 0.3% to $12.9 billion, while unit sales stayed at $3.9 billion, according to data from Chicago-based market research firm IRI for the 52 weeks ending Dec. 31, 2017.

Strategic partners finalized for Michigan cheese and whey production facility

April 2, 2018

Glanbia plc, Dairy Farmers of America Inc. (DFA) and Select Milk Producers Inc. said they finalized an earlier-announced joint venture partnership to build, supply and operate a planned large-scale cheese and whey production facility in Michigan.