Butter prices received for 25-kilogram and 68-pound boxes meeting United States Department of Agriculture Grade AA standards averaged $1.44 per pound for the week ending Feb. 18. The price per pound decreased 5.7 cents from the previous week.
The first baby boomers turned 65 in 2011. As more of the boomer generation reaches retirement age, the number of consumers 65-plus in the United States will burgeon from 40 million in 2010 to 72 million in 2030. Similar statistics can be seen around the world, with the highest percentages of seniors in Japan and Western Europe, and the highest population of seniors in China, whose citizenry swelled to 132 million people age 65-plus in 2011.
Nonfat dry milk (NDM) production increased 3.4% to about 1.6 billion pounds in 2010, according to the American Dairy Products Institute, Elmhurst, Ill.
Whey components can do all this: promote infant gut health, improve body composition, create novel foods and affect brain function. Scientists at the 6th International Whey Conference shared their research.Milk is a complex biological food, which yields unique bioactive fractions that can be harvested via the whey stream.
We are a snacking nation. Almost 87% of U.S. consumers snack between meals. In 2009, domestic consumers spent more than $93 billion for foods eaten during a snack occasion. Given
As children headed back to classrooms over the last four weeks, the annual (and predictable) chorus of “no flavored milk in schools” was heard across the land. Every year, a
Dairy processors, food scientists, brand marketers and regulators come to Chicago to share research and information about this important dairy ingredient.
There’s an old saying, “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper.” Emerging research confirms that a hearty breakfast with ample protein may indeed be the most important meal of the day, but many Americans either skip breakfast or eat a hasty breakfast that’s low in protein. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey indicate that Americans typically consume 15% of their daily protein at breakfast.
Can you imagine anyone in the New Zealand or Australia dairy sector debating the merits of pursuing exports? Do industry participants in the Netherlands or Denmark ever ponder whether globalization is here to stay? Do they distinguish their customer base between domestic and overseas?
