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2021 April

Check out the April issue of Dairy Foods, including our processor profile: Rutter's Dairy celebrates a century of local milk, plus more!

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Rutter’s Dairy celebrates a century of local milk

Rutter’s Dairy celebrates a century of local milk

The company values long-term ties to its community and to the local farmers from which it sources its milk.
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Anna Boisseau
March 22, 2021
York, Pa., can trace its beginnings back to 1741, when settlers from the Philadelphia region founded the city. And Rutter's Dairy, which is based in this area, has an origin story that goes back almost as far.
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Rutter’s Dairy is in control of it all

Rutter’s Dairy is in control of it all

Rutter’s Dairy manages the quality of its product from start to finish — from the farms providing its milk, to its quality testing, to the trucks it operates.
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Anna Boisseau
April 1, 2021
An old adage says: "If you want something done right, do it yourself." This saying perfectly encapsulates the operations of Rutter's Dairy, which produces fluid milk along with some juice and tea products at its York, Pa.-based plant.
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Foods & Beverages

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Kerrygold Irish butter with olive oil

Kerrygold launches Irish butter with olive oil

The newest addition to the Kerrygold portfolio is made with milk from Irish grass-fed cows.
February 26, 2021

Evanston, Ill.-based Kerrygold USA, part of Dublin-headquartered Ornua, introduced Kerrygold Irish butter with olive oil.


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Edys Dreyers Rocky Road ice cream

Edy’s launches the Rocky Road Collection

The platform’s six indulgent flavors were inspired by the brand’s original Rocky Road flavor.
February 18, 2021
Edy’s and Dreyer’s, brands of Oakland, Calif.-based Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream Inc., said they unveiled the Rocky Road Collection, which features six decadent flavors loaded with delicious and indulgent mix-ins.
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cheese sales

‘Gouda’ news for retail cheese

Both natural and processed cheese posted double-digit dollar sales growth in the 52 weeks ending Jan. 24, 2021.
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Kathie Canning
March 17, 2021
The past year saw reduced demand for cheese on the foodservice side, thanks to widespread pandemic-related restaurant closures and indoor dining bans. However, the picture was much brighter on the retail cheese side.
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Processors

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Cultured dairy category is on-trend and growing

Cultured dairy category is on-trend and growing

Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and some on-trend innovation on the part of dairy processors, consumer demand for cultured dairy products is strong.
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Kathie Canning
March 31, 2021
Cultured dairy products, dairy products fermented with lactic acid bacteria, have been around for absolutely ages. The COVID-19 pandemic and a bit of innovation on the part of dairy processors, however, have combined to build consumer demand in a number of cultured dairy segments during the past year or so.
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Mechanization picks ups steam in dairy processing warehouses

Mechanization picks ups steam in dairy processing warehouses

Dairy processors are slicing labor and other operational expenses by leveraging advanced technologies that support supply chains, logistics and other warehouse functions.
Richard Mitchell
March 24, 2021
Automation is increasingly becoming the answer for greater efficiencies and efficacy in dairy warehouse operations. Processors are enhancing supply chain and logistics functions and other warehousing responsibilities with technologies intended to streamline worker expenses while enhancing productivity.
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Sharon Gerdes Health and Wellness columnist for Dairy Foods

Lactose-free dairy category matures

Technology improvements boost growth of lactose-free dairy products.
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Sharon Gerdes
March 19, 2021
If you think that plant-based is the hot category in dairy, think again. Sales of lactose-free milk grew twice as fast as sales of plant-based beverages in 2019.
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Ingredients

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The quest for sugar reduction in dairy products

The quest for sugar reduction in dairy products

Consumers want to have their cake and eat it, too — and dairy processors have more sweetener options than ever to meet their expectations.
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Kathie Canning
March 26, 2021
Back in 2016, FDA announced an update to the Nutrition Facts label. As part of that update, the agency called for food and beverage manufacturers to list "added sugars" instead of only "total sugars."
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Operations

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