Dairy Foods eMagazine

2024 January

The January eMagazine features Bangor, Maine-based Pineland Farms Dairy which expanded its capabilities to produce fluid milk, cream, ice cream mixes, and dairy blends while also making award-winning cheese. Even though it’s cold outside, the market for ice cream/frozen desserts is red hot. We take an in-depth look at strong growth in RTD beverages, report on the impact of price fluctuations and raw materials on gums, emulsifiers, and stabilizers, and explore the latest in X-ray technology to prevent recalls and keep products safe.

Opportunities abound in RTD beverages

Younger demographics are especially interested in this category.

Brian Berk

January 24, 2024

It may sound like a broken record for some, but ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages have seen dollar sales increase, while unit sales decreased during the past year, a similar refrain to other dairy categories.

Ice cream sales stay hot

Ice milk/frozen dairy subcategory is especially strong.

Brian Berk

January 10, 2024

This month, there is plenty of interesting news to report in the ice cream category.

Cheese judging versus grading in cheese competitions

Dissecting the differences: Cheese judging provides valuable feedback to cheesemakers

John Lucey Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research

John A. Lucey

January 19, 2024

Cheese judging and grading are important activities performed by the cheese industry, but both play very different roles.

How to create dairy proteins

Using genetic engineering, companies have developed technologies to produce specific proteins that are identical to the proteins that cows produce.

Sharon Gerdes

January 8, 2024

The U.S. dairy industry has made great strides in reducing its environmental impact, producing more milk with less land and less water.

Repurposing food waste

Upcycled ingredients, whey from cheesemaking, oat milk byproducts have a second life in other products

Punit J. Dave

January 12, 2024

With the growing world population, there is tremendous environmental stress on our planet because of the exploitation of non-renewable food and energy resources.

Six predictions for 2024

Brian Berk

January 5, 2024

For the second time, I am ready to make my predictions for 2024.

Gums, emulsifiers and stabilizers go “clean”

Ingredient suppliers cite price fluctuations and raw material availability as challenges.

Brian Berk

January 29, 2024

When it comes to the true “workforce” ingredients that contribute to product quality, shelf life, and much more, look no further than gums, emulsifiers, and stabilizers.

Ingredient Showcase

Ingredient suppliers highlight the latest solutions in flavors, botanicals and masking agents

January 26, 2024

New ingredients from A&B Ingredients, Cargill, and Enzyme Development Corp.

Equipment suppliers highlight the latest solutions in lab testing equipment

January 31, 2024

New equipment from FlexXray, Mettler Toledo, and Nelson-Jameson, and more!

Technology upgrades are resulting in imaging improvements for X-ray devices.

Inspection technologies key to food safety

By enhancing food safety and preventing product recalls, the use of highly effective systems can protect the reputation of dairy brands.

Richard Mitchell

January 25, 2024

Highly effective metal detectors and X-ray technologies in dairy processing facilities continues to grow in importance.

From left: Larry Wintle, Operations Manager; Mark Whitney, President and COO; and Jim Lesser, Director of Marketing & Sales, and team have grown the dairy's revenue 207% in the past 5 years.

Inside the Plant: Pineland Farms Dairy takes pride in processing milk, cream and dairy blends

East Coast dairy on a mission to expand

Barbara Harfmann

January 22, 2024

Since expanding operations and moving from New Gloucester, Maine, 120 miles Northeast to Bangor, home of world-famous horror author Stephen King, Pineland Farms Dairy Co.’s growth and reputation has been anything but scary.

Pineland Farms Dairy expands product portfolio from cheese into milk, ice cream mixes and dairy blends

Dairy operations equal between fluid milk and cheese

Barbara Harfmann

January 15, 2024

The healthy hydrating refreshment of cool, nutritious, and delicious milk will never go out of style. Founded in 2004, Pineland Farms uses 100% fresh Maine milk from nearby farms — around 20 within a 50-mile radius of Bangor — to handcraft 3,200 to 6,400 pounds of specialty cheeses a day.

Broadcasting live from Dairy Foods' Membrane Technology Forum: In this presentation, we will focus on several case studies that assess the amount of bypass flow and power consumption required for the Optum RO element compared to caged and other shelled elements when operated at similar pressure drops and recoveries.

Broadcasting live from Dairy Foods' Membrane Technology Forum: This session aims to delve into the concept of Generative AI, exploring its diverse applications within the industrial landscape and across departments.

Dairy Foods eMagazine

2024 January

Foods & Beverages

Opportunities abound in RTD beverages

Ice cream sales stay hot

Processors

Cheese judging versus grading in cheese competitions

How to create dairy proteins

Repurposing food waste

Six predictions for 2024

Ingredients

Gums, emulsifiers and stabilizers go “clean”

Ingredient suppliers highlight the latest solutions in flavors, botanicals and masking agents

Operations

Equipment suppliers highlight the latest solutions in lab testing equipment

Inspection technologies key to food safety

Inside the Plant: Pineland Farms Dairy takes pride in processing milk, cream and dairy blends

Pineland Farms Dairy expands product portfolio from cheese into milk, ice cream mixes and dairy blends

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