Adding to its line of liqueurs, White Plains, N.Y.-based Adult Beverage Co. announced a strawberry flavor addition to its alcohol-infused milk. The ready-to-drink Adult Strawberry Milk combines strawberries, cream and vodka, and doesn’t require refrigeration. The suggested retail price for a 750-milliliter bottle is $17.99.
Natural cheese production continues to trend up. Bold flavors and artisan cheeses draw consumers, and processors look to grow sales with portability and snacking options.
Grassland Dairy, Greenwood, Wis., offers organic butter for the foodservice industry and for retail. The butter comes in cases of 18 one-pound unsalted solids and 25 kilograms of salted and unsalted bulk. It is QAI-certified organic and kosher-certified. The suggested retail price is $2 to $3 per pound.
Fluid milk processors develop specialized milk for niche markets. By adding vitamins, flavors, fiber and extra calcium, milk brands appeal to various health needs of consumers.
How do processors create value in a commodity item like milk? They add flavors and functional ingredients, make it more portable and seek new channels of distribution.
Stoneridge Creamery, a SuperValu brand, added two new ice cream flavors to its limited edition line, Cinnamon Snickerdoodle and Peppermint Cookies ‘n Cream.
DMI approved six proposals to accelerate product innovation, extend milk’s availability in new channels, and secure additional resources to market fluid milk.
November 1, 2012
Barbara O’Brien, president of the checkoff-funded Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, said fluid milk “is now at a crossroads” following four decades of declining sales.
“There are solutions,” O’Brien said. “But we need the will and commitment (of the industry) to carry them out.”
According to a 2011 Nestle Nutrition Institute review of research, consumption of dairy products and their milk proteins increase satiety and reduce food intake and blood glucose response when consumed alone or with carbohydrate. Read more about studies into milk protein and health.