Ingredients for Dairy Processors

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Welcome to Dairy Foods’ inaugural Ingredients Issue. Although we cover ingredients extensively throughout the year, our staff felt it was a great time to devote a significant portion of our magazine to ingredients.

Achieving ingredient traceability depends on many factors such as longstanding, sustainable relationships with farmers and suppliers, accurate data collection and record keeping, as well as the type of raw material needed. 

In collaboration with Kansas State University, undergraduate students are encouraged to enroll in their "Introduction to the Dairy Ingredient Industry" online course as a non-degree seeking student to earn three transferrable credit hours for the standard, 16-week course.

According to the company, this will grant manufacturers new opportunities to give their products a better-for-you upgrade. 

Anyone questioning the growth of the sports nutrition market can look at the merger and acquisition space. The most recent transaction in this market — at press time — was The Simply Good Food Co.

Milk, tea, coffee, aseptic juices, and bottled juices, major components of the ready-to-drink (RTD) dairy beverage market, are seeing great growth. In fact, the global RTD beverages market is projected to grow from $766.69 billion in 2024 to more than $1 trillion by 2032. 

Today’s health-conscious consumers are trying to live their best lives. As a result, they're reading labels and discovering that cheese, yogurt, drinkable yogurt, kefir, and other fermented dairy products not only provide satiety but are proven to benefit digestive health.

The global ice cream market is expected to reach $91 billion in global retail sales by the end of this year.

New ingredients from ASR Group, Cargill, and Global Organics along with innovations from IFPC are helping dairy manufacturers with loads of low-calorie options that taste sugar-like. Monk fruit, coconut milk powders and honey also are trending. 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) will take center stage when The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) IFT FIRST Annual Event and Expo returns to Chicago’s McCormick Place from July 14 to 17.