Nestlé Dreyer’s Ice Cream, Oakland, Calif., announced in April that it will remove artificial colors and flavors, highfructose corn syrup and GMO ingredients from six ice cream and frozen dessert brands
The new spring Hibiscus Rhubarb Pie kefir flavor features a Rowley-designed label
May 3, 2016
Lifeway partnered with designer Cynthia Rowley to introduce a limited-edition Hibiscus Rhubarb Pie kefir flavor for spring and a bottle designed by Rowley.
The company also looks to improve sustainable agriculture practices for its milk supply
April 28, 2016
Dannon announced a commitment to further improve sustainable agriculture practices for its milk supply, to increase transparency for its portfolio of products and evolve to use more natural ingredients, including a goal to be GMO-free.
Mark your calendars for these other free cone days, below.
April 15, 2016
Velvet Ice Cream is celebrating the opening of its Ye Olde Mill for the season with a Free Cone Day on April 16., plus other upcoming free cone days to watch for.
A Washington state ice cream company destroyed over 300,000 pounds of ice cream. Losses were well over $1 million. The CEO calls the recall ‘devastating, stressful yet incredibly meaningful.’
Consumers looking for foods with a clean label and ‘pure’ attributes often choose organic products. California’s Humboldt Creamery, located in prime dairy country, is serving those consumers with fluid products, ice cream and powders.
April 11, 2016
Humboldt County, California, is a great place to operate an organic dairy farm. The mild temperatures and ample annual rainfall allow cows to be in pasture 200 days or more a year. The county is roughly bounded by the Shasta-Trinity National Forest on the east and Pacific Ocean on the west. Warmed by the ocean currents, Eureka (the county seat) enjoys average temperatures ranging from 41 F (in December and January) to 64 F (in August and September).
In March, the Swiss-based multinational food giant Nestlé said it will invest over 25 million euros ($28.1 million) to expand its research and development center in Askeaton, Ireland. The enhanced facility will be located at Nestlé`s existing plant in the city, which produces a range of premium powdered milk-based products for infants, young children and mothers for export to world markets.
Crystal Creamery of Modesto, Calif., is the No. 1 milk brand in Sacramento. It aims to make its Humboldt brand a national player in organic ice cream. For CEO Frank Otis, managing two brands can be ‘tricky.’
Modesto-based Foster Farms Dairy, founded in 1941, knows a thing or two about names and brands. In 2007, it acquired Crystal Creamery of Sacramento, which traces its roots to 1901. Two years later, Foster acquired Fortuna-based Humboldt Creamery, which dates to the 1920s.
In honor of Free Cone Day on Tuesday, March 15, participating Dairy Queen and DQ Grill & Chill locations across the United States will offer a free small vanilla soft-serve cone.