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Dairy products for convenience

10 new dairy products that answer the call for convenience

We're celebrating June Dairy Month with a look at new grab-and-go products.

Sarah M. Kennedy

June 6, 2016

We highlight 10 new grab-and-go and other convenient new dairy products in the cheese, milk and cultured categories.

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Winner, winner

Sea salt caramel milk from Prairie Farms Dairy wins IDFA dairy products contest

Fruitcrown Products Corp.’s coconut Key lime pie chia seed yogurt won the Most Innovative Prototype Product or Flavor category.

June 4, 2016

Prairie Farms Dairy and Fruitcrown Products Corp. had the winning entries in IDFA’s Innovative Milk and Cultured Dairy Products contest.

Baskin-Robbins adds warm cookie ice cream sandwiches, sundaes to menu

June 4, 2016

The ice cream sandwiches feature the customer’s choice of two warm cookies and ice cream, and a dry topping (sprinkles, etc.)

Ice cream and voting rights

Ben & Jerry’s releases new flavor to kick off ‘Democracy is in Your Hands’ campaign

June 3, 2016

Ben & Jerry’s new Empower Mint flavor was created to highlight the company’s voting rights campaign.

GoGo squeeZ brand introduce shelf-stable yogurt pouches

June 3, 2016

The maker of GoGo squeeZ applesauce, Materne North America Corp, New York City, introduced GoGo squeeZ YogurtZ, a shelf-stable reclosable yogurt pouch.

Dairy processors focus on clean ingredients, new organic dairy products

As more dairy processors are answering the call for cleaner labels, retailers are adding more shelf space for such foods and beverages. Also, consumers are increasing their purchases of organic products.

Sarah M. Kennedy

June 3, 2016

The clean label trend (which is dominating the conversation in the food industry) isn’t so much a trend anymore, but a “movement.” This is a common thing I’m hearing when talking to dairy processors and suppliers lately. With consumers making it very clear what it is they want, more food manufacturers are recognizing this movement and are answering the call with new product innovation, more transparency about what they use, changing the ingredients, or in some cases, all of these things.

HP Hood adds two new sweet flavors to its 4% cottage cheese line

June 2, 2016

Lynnfield, Mass.-based HP Hood added two new sweet flavors to its 4% cottage cheese line — honey and pear, and maple and vanilla.

What's in store

Retailers promote ice cream, sour cream this week

Ads for conventional dairy products are up 9% this week, ads for organic dairy foods jumped 30%.

May 28, 2016

The advertised price for 8-ounce conventional cheese blocks averaged $2.24, down 8 cents from last week. A package of shredded cheese fell 4 cents to $2.19.

Milk

Horizon’s new high-protein chocolate milk and Vitamin-D lactose-free milk

May 20, 2016

Horizon introduces two new organic milk products to its line, a high-protein chocolate milk beverage in a single-serve bottle and half-gallons of Vitamin D lactose-free milk.

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