Main St. Café, Germantown, Wis., created what’s said to be the first ever shelf-stable bottled protein smoothie made with yogurt.

Safeway Inc. takes the mystery out of making ice cream. At its Bellevue, Wash., ice cream plant, silos, pasteurizers, stainless steel tubing, flavor vats, fillers and other equipment are all labeled as to their contents or function. There is even a label above a hand-crank pencil sharpener. That was put there either for the benefit of a younger generation raised on hand-held devices (instead of pencil and paper) or else it was an expression of an engineer’s sense of humor.

Crave Brothers, a family-owned and-operated dairy farm and cheese factory tucked away in Waterloo, Wis., is garnering attention with its award-winning farmstead cheeses and green story.

What’s said to be the only non-GMO-verified and certified organic Greek yogurt on the United States market was introduced by Straus Family Creamery, Petaluma, Calif.

Chicago-based Bel Brands USA, makers of The Laughing Cow, Mini Babybel and Boursin cheese (among others) has become a rising star in the snacking and portable cheese category, having doubled its revenues in the last four years. Its Laughing Cow masterbrand (The Laughing Cow and Mini Babybel) is now America’s number one branded snacking cheese.

Evanston, Ill.-based Kerrygold adds Reduced Fat Dubliner cheese to its line.

 

Camel's milk has been so popular at Café2Go, a coffee shop chain in Dubai, that Emirati entrepreneur Jassim Al Bastaki has created the Camellos brand to promote it to a wider audience. 

Lifeway adds a Gingerbread flavor smoothie to its holiday collection of kefirs for the season.

Jack in the Box introduces a Cheesesteak Melt on Sourdough bread to its menu this fall.