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Family-owned Velvet Ice Cream and franchised Carvel Ice Cream Shoppes are giving away ice cream this month.

Ice cream maker Chip Graeter traded in a hairnet for a hardhat today as he toured reporters through the company’s soon-to-be opened ice cream shop in the Chicago suburb of Northbrook. 

Yogurt manufacturers are getting innovative and capitalizing on the diversity of yogurt with niche products and appealing to a wider audience. Whole-fat and low-sugar varieties are part of the mix.

Consumers seek foods with clean labels. Dairy processors have a variety of sweetener options to help them achieve an easy-to-pronounce (meaning ‘clean’) ingredient statement.

Four new flavors were added to Orwigsburg, Pa.-based Yuengling’s premium ice cream line

On a tour of Europe, Kroger’s dairy experts saw technologies and processing techniques not found in a typical American. Best practices at Mountain View Foods in Denver preserve milk’s freshness and help Kroger develop innovative dairy-based products.

Clearing processing lines with a pig captures product that can be re-used and saves on cleaning chemicals. Valve manifolds can improve flexibility and efficiency in plants processing liquid products.

An exclusive Dairy Foods survey finds that dairy processors are increasing their investments to produce aseptic shelf-stable or refrigerated extended-shelf-life beverages and foods.