Whey components can do all this: promote infant gut health, improve body composition, create novel foods and affect brain function. Scientists at the 6th International Whey Conference shared their research.

Food and beverage companies with a higher percentage of their sales coming from better-for-you foods and beverages perform better financially, according to a new report from the Hudson Institute.

Fair Oaks Dairy Products issued a voluntary recall of blue cheese produced under the Fair Oaks Royal Blue Cheese label because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Here is a sneak peek at what dairy suppliers are up to this week.

Kroger recalls select containers of Private Selection Extreme Moose Tracks ice cream sold in 16-ounce pints with a "sell by" date of June 18, 2012 under the following UPC Code: 11110 52909 because it may contain peanuts not listed on the ingredients label.

Here is a sneak peek at what dairy suppliers are up to.

Cheddar Cheese prices received for US 40 pound blocks averaged $1.76 per pound for the week ending October 1, 2011, a decrease of 4.2 cents from the previous week. Butter prices also dropped, according to  the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

 

The National Cheese Institute is now accepting nominations for its highest honor, the NCI Laureate Award, which will be handed out at a special ceremony during Dairy Forum 2012.

Friendly Ice Cream Corp., the Wilbraham, Mass., operator of Friendly's restaurants and a nationwide distributor of ice cream products, and its subsidiaries filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.