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With spring here, frozen novelties and ice cream are getting their place in the sun as we spotlight these sweet treats in our Market Trends and Outlook Report. We report on the $97 billion sweeteners market and sugar reduction solutions designed to give consumers great taste with fewer calories and sugar. Our Cheese Processor/Inside the Plant spotlights First District Association, a dairy cooperative in Litchfield, Minn., making 270 to 280 million pounds of cheese a year out of 2.6 billion pounds of milk. On the equipment side, we look at the importance of Pumps Valves and Mixers and Blenders to dairy operations.
Through major expansion, First District Association readies itself for the next century. It invested $200 million to update and expand plant and product capacity so “the cooperative is set up to thrive in the next 100 years,” CEO Bob Huffman relays.
Ingredients, flavors, colors and toppings give consumers something to “scream about.” Not only will the ice cream category grow 37% over 2021, but consumers are loving the five most popular flavors: Chocolate, Cookies ‘N Cream, Vanilla, Strawberry and Chocolate Chip.