It seems that hardly a week goes by without another food company announcing its commitment to sodium reduction, or another group proposing voluntary targets for food producers.

Futuristic flash-freeze processing creates Dippin’ Dots ice cream and more in Paducah, Ky.

Dairy processors and the foods they make have a pretty good reputation for safety and cleanliness. Aside from news articles about illness traced to consumption of raw milk, recalls of pasteurized fluid milk are not common. Drinking raw milk can be dangerous, especially when the product is mishandled by the purchaser.

“Dairy technology” may sound oxymoronic, given the most common connotations of technology. After all, we are an industry that has to strategize about feeding animals and what to do with their byproducts.

Mexico’s Comercializadora de Lacteos y Derivados developed a drinking yogurt just for kids called Lala PetiZoo.

In Germany, Andechser Molkerei Scheitz introduces a stevia-sweetened yogurt that includes stevia in the product name.

Atkins Nutritionals Inc., Denver, introduces the first and so far the only ready-to-drink, low-carb breakfast shake that features a resealable, twist-off cap, making it easy to open, close and carry while in transit.

Right Track Global LLC, Irvine, Calif., has debuted Dr. Sears Family Essentials Cool Fuel fortified, ready-to-drink shakes. 

Springfield Creamery Inc., Eugene, Ore., has introduced the country’s first fruit-on-top organic cottage cheese.

Target Corp., Minneapolis, introduces a private-label line of Archer Farms ready-to-drink lattes packaged in 9.5-fluid-ounce glass bottles and sold in packs of four that can be mixed and matched.