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Jackson-Mitchell, founded in the Central Valley of California in 1934, produces Meyenberg goat milk and butter. Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery, started 50 years ago in Sonoma County, California as a 4-H project, produces Redwood Hill Farm goat milk yogurts and kefirs and Green Valley Creamery lactose-free cow milk dairy products. 

Built on more than 220 years of combined California heritage, S. Martinelli’s & Co. and McConnell’s Fine Ice Creams created their first collaboration and soon to be holiday classic: Apple Cider & Cranberry Jam ice cream.

Sikes will be the 10th CEO in Cargill’s 157-year history and brings a strong track record of business operational rigor to the role, having grown the company’s global Protein and Salt enterprise into an industry leader. 

These clean-label ingredients will address current market demands and offer a replacement for chemical additives or less appealing ingredients. 

TAZO, a brand of ekaterrar, is spicing up the holidays with its new decaffeinated seasonal Gingerbread Spice Latte. 

Frozen novelty sales are particularly enjoying robust strength. 

Rather than sales or special deals, Kiki Milk, the first all-organic plant-based kid's milk on the market, is giving away its recipes, the company says. In an effort to slow down the holiday pace and celebrate spending time with loved ones, the brand is releasing the recipe for its top-seller Kiki Chocolate milk on Black Friday.

Yogurt, cream cheese are loved to the moon and back as per cultured dairy sales. IRI reports that yogurt, No. 3 on IRI’s Dairy15 Top Categories list, generated $8.4 billion in dollar sales and an 8.6% YoY growth. No. 9 on the list, cream cheese sales totaled $2.3 billion with 8% YoY growth.

All categories within nondairy beverages, with the exception of juice products, are shooting for the stars. Ready-to-drink coffee in chilled, take-home format packaging is driving 37% growth.  . Check out which brands are thriving.

Despite a 3.3% decrease of unit sales, the milk category demonstrated strong strength, notching an increase of more than 7% to $15.32 billion for the 52 weeks ending Sept. 4, IRI data reports. Milk is king of the dairy category leader, followed by Cheese and Yogurt.