New Light Coffee Athletes HoneyMilk uses coffee extract for flavoring. It also is enhanced with caffeine for stimulation, with each 11.5-ounce plastic bottle containing 150 milligrams of caffeine.

Brewed coffee is the first ingredient on the new private-label line of Archer Farms low-fat lattes from Target Corp., Minneapolis.

Peppermint Mocha Limited Edition Ice Cream debuted this past winter by the Starbucks Ice Cream Partnership, which operates as a subsidiary of Starbucks Corp., Seattle.

Milk processors market dairy beverages as workout aids, develop lactose-reduced products and more drinkable yogurts and boost the health profile with probiotics. Nondairyprocessors formulate juices and ready-to-drink teas.

Consumers have hectic, complicated lives. The 2011 trends forecast by the Food Channel (in conjunction with Culturewaves, the International Food Futurist and Mintel International) states: “for years we talked about simplicity, sometimes under names like ‘local’ or ‘social consciousness’ or ‘green.’

There is a distinct trend in healthy milk-based beverages that has grown greatly over the last few years, says Jim Dimataris, director of process relations for the California Milk Advisory Board, located in South San Francisco, Calif.

Novelties are units of frozen desserts designed for consumption as a single serving.

From sweet to savory, bits and pieces add excitement to ordinary dairy products.

Nine suppliers of fatty acid ingredients tell the industry about their offerings.

Where’s the Beef? Red Meat, Whole Milk Consumption DropAmericans are eating less beef, drinking less whole milk and cutting back on ice cream. The drop in per capita consumption of