Dairy Foods Magazine

df february 2020

2020 February

Check out the February issue of Dairy Foods, including our processor profile of High Road Craft Brands.

Cover Story

Back to Top
High Road Craft Brands has craft at its core

High Road Craft Brands has craft at its core

Boasting a chef as its co-founder and a culinary approach to ice cream production, High Road Craft Brands has found the right ingredients for success
K-canning-headshot
Kathie Canning
February 3, 2020
No Comments
At the height of the Great Recession, two MBA students, one of them a classically trained chef, put their heads together to try to solve a problem that was playing out in the foodservice industry: fewer "cooks in the kitchen" to support chefs.
Read More
High Road Craft Brands scales up its operation

High Road Craft Brands scales up its operation

High Road Craft Brands has experienced phenomenal growth over the past decade. But its ice cream plant remains committed to small-batch, craft operations
K-canning-headshot
Kathie Canning
February 4, 2020
No Comments
Tucked away in a Marietta, Ga., industrial park, surrounded by Georgia pines, is a 75,000-square-foot, nondescript off-white building that offers few external cues as to what’s inside. But once a visitor steps into that building, he or she will see an operation that is actually rather exceptional.
Read More

Foods & Beverages

Back to Top
Ready-to-drink coffee and tea are perfectly situated

Ready-to-drink coffee and tea are perfectly situated

Ready-to-drink coffee and tea are in line with today’s consumers’ wants and needs
February 12, 2020
No Comments
The future looks bright for dairy processors that also produce ready-to-drink (RTD) coffee and/or tea. Such products mesh well with current consumer demand for beverages that go beyond simple hydration.
Read More
Lulubelles Creamery

Wild Rose debuts Lulubelle’s Creamery brand

A variety of organic milk products will be offered under the new local dairy brand.
December 26, 2019
No Comments
Wild Rose Foods, Portland, Ore., said it introduced Lulubelle’s Creamery, a new dairy brand of of local organic milk produced at Wild Rose Foods’ Lulubelle Creamery.
Read More

Processors

Back to Top
dairy foods news

Borden Dairy initiates voluntary reorganization proceedings

The company will continue operating as normal as it works toward achieving a more viable capital structure and stresses ‘The Borden Difference’ as a competitive advantage.
January 6, 2020
No Comments

Borden Dairy said that it and certain affiliates initiated voluntary reorganization proceedings in the District of Delaware under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.


Read More

Ingredients

Back to Top
Inclusions with a health halo

Inclusions with a health halo

Inclusions have long been associated with indulgence. Now they’re getting a healthy makeover
Boisseau-200
Anna Boisseau
February 10, 2020
No Comments
Surprise bites of chocolate chips, cookie dough, pie pieces and other miniature treats have long delighted ice cream and frozen dessert consumers. But today's health-conscious eaters are asking for more from their desserts, including the inclusions within them, than an indulgent, satisfying mouthful.
Read More

Operations

Back to Top
Sustainability informs new rigid packaging innovations

Sustainability informs new rigid packaging innovations

A greater market focus on sustainability is leading to the development of more environmentally sound rigid packaging
Richard Mitchell
February 18, 2020
No Comments
Rigid packaging is undergoing a makeover. With consumers and product manufacturers putting pressure on packaging suppliers to develop designs that are eco-friendly, alternatives with biodegradable elements and less bulk are becoming more prevalent and helping to fuel greater sector activity.
Read More