Dairy Foods & Beverages - Articles

2020 State of the Industry: Ingredients for dairy products take innovation to new heights

Dairy is flying high with the ingredient trapeze act of 2020.

November 2, 2020

Formulating successful dairy products can feel like a trapeze act even in the best of times. And 2020 was hardly the best of times.

2020 State of the Industry: Nondairy beverages put on a happy face

On-trend product development is helping key segments avoid a sad-clown frown.

November 2, 2020

Nondairy beverages mainly painted on smiles this year. Ready-to-drink (RTD) coffee was the master of ceremonies at retail, shining in both the shelf-stable cappuccino/iced coffee and refrigerated coffee segments.

2020 State of the Industry: Cheese is flying high

But the category also has had to contort around high retail demand and extreme losses in foodservice/commodity sales.

Anna Boisseau

October 29, 2020

Americans' love affair with cheese is defying gravity. According to Chicago-based market research firm IRI, over the 52 weeks ending Sept. 6, 2020, natural cheese retail sales were swinging high through the air.

Yasso adds frozen Greek yogurt sandwiches

The frozen novelties come in three flavors.

October 28, 2020

Yasso Frozen Greek Yogurt, Boulder, Colo., said it unveiled new frozen Greek yogurt sandwiches.

Dairy Farmers of America accepting applications for 2021 Accelerator program

The program has a new name, DFA CoLab Accelerator, and a continued focus on helping accelerate and grow ag-tech and dairy food product companies.

October 27, 2020

Five years after launching its initial Accelerator program, Kansas City, Kan.-based Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) said is gearing up for its 2021 program with the announcement of a new name, DFA CoLab Accelerator, and a continued focus on helping accelerate and grow ag-tech and dairy food product companies.

Bubbies to offer its mochi ice cream in individually wrapped packaging

The company is also reopening its self-serve freezers.

October 26, 2020

Bubbies Homemade Ice Cream & Desserts, Aiea, Hawaii, said it will begin shipping its mochi ice cream in new individually wrapped packaging to grocery stores and natural retailers across the country this fall.

Lean into indulgent and comfort food-inspired flavors

Although there’s certainly been a push toward health and wellness in recent years, consumers are still craving nostalgic, indulgent foods and flavors, especially in times of stress.

Shannon Cushen

October 26, 2020

It’s usually around this time of year, as the leaves start to change and the weather gets colder, that consumers begin engaging in more permissible indulgence, reaching for their favorite desserts and comfort foods.

2020 State of the Industry: Ice cream is a category on fire

The COVID-19 pandemic created a hot spot for ice cream/frozen novelty purchases.

Anna Boisseau

October 26, 2020

Retail ice cream sales might not have being eating fire this year, but they certainly have been on fire. Over the 52 weeks ending Sept. 6, 2020, dollar sales in the ice cream subcategory of the larger ice cream/sherbet category were up 13.4% (to $6,841.8 million).

USDA authorizes additional funding for Farmers to Families Food Box Program

NMPF said the program has delivered approximately $1 billion worth of dairy products to needy Americans since spring.

October 23, 2020

USDA is authorizing an additional $500 million to support Round 4 of the Farmers to Families Food Box Program, the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) said.

Dairy briefs

News from dairy processors, suppliers and associations.

October 22, 2020

Yasso Frozen Greek Yogurt, Boulder, Colo., announced a new direct-to-consumer option, https://yasso.com/shop, allowing shoppers the added convenience of delivery straight to their doors.