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Manage ice cream composition development and changes

Multiple indices based on sound science and technology can be used to guide the reformulation process
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Steven Young
September 10, 2018
Need we remind ourselves, ice cream remains the only food produced with the express intent of being consumed frozen. Relevant "rules of engagement" (i.e., Mother Nature's rules of chemistry and physics) are not likely to change any time soon. Thus, contemplating the demands on any given ice cream mix relative to compositional changes under consideration is daunting.
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Milk category ripe for innovation

See the results from our July monthly poll question about milk innovation.
September 10, 2018
See the results from our July monthly poll question about milk innovation.
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Seeing double: Inside Associated Milk Producers' Sanborn, Iowa, plant

Seeing double: Inside Associated Milk Producers' Sanborn, Iowa, plant

A recent expansion enables Associated Milk Producers Inc.’s plant in Sanborn, Iowa, to produce twice as much award-winning cheese
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Kathie Canning
September 6, 2018
Employees at Associated Milk Producers Inc.'s (AMPI) Sanborn, Iowa, plant might be seeing double, but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with their vision. Instead, it’s a reflection of a recent expansion that doubled the facility's cheesemaking capacity.
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Frozen dessert sales are falling

Sales of frozen puddings, whip toppings and pies are struggling.
Sarah M. Kennedy
September 6, 2018
In the frozen dessert market, ice cream typically reigns supreme among consumers who are looking to indulge in a treat. But even ice cream sales are struggling.
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Global dairy prices take a hit

U.S. dairy prices have dropped since the announcement of retaliatory tariffs, but are the tariffs to blame?
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Nate Donnay
September 6, 2018
On May 31, Mexico announced retaliatory tariffs on U.S. cheese, and then on June 16, China announced retaliatory tariffs against most U.S. dairy products.
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The powerhouse behind the dairy brands

AMPI - The powerhouse behind the dairy brands

Associated Milk Producers Inc. delivers award-winning dairy products to its foodservice, private label and co-pack customers
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Kathie Canning
September 5, 2018
Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI) produces upwards of 640 million pounds of cheese, 140 million pounds of butter and 175 million pounds of powdered products each year. Despite those impressive figures, most consumers have never heard of the New Ulm, Minn. based dairy cooperative.
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