Cocoa Metro Dark Drinking Chocolate, a gourmet chocolate milk produced by Trickling Springs Creamery, Chambersburg, Pa., has been available in Whole Foods Market stores and specialty retailers in major Eastern cities since late 2010.
Saint Benoît Creamery, Petaluma, Calif., uses organic Jersey cows milk to produce its new whole milk, which joins the company’s popular hand-crafted yogurt line.
Chocolate milk has been in the news recently — and part of that focus has been on its popularity as a recovery beverage for elite professional and endurance athletes.
RealBeanz, Brooklyn, N.Y., believes that an iced coffee should do more than just satisfy the taste buds—it ought to assist with getting through the day and enhance one’s lifestyle without subjecting the body to harmful chemicals or unhealthful ingredients.
Dairy Farmers of America, Springfield, Mo., has long known that flavored milk is an ideal recovery beverage after exercise, as the co-op has been marketing its Sport Shake dairy-based, shelf-stable sports drink for 30-plus years.
Sales in the milk category (as measured by dollars) were on the rise in 2011, up 6.7% in the 52 weeks ended Nov. 27, 2011. Unit sales, on the other hand were off 2.7%, according to Chicago-based SymphonyIRI Group. The category includes five segments: whole milk, skim/lowfat milk, flavored milk/eggnog/buttermilk, milkshakes/non-dairy drinks and kefir/milk substitutes/soymilk.
Faced with stagnant growth and
competition from non-dairy beverages,
processors try to boost sales with
flavored milk, new retail channels
and new processes.
It’s hard to be optimistic with so many fundamentals in disarray - millions are out of work, the stock market gyrates daily and our President and Congress seem incapable of reaching agreement on ways to change our course or to even send a message that stability and hope lie ahead.
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