Dairy Foods eMagazine

Green Field Farms preserves milk’s original form

The cooperative uses low-temperature vat pasteurization to keep the natural enzymes found in raw milk.

January 4, 2022

Considering that Wooster, Ohio-based Green Field Farms is run by a cooperative of Amish and Mennonite farmers who still use traditional on-farm methods, you might think that the company’s milk processing plant would also harken back to older times.

Amish-run Green Field Farms combines old world methods with innovation

The cooperative might use ancient farming methods, but its product development efforts focus on meeting the needs of the contemporary consumer.

Anna Boisseau

December 20, 2021

The Amish community is often associated with its continued embrace of traditional agrarian values, and in that sense, Wooster, Ohio-based Green Field Farms fits the bill.

Retail ice cream sales tumble

But the ice milk/frozen dairy dessert and sherbet/sorbet/ices subcategories posted positive results.

Kathie Canning

December 15, 2021

In 2020, when many adults were working — and many children were learning — from home, sales of frozen dairy treats really took off at retail.

A reality check on animal-free ‘milk’

Milk is more than a collection of components; thus, it cannot easily be recreated in a lab.

John A. Lucey

January 3, 2022

Some startup companies have claimed that they can commercially and sustainably produce an animal-free “milk.”

Three food and beverage trends to mind for 2022

Opportunity knocks for dairy products that offer gut health/immunity benefits, mesh with consumers’ desire for healthier snacks and align with consumers’ values.

Kathie Canning

December 21, 2021

I am writing this column as 2021 nears its end and 2022 awaits on the horizon.

Tap into opportunities for dairy-based ingredients

Milk protein concentrates and isolates offer nutritional, functional benefits.

Venkateswarlu Sunkesula Ph.D.

December 20, 2021

It is well established that milk is a natural beverage packed with nutrients such as protein, fat, lactose, vitamins, and minerals.

Sharon Gerdes Health and Wellness columnist for Dairy Foods

New technologies boost dairy sustainability from farm to table

The first carbon-neutral milk was introduced in 2021.

Sharon Gerdes

December 13, 2021

At the recent 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, the United States announced that it would join the international Global Methane Pledge, which aims to limit methane emissions by 30%, compared to 2020 levels, by 2030. That’s an ambitious goal, but one that the U.S. dairy industry is already tackling.

Suppliers highlight ingredients for cheese, including caking agents, salts and more.

January 4, 2022

New ingredients from Agropur, Cargill, Enzyme Development Corp., and more!

Gums, stabilizers and emulsifiers are dairy’s supporting actors

Selected and used appropriately, these ingredients can help dairy processors turn in a winning performance.

Kathie Canning

December 17, 2021

Flavors, colors, sweeteners, and inclusions might be the lead actors in dairy product productions. However, gums, stabilizers, and emulsifiers are the supporting actors that can make — or break — a performance.

Suppliers exhibited new equipment, software for the dairy industry at Process Expo.

January 10, 2022

New equipment from Clean Water Technology, Dixon Sanitary, Everactive, and more!

Suppliers highlight equipment for cheesemaking.

January 6, 2022

New equipment from Admix, Advanced Process Technologie, Ampco Pump, and more!

Does your dairy plant have labor pains?

Dairy companies that adopt some best practices in hiring, training and retaining plant employees will have an edge.

Kathie Canning

January 5, 2022

The labor shortage across the U.S. manufacturing base is a worrisome reality for many industries, and the dairy processing industry is no exception.

optimize sensitivity to all metal contaminants

Boost the effectiveness of dairy-contaminant systems

Enhancements to metal detection and X-ray technologies are enabling processors to better detect contaminants in dairy products.

Richard Mitchell

December 22, 2021

With food safety top of mind for dairy processors and consumers, equipment that can locate foreign objects in products is critical. Yet successful detection can be tricky.

Dairy Foods eMagazine

2022 January

Cover Story

Green Field Farms preserves milk’s original form

Amish-run Green Field Farms combines old world methods with innovation

Foods & Beverages

Retail ice cream sales tumble

Processors

A reality check on animal-free ‘milk’

Three food and beverage trends to mind for 2022

Tap into opportunities for dairy-based ingredients

New technologies boost dairy sustainability from farm to table

Ingredients

Suppliers highlight ingredients for cheese, including caking agents, salts and more.

Gums, stabilizers and emulsifiers are dairy’s supporting actors

Operations

Suppliers exhibited new equipment, software for the dairy industry at Process Expo.

Suppliers highlight equipment for cheesemaking.

Does your dairy plant have labor pains?

Boost the effectiveness of dairy-contaminant systems

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