Milk production peaked last week, cheese plants were busy and the dry products market showed mixed results, according to the USDA's Dairy Market News. Following is a summary of the report.
Waitrose is donating 10,000 servings of its Diamond Jubilee Strawberry Crumble Crunch at the June 4 Diamond Jubilee concert honoring Queen Elizabeth II.
Butter pricing is firming this week, cheese production nationally remains heavy, Northeast milk production is widely believed to have reached a plateau, and California milk output is mostly steady and remains at or near the seasonal peak, reports the USDA this week.
WhiteWave Foods, Broomfield, Colo., has a new International Delight Iced Coffee line that combines coffee, real milk and cream in a ready-to-serve half-gallon container.
As Bill Weigel navigates his Toyota Avalon down Tennessee State Highway 131 through Powell, Tenn., he points out landmarks from his boyhood. There is the house where his grandmother lived. Over there is the orchard where he went for an apple to mask the tobacco on his breath from smoking (at age 9) his homemade corncob pipe. And that’s where he boarded the bus and rode to the big city (Knoxville) all by himself before he was even 10 years old.
Germany’s Probiotan GmbH offers the slightly carbonated sour milk drink known as tan in two savory flavors—carrot and dill—in addition to plain and various fruit flavors.
Cocoa Metro Dark Drinking Chocolate, a gourmet chocolate milk produced by Trickling Springs Creamery, Chambersburg, Pa., has been available in Whole Foods Market stores and specialty retailers in major Eastern cities since late 2010.