Shatto Milk Co., Osborn, Mo., a small, 100-plus-year-old family-owned and operated dairy farm located just north of Kansas City began processing and bottling milk for sale under its own label in June 2003.
Packaging that prevents spoilage of dairy foods is eco-friendly, but there is more to being green than that. Dairy Foods asked vendors about their advances in sustainable packaging.
If you seek to reduce sodium in cheese, develop new milk products or update your processing facility, then head to the International Dairy Show in September.
Clean labels resonate with consumers. So do the claims “organic” and “zero fat” on product packages. Dairy processors respond to shoppers’ interest in where and how foods are produced by developing natural and organic products.
Being in the media, I consume a lot of media: newspapers, magazines, television, radio, websites and billboards. And being editor of this magazine, I’m particularly interested in the portrayal of food, especially dairy foods, in these media.
As early as the 1800s, it was recognized that the nutritional status of children could be improved through organized public and private feeding programs.
It seems that hardly a week goes by without another food company announcing its commitment to sodium reduction, or another group proposing voluntary targets for food producers.
