Cheese, butter and cream are among the ingredients called for in holiday recipes from in free-standing inserts by major consumer packaged goods companies, including Saputo Cheese (Frigo) and Bongrain (Aloutette).
Welcome to Jim Carper's Dairy Case, a weekly round-up of news from dairy processors. In this issue: Straus Family Creamery, Foremost Farms, Yarnell's Ice Cream, Stremick's Heritage Foods, enLiven, Dean Foods, Saputo, Sartori, Baskin-Robbins and more.
The cheese processor is energizing old school brands like Philadelphia and Velveeta, developing new foods and formats, and adopting manufacturing practices that save natural resources.
It’s difficult enough for any business to stay relevant, especially when it has brands established 100 or more years ago. Then throw in the challenge of adapting to ever-changing consumer tastes and habits, not to mention manufacturing in an era when a small carbon footprint is a measure of a corporation’s citizenship. That’s part of the landscape in the 21st century, and every business operates in it, some better than others.
Ethnic dairy foods are emerging into the mainstream. Processors exhibiting at the German tradeshow Anuga Oct. 8-12 sampled their new products, including those with appeal to consumers from southwest Asia and central Europe.
As the days grow short and the nights get long, I’m about to launch into a rhyming song. We have come to December and the winter solstice, A time when Santa checks who was naughty and nicest.
A team of students from Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, won the top prize ($10,000) in a food development competition. Their winning food is a heat-and-serve cheese-based appetizer called Cheese Squared. The outer shell of 100% aged cheese encases cream cheese filling with added spices.
Sartori Co., Plymouth, Wis., has released its limited-edition Cognac BellaVitano cheese for the holiday season. A 20-pound wheel was put up for auction on eBay on Nov. 21, and another auction will begin Nov. 26. Each auction runs for 10 days, and the proceeds will be donated to local food banks.
IDI (Ingredia Group) says it has revolutionized the cheese manufacturing world with the technology without whey separation: cheasing’up. This innovative process enables to produce a wide range of cheese: hard cheese, soft cheese, fresh cheese and also processed cheese.