Consumer demand for butter is strong. Cream supplies are tighter as ice cream and other high-fat product producers continue to pull heavy.
June 20, 2015
Temperatures affect milk production; milk bottling demand is down except in Northeast. Western, Midwest cheese plants are running at capacity, reports the USDA.
The two companies have new Greek-yogurt based smoothies, parfaits in Starbucks stores and fruit-on-the-bottom yogurts coming to grocery stores nationwide.
You know about 'live and active' cultures, and you can't avoid the talk about probiotics. The organisms used to make and enhance fermented dairy foods have specific characteristics and functions. Here's a refresher course.
Start-up brands turn to dairy processors to make their ideas come to life. So do some established dairies that might not have the in-house expertise or the capital to buy and install processing lines. Contract manufacturing is a multibillion-dollar business benefitting both parties.
The conversation about food has turned away from protein, calcium and vitamins to 'natural' and absence claims (like no artificial colors, gluten or GMO ingredients). What's a dairy to do?
The 116-year-old cream cheese company opens a plant in Arizona. The location offers access to a plethora of good milk and helps the dairy processor achieve its goal of double-digit growth.