Dairy Foods Magazine

df march 2020

2020 March

Check out the March issue of Dairy Foods, including our processor profile of Baker Cheese Inc.

Cover Story

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Pictured are (top row, l to r) Kevin Baker, chief financial officer, and Eric Baker, vice president of marketing and sales; (bottom row, l to r) Jeff Baker, executive vice president, and Brian Baker, president and CEO.

Baker Cheese Inc. continues its cheesemaking legacy

The fourth-generation owners of Baker Cheese are expanding the family business while continuing to produce its trademark high-quality string cheese
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Anna Boisseau
March 3, 2020
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Some people, including, most famously, Steve Jobs, say that it is better to focus on one thing and do it well. Off a nondescript state highway in east-central Wisconsin, Baker Cheese Inc. is proving the adage to be true.
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Reignite ice cream sales

Reignite ice cream sales

A focus on healthy indulgence is one way processors could win within the ice cream space
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Kathie Canning
March 9, 2020
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Like many other U.S. retail food categories, the ice cream category has been awash with innovation during the past few years. From lower-sugar, higher-protein formulations and portion-controlled offerings to "ice cream" that's ... well ... not really ice cream.
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Baker Cheese’s St. Cloud, Wis., plant produces over 200 SKUs under its own brand and for private label customers.

Baker Cheese’s cheese plant was built to stretch

Baker Cheese’s plant expansion was designed to handle the continually increasing demand for the company’s string cheese
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Anna Boisseau
March 4, 2020
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Halfway through the family-owned Baker Cheese Inc. plant in St. Cloud, Wis., you'll come upon a kind of magical lazy river of cheese. Different sizes and varieties of the company's low-moisture, part-skim mozzarella string cheese float through a stream of brine.
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Foods & Beverages

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Processors

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cheeseexpo

CheeseExpo to focus on technology, education and more

The biennial event will take place April 14–16 in Milwaukee
March 10, 2020
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More than 4,000 cheese industry leaders, suppliers, marketers and others are expected to gather April 14–16, 2020, at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee for CheeseExpo (formerly known as the International Cheese Technology Expo).
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Ingredients

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Ingredients for coffee, tea and juice provide new opportunities

Ingredients for coffee, tea and juice provide new opportunities

Armed with natural sweeteners, exciting flavors, functional ingredients and more, processors of ready-to-drink coffee, tea and juice have opportunities galore
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Kathie Canning
March 12, 2020
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Three or four decades ago, consumers had few choices when it came to ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages. The available assortment consisted mainly of milk, soft drinks, juice/fruit drinks and alcoholic beverages such as wine and beer.
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Operations

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Pumps and valves play a big role

Pumps and valves play a big role

An efficient and safe dairy processing operation is dependent on the proper selection and maintenance of pumps and valves
Richard Mitchell
March 18, 2020
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Detecting foreign objects and other contaminants in dairy products is perhaps the most crucial part of the production process. Without the ability to effectively scan for adulterants, processors can compromise food safety and risk costly recalls, product waste and damage to their reputations.
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