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As consumers search for high quality, nutritious and locally sourced food products to serve their families, artisan cheese can be a great choice. By definition, artisan cheeses are natural cheeses produced in smaller batches from fresh milk with minimal ingredients.

Congress is considering legislation that would once again allow schools to serve whole milk to their students. Earlier this year, the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act was reintroduced with bipartisan support in both the House and Senate. 

Beyond the diversity, equity and inclusion headlines lies a  deeper truth: ensuring that diverse populations have access to nutritional foods like dairy.

Ice cream and related products are both special as they're the only products for sale that are consumed frozen. Ice cream is one of Mother Nature’s most complex food products, so formulating to ensure consistency is important.

Membrane filtration technology has revolutionized the food and dairy industry by providing practical, sustainable, and optimal cost solutions, enabling the production of minimally processed dairy foods, new dairy ingredients, and recovering bioactive components.

I anxiously awaited the Liberation Day announcement thinking we would finally “know” what was going to happen, but I quickly realized that the announcement made that day was just the first move in a long and intense chess game, or it was just the lighting of a fuse and we have no idea how long that fuse is or what it is attached to. 

The integration of hygienic design principles with smart technology is fundamentally transforming dairy processing facilities across the Americas. 

If you are thinking about developing a new cultured product, then it’s important to revisit the FDA Standards of Identity (SOI). 

Protective cultures are an emerging and growing area in the food industry, including for use in dairy products. Among other benefits, they can help reduce food waste and spoilage.

We are setting up for an interesting and potentially volatile dairy market in 2025.