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Dairy processor news from Land O’Lakes, DairyAmerica

June 7, 2017

DairyAmerica, Fresno, Calif., appointed Dan Block as chief executive officer. He joined DairyAmerica in 2011, and most recently served as the organization’s chief commercial officer in charge of global sales strategy.

Sales are sweet for refrigerated lemonade, fruit drinks

While some refrigerated juice and drink sales are struggling, sales are up for fruit drinks, lemonade and veggie juice blends.

Sarah M. Kennedy

June 6, 2017

As noted in the nondairy beverage article in our May issue, consumers are seeking functional and no-sugar-added options for beverages — and some juice segments are taking a hit in sales because of it. Sales are down in orange, apple and juice/drink smoothies segments, but ticking up in refrigerated lemonade, fruit drinks and vegetable juice blends.

Consumer trends affect processing equipment choices

June 5, 2017

Your R&D lab might be developing the foods consumers want, but does your plant have the right processing and packaging equipment?

Churn, baby, churn

The butter truth: churns are active in the Midwest, quiet in the Northeast and West

In the Northeast, some manufacturers point out reductions in churning.

June 3, 2017

Cream supplies are plentiful, keeping butter churns active around the United States, reports the USDA's Dairy Market News. Producers in the center of the country are planning to pack away butter for the late summer and early fall.

Private label and foodservice accounts need dairy processors

James Carper

June 2, 2017

Dairy processors can see their future in this one statistic: 97% of millennials are likely to buy store brands. Someone has to manufacture those brands. It might as well be your company. When Dairy Foods surveyed its readers in 2016, it found that 40% do provide contract manufacturing services.

World Milk Day

Celebrate World Milk Day on June 1

Raise a glass of milk to celebrate World Milk Day

May 31, 2017

In 2001, the UN declared June 1 each year to be World Milk Day recognizing the importance of milk in making the world a healthier place.

Dairy Processors

Wisconsin honors Crave Brothers; new distribution for Straus Family Creamery

Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese, Waterloo, Wis., is the Wisconsin Family Business of the Year.

May 26, 2017

Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese is the Wisconsin Family Business of the Year. And two California organic dairy processors take on a new distribution partner.

Organic sales

Organic sector sees new U.S. sales records

A survey from OTA shows 2016 organic sales at $47 billion with a greater market share.

May 25, 2017

A survey from the Organic Trade Association shows 2016 organic sales at $47 billion with a greater market share.

Two-part harmony

Milk shippers group aligns the PMO with FDA’s rule

The Grade “A” Pasteurized Milk Ordinance is now aligned with FSMA’s regulatory requirements in the preventive controls rule for human food.

May 23, 2017

IDFA hails the milk shippers group’s decision to align the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance with FSMA’s regulatory requirements in the preventive controls rule for human food.

Co-packer Berner Food and Beverage Dairy Foods magazine

Lotta latte

Berner Food and Beverage slakes the thirst for RTD beverages

The Illinois dairy processor tripled its facility to 290,000 square feet. It uses the retort process to manufacture beverages and cheeses.

May 22, 2017

Ready-to-drink dairy/coffee beverages are a huge opportunity for Berner Food and Beverage, a contract manufacturer and private label supplier in Illinois that expanded its dairy plant.