Producing over 150 SKUs, Darigold’s ultrapasteurized milk plant in Portland, Ore., has to stay flexible and organized to manage its complicated production schedules.
Some residents of Oregon's largest city have sought to "Keep Portland Weird," a motto based on safeguarding the city's reputation for farmers markets, artisanal craftworks and an eccentric literary/arts scene. But before it became the de facto capital for millennial hipsters, Portland had a long history of industrial production.
A variety of organic milk products will be offered under the new local dairy brand.
December 26, 2019
Wild Rose Foods, Portland, Ore., said it introduced Lulubelle’s Creamery, a new dairy brand of of local organic milk produced at Wild Rose Foods’ Lulubelle Creamery.
The lactose-free milk has 50% more protein and 50% less sugar than regular milk.
July 23, 2019
Organic Valley, La Farge, Wis., introduced Ultra, the first organic ultrafiltered milk available nationally. According to the cooperative, the milk has 50% more protein and 50% less sugar than regular milk.
The dairy industry had been working with FDA for nearly two decades to allow the use of ultrafiltered milk in cheeses such as Cheddar, mozzarella, Colby and brick.
September 4, 2017
The dairy industry received good news on the regulatory front in August. The Food and Drug Administration granted enforcement discretion for the use and labeling of ultrafiltered (UF) milk in all standardized cheeses and related cheese products covered by the federal standards of identity.