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Trends

Dairy Council of California sees protein, diabetes, obesity, social media among the top nutrition trends

Research supports a protective effect of dairy against diabetes and metabolic syndrome.

April 5, 2013

The Dairy Council of California identifies the food and nutrition issues likely to impact the dairy industry in the next one to three years.

Milk

Prairie Farms adds Vanilla Almond Milk to its Lactose Free Milk line

Sarah M. Kennedy

April 4, 2013

Prairie Farms Dairy's adds Vanilla Almond Milk flavor to its new line of Lactose Free Milks.

The farmer's voice

National Farmers Union endorses raw milk

A farmer says "Raw milk consumption is growing at a rate of 25% per year while conventional milk sales are falling relentlessly."

March 20, 2013

The Weston A. Price Foundation (WAPF) announces that the National Farmers Union (NFU) has adopted new pro-raw milk policies. The new policies were proposed by Mark McAfee, founder and CEO of Organic Pastures Dairy in California, on behalf of the delegates from California, and supported by delegates from Pennsylvania and the Northeastern states. Conference participants called for access to raw milk for all citizens and responsible production standards for raw milk producers. The new policies stipulate single source production for raw milk to assure that consumers know the source of the raw milk they purchase.

Research

Children drinking low-fat milk gain similar amount of weight as those drinking whole

Perhaps whole milk makes children feel full so they don't reach for the chips or other snacks.

March 20, 2013

Preschoolers who are given low-fat milk, as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, are more likely to be overweight or obese than children given 2 percent or whole milk and, over time, gain weight at a similar rate as children drinking 2 percent or whole, new research at the University of Virginia School of Medicine suggests.

Wolfgang Puck relaunches iced coffee with new packaging

March 15, 2013

Houston-based Woodway Beverage Partners LLC, makers of Wolfgang Puck iced coffee, re-launched the organic coffee with newly designed labels.

Oakhurst introduces fat-free half and half

March 14, 2013

Oakhurst Dairy, Portland, Maine, introduced a new fat-free half & half cream to its line of products.

MilkPEP’s new strategy to boost sales

The Milk Processor Education Program creates a new ad campaign directed to convince “swing voters” to drink more milk for breakfast.

Kikke Riedel

March 11, 2013

Most people who work in the dairy industry are familiar with the iconic “got milk?” milk mustache campaign, but fewer know that research is the driving force behind MilkPEP’s approach to program activities ranging from targeting to messaging and creative execution. Often, the research conducted to guide our consumer campaign also provides our processors with important and actionable insights that can help guide product development, inform marketing and drive sales.

GMO. BIB. Go team, go!

Straus passes university's Grade A test with bag-in-box organic milk for foodservice

The UC-Santa Barbara campus is the first to buy the BIB format.

March 5, 2013

Straus Family Creamery, Marshal, Calif., has introduced a 5-gallon bag-in-box organic milk product that is non-GMO Project Verified for the foodservice market.

Market trends

Organic co-ops eye exporting UHT milk to Asia

The USDA says conventional bottled milk demand is slow to redevelop after the holidays, although some Southeast areas indicate say outdoor dining is augmenting demand.

February 22, 2013

Aseptically packaged UHT organic milk is currently being exported mostly by national processors, but now some smaller state and regional organic cooperatives want to negotiate export deals for UHT organic milk to Asian countries.

Milk processors grow sales one serving at a time

As sales of nondairy milks alternatives surge, the milk industry fights back with innovations in single-serve packaging and by positioning chocolate milk as a recovery beverage.

Sarah M. Kennedy

February 12, 2013

The milk industry dodged one bullet this year (thanks to the temporary extension by Congress of the 2008 farm bill, keeping milk prices stable, for now) but the numbers show there’s still a bumpy road ahead.