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The ProFood Tech tradeshow attracted 9,500 visitors for its inaugural run

May 5, 2017

Nearly 6,500 attendees and 3,000 exhibitor personnel participated in the inaugural ProFood Tech trade show in April. Held at McCormick Place in Chicago, the show featured cutting-edge technologies and innovative solutions within the food and beverage industry.

Dairy processors must watch trends in farming, retailing

Dairy processors deal with all three of these constituencies as buyers, sellers and brand marketers. Your success depends upon the quality of your relationships with each.

James Carper

May 5, 2017

There is a lot more to successful processing of dairy foods than heating raw milk and putting it into bottles or turning it into cheese, yogurt or ice cream. There are factors in play far beyond pasteurization times and temperatures.

T. Gary Rogers, former chairman and CEO of Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream

In Memoriam

Gary Rogers, former Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream chairman, has passed away

Mr. Rogers and William F. Cronk turned Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream into the best-selling ice cream company in the United States.

May 4, 2017

T. Gary Rogers, former chairman and CEO of Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream for 30 years, passed away at age 74 on May 2, 2017.

Consumers thirst for organic milk

The lender CoBank reports that dairy farmers are increasing herd size. Private label organic milk and other products will create growth opportunities for dairy processors.

May 3, 2017

Despite the current excess supply environment, rising demand points to a bright future for the U.S. organic milk industry.

Ice cream bar maker JonnyPops sticks to a winning formula

The founders of JonnyPops print inspirational messages on the wooden sticks of their clean-label ice cream novelties. They have a social mission, too: support treatment for substance abuse.

James Carper

May 2, 2017

Here’s a modern-day checklist for developing and selling a new food or beverage:

Have an intriguing origin story
Use only recognizable ingredients (nothing too chemical-sounding)
Make it portable
Be interactive with consumers
Tie the product to a cause

Free ice cream

Carvel celebrates Free Cone Day April 27

Customers can visit shops between 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. for a free junior ice cream cone.

April 27, 2017

Carvel is offering its customers free junior-size ice cream cones today, April 27 from 3 p.m. through 8 p.m.

95th Collegiate Dairy Products Evaluation Contest

The old college try

University of Tennessee team wins at Collegiate Dairy Contest

Fourteen colleges and universities from the United States and France participated in the year’s contest.

April 24, 2017

The University of Tennessee was the big winner in the 95th Collegiate Dairy Products Evaluation Contest. University of Tennessee students Michael Luethker and Katie Magee claimed honors in the undergraduate and Graduate Student All Products categories.

Cottage cheese news

Muuna sees rapid growth with its innovative cottage cheese products

The cottage cheese company expands to over 4,000 retail locations.

April 18, 2017

The cottage cheese company expands to over 4,000 retail locations.

ESL processing expands a dairy’s revenue stream

Dairy brands looking to capitalize on consumers’ desire for nutritious, portion-packed milk can do so by investing in extended-shelf life technology.

April 13, 2017

We spoke with Jean-Pierre Berlan, sales director for Tetra Pak Processing U.S. and Canada, to learn more about extended-shelf life (ESL) technology. He talked about that as well as the market opportunity available by investing in ESL processing.

Agropur USA honored for its highly purified GMP

April 13, 2017

Agropur USA, Eden Prairie, Minn., is the first recipient of the Breakthrough Award for Dairy Ingredient Innovation, a new competition from the American Dairy Products Institute and Dairy Foods. The magazine will present the award to Agropur at ADPI’s annual meeting in Chicago in April.