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    Times are changing in the dairy industry

    Columnist Brad Legreid urges ‘don’t get left behind’
    Brad Legreid
    July 27, 2022

    Society is changing. As the baby boomer generation ages, and slowly leaves this world, a new force of consumers is emerging and challenging the way the dairy industry does business.


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    Dairy foods are essential for healthy aging in baby boomers

    Eating the high-quality protein found in dairy foods can benefit older adults in overall health and help reduce the loss of muscle.
    Gregory Miller
    June 2, 2016

    While protein consumption in the United States generally meets the minimum requirements, emerging research indicates a higher-protein diet — while staying within the range of 10% to 35% of total calories (the amount for weight management) — may have benefits for certain populations.


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    Tattoo who?

    Tattoos and botox bind the generations

    Millennials and the baby boomers are strongly bound together by the demographic trends they've fueled, starting with smaller households as Millennials postpone marriage and/or childbearing and Boomers divorce at an ever-growing rate.
    Michael Zacka
    April 12, 2013

    What do botox and tattoos have to do with marketing and packaging of dairy foods and beverages? At first glance, not much. But stick with this essay about the baby boomers and their children, and the connection becomes clear.


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    Blueberries are a boon to dairy-based desserts

    For product innovation, flexibility, flavor trends and luscious taste, blueberries are a boon to dairy-based desserts.
    September 5, 2012
    Blueberries are a boon to dairy-based desserts—for product innovation, flexibility, flavor trends and luscious taste. Product designers choose easy to formulate highbush blueberries for dairy products from ice cream, yogurt and frozen desserts to cheesecakes, smoothies, drinkable yogurts and milkshakes.
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    Baby boomers want better beverages

    As Baby Boomers seek better health through better beverages, makers of juices, teas, coffees and other nondairy beverages create a new generation of drinks that offer flavor, variety and the promise of a new way of life.
    Marina Mayer
    May 14, 2012

    The post-World War II baby boom led to a population increase, a need for diversity and a change in cultural identity. Baby boomers (born from 1946 to 1964) have turned into “beverage boomers” who seek a healthy, well-balanced diet and practice a better-for-you lifestyle. These Beverage Boomers are changing nondairy beverages.


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