Kathie Canning

Each year, the Elmhurst, Ill.-based American Dairy Products Institute (ADPI) and Dairy Foods put the spotlight on dairy ingredient accomplishments by honoring a dairy processing member of ADPI with the Breakthrough Award for Dairy Ingredient Innovation.

Nashville, Tenn., is known as “Music City.” But another Nashville — one situated in the state of Michigan — could be referred to as “Ice Cream City.” After all, Moo-Ville Creamery produces 60 flavors of the cold, creamy treat in this tiny village of just over 1,600 residents.

Moo-Ville Creamery makes premium dairy products out of the A2A2 milk its own cows produce at the company’s own WestVale-View Dairy in Nashville, Mich.

According to an estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. population is now more than 332 million. 

According to the American Heart Association, American adults consume an average of 77 grams of sugar per day, more than three times the recommended amount for women (25 grams) and more than twice that recommended for men (32 grams). Excess sugar in the diet is associated with weight gain, diabetes, and other unwelcome health issues.

On May 30, 2021, meat processor giant JBS USA determined that it was the target of an organized cybersecurity attack, which impacted some of the servers supporting its North American and Australian IT systems. 

On March 2, USDA announced an additional investment of $80 million in the Dairy Business Innovation (DBI) Initiatives. 

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers already were showing “deep interest” in their own health and wellbeing (and that of animals and the planet), according to Chicago-based ADM. And that interest-only intensified with the arrival of the pandemic.

Both categories lost ground, but a number of subcategories bucked the downward trend.

Skilled cheesemakers produce brick, colby, and cheddar cheeses using old-world techniques — and a bit of modern technology.