Dairy Foods & Beverages - Articles

Ben & Jerry’s has new cereal-inspired ice cream flavors

May 3, 2017

Burlington, Vt.-based Ben & Jerry’s has a new lineup of ice cream flavors sold exclusively in its scoop shops nationwide.

Consumers thirst for organic milk

The lender CoBank reports that dairy farmers are increasing herd size. Private label organic milk and other products will create growth opportunities for dairy processors.

May 3, 2017

Despite the current excess supply environment, rising demand points to a bright future for the U.S. organic milk industry.

Ice cream bar maker JonnyPops sticks to a winning formula

The founders of JonnyPops print inspirational messages on the wooden sticks of their clean-label ice cream novelties. They have a social mission, too: support treatment for substance abuse.

James Carper

May 2, 2017

Here’s a modern-day checklist for developing and selling a new food or beverage:

Have an intriguing origin story
Use only recognizable ingredients (nothing too chemical-sounding)
Make it portable
Be interactive with consumers
Tie the product to a cause

Cheese snacks

Sargento Foods releases Sweet Balanced Breaks cheese snack packs

April 24, 2017

Sargento adds sweet varieties to its snack pack line of Balanced Breaks. The varieties include cheese and nuts paired with chocolate and dried cranberries.

Cheese products

Tillamook launches farm-style cut shredded cheeses

The shredded cheese line comes in 10 varieties.

April 21, 2017

Tillamook’s new shredded cheese line comes in 10 varieties, including Cheddar Jack and Mexican 4 cheese.

Cottage cheese news

Muuna sees rapid growth with its innovative cottage cheese products

The cottage cheese company expands to over 4,000 retail locations.

April 18, 2017

The cottage cheese company expands to over 4,000 retail locations.

Greek yogurt

Chobani releases new Flip, Drink and Core Greek yogurt flavors

April 14, 2017

Dessert-style Flips, banana and apple-cinnamon in Core are some of the new flavors in Chobani’s 2017 lineup.

Byrne Dairy extends its reach with ESL fluid milk products

The benefits of extended shelf life processing include opportunities in product innovation and extending the distribution area for dairy products.

April 11, 2017

Byrne Dairy is a family-owned, 84-year-old dairy processor that has kept up with the times. The Syracuse, N.Y.-based company started in 1933 with fresh milk in glass bottles. Today at its Ultra facility, Byrne manufactures various extended shelf life milk products with code dates ranging from 70 to 180 days.

Arctic Zero adds new pint, bar flavors to its frozen dairy dessert line

April 10, 2017

San Diego-based Arctic Zero, added three chunky pint flavors and one new bar flavor to its line of “Fit Frozen” lactose-free and low-calorie dairy desserts.

Sweet music

Clover Sonoma’s milk plant gets non-GMO milk, raw storage silos, larger distribution center

In California, non-GMO product, raw storage silos and a larger distribution center have added new notes to Clover Sonoma’s fluid milk facility.

Ed Finkel

April 6, 2017

Clover Sonoma’s four brand-new 50,000-gallon stainless steel milk silos hover over the landscape in Petaluma, Calif. Before entering the dairy plant, one can get a window – literally – into the operation.