The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, announced the second year of its Go Fresh & Local Supplier Accelerator, a program designed to enhance and accelerate the selection of local items sold in Kroger-owned stores.

In last May’s Market Trends report, we shared a strong growth story for most cultured dairy categories at retail.

Shamrock Farms, a Phoenix-based, family-owned dairy company, said it is celebrating 100 years of delivering handcrafted farm-fresh milk and dairy to families locally in Arizona and nationwide.

There were over 2,000 new cultured products introduced worldwide in the past two years with a reduced-, low- or no-added-sugar claim, according to Innova Market Insights’ new product database. 

A silent crisis is gripping our nation’s children. In a typical school year, more than 30 million students of all ages rely on school breakfast and lunch for their daily recommended intake of critical nutrients.

YogiBalls, a Dorchester, Mass.-based producer of small orbs of strained whole-milk yogurt immersed in a mix of organic extra virgin olive oil, organic sunflower oil, herbs and spices, says it completed an extensive rebranding effort, including a new name, Pariva, which better reflects its mission, growth aspirations and vision for the future.

Flavorchem, a Downers Grove, Ill.-based flavor and ingredient supplier, said it is continuing its commitment to customer collaboration and innovation with a new state-of the-art pilot plant at the company’s Downers Grove campus.

Innovative ice cream and cultured dairy products inspired by classic comfort food and international flavors shined this week at the International Dairy Foods Association's (IDFA) annual Innovative Ice Cream Flavor and Innovative Cultured Dairy Product competitions, co-sponsored by Dairy Foods magazine.

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers already were showing “deep interest” in their own health and wellbeing (and that of animals and the planet), according to Chicago-based ADM. And that interest-only intensified with the arrival of the pandemic.