Dairy Foods & Beverages - Articles

Milk processors scratch a niche

Fluid milk processors develop specialized milk for niche markets. By adding vitamins, flavors, fiber and extra calcium, milk brands appeal to various health needs of consumers.

James Carper

November 12, 2012

How do processors create value in a commodity item like milk? They add flavors and functional ingredients, make it more portable and seek new channels of distribution.

Ice cream

Stoneridge Creamery launches cookie and candy-inspired limited edition ice creams

Sarah M. Kennedy

November 8, 2012

Stoneridge Creamery, a SuperValu brand, added two new ice cream flavors to its limited edition line, Cinnamon Snickerdoodle and Peppermint Cookies ‘n Cream.

Inside China

China's organic milk market is small, but potential is great

High costs and shoddy products are holding back development.

November 2, 2012

The research firm Beijing Shenong says organic milk accounts for less than 1% of the total. Among the reasons: The cost of an organic farm is high.

Woe is milk

'We must re-invent milk,' says Darigold CEO at industry confab

DMI approved six proposals to accelerate product innovation, extend milk’s availability in new channels, and secure additional resources to market fluid milk.

November 1, 2012

Barbara O’Brien, president of the checkoff-funded Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, said fluid milk “is now at a crossroads” following four decades of declining sales.

“There are solutions,” O’Brien said. “But we need the will and commitment (of the industry) to carry them out.”

Cheese

Bel Brands introduces new mozzarella flavor in Babybel cheeses

Sarah M. Kennedy

October 25, 2012

Dairy product news: Bel Brands adds a mozzarella flavor to its grab-and-go Babybel line of cheeses.

Web exclusive

An overview of current research about milk protein and health

Karen Giles-Smith MS, RD

October 17, 2012

According to a 2011 Nestle Nutrition Institute review of research, consumption of dairy products and their milk proteins increase satiety and reduce food intake and blood glucose response when consumed alone or with carbohydrate. Read more about studies into milk protein and health.

Nutritious dessert

NuScoop from Straus is like 'an energy bar for the ice cream category'

The frozen dairy dessert is made with vitamins, minerals, fiber and organic milk.

James Carper

October 16, 2012

Straus Family Creamery, the organic dairy processor in Petaluma, Calif., has developed a dairy-based frozen dessert likened to "an energy bar for the ice cream category." NuScoop is a nutrient-laden food marketed as a healthy snack.

Holiday flavors

Blue Bell adds Gingerbread House to its holiday favorites ice cream

October 14, 2012

Blue Bell, Brenham, Texas, added Gingerbread House to its holiday favorites ice cream line. This flavor features cinnamon ice cream, gingerbread pieces, colored sprinkles, miniature marshmallows with a vanilla icing swirl.

Dairy Enterprises expands its Ruggles with low-fat Greek frozen yogurt

October 13, 2012

Dairy Enterprises Inc., Orrville, Ohio, has expanded its Ruggles line to include low-fat Greek frozen yogurt in six flavors — original tart, vanilla bean, peach, honey, blueberry and strawberry.

How Safeway is building its own brands

The supermarket chain embraces the concept that it is building brands, not just selling private-label foods and beverages.

October 12, 2012

Innovative marketing plus effective in-store merchandising and support of its private labels demonstrate that Safeway Inc. has made the leap from thinking about private label as merely a low-price alternative to have on its shelves to treating its private labels as CPG companies treat their brands. The result — private-label sales growth at Safeway is outpacing branded sales growth by a three-to-one margin.