If there’s a universal truth we can all count on, it’s that America’s three favorite ice-cream flavors will always be vanilla, chocolate and strawberry. Right? Wrong. Per the International Dairy Foods Association, Washington, D.C., our top three picks last year were vanilla, chocolate and butter pecan.

For coloration of fat-based products; Blue fruit juice concentrate for beverages and foods; Eliminates need to bleach colored whey

DDW offers EmulsiTech Beta-Carotene Liquid Color Emulsion for use in a range of applications including milk-based drinks such as smoothies and flavored milk drinks for kids.

Sethness’ new red-toned Class I powdered Caramel Color RT198 with a hue index of 6.0, provides a unique red-tone to a variety of food applications that require a reddish-brown appearance.

Natural colors, that is. Consumers say they want natural ingredients, so dairy processors are aiming to please. Color suppliers offer some advice about reformulating products with natural colors.

S&D Beverage Innovations, the parent company of MilkSplash zero-calorie milk flavoring, introduced MilkSplash Natural Ingredients (MilkSplash NI) in Target stores nationwide in July.

Flavor inclusions, European cheese flavors, Honey fig flavor for yogurt...

Exhibitors at IFT focused on clean labels and highlighted new sugar alternatives and more.

Dairy products take well to sweet and savory flavors. With the American public willing to try anything, flavor suppliers share ethnic concepts that just might become the next big things in the dairy case.

DSM carotenoids can improve the look of processed cheese as well as add to the shelf-life by providing optimum color stability.