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Welcome to Jim Carper’s Dairy Case, a look at the people, products and processors in the news. This week: Bel Brands USA, Fro-Yo, Yoplait, T. Marzetti and more.
The people, products and processors making news this week, including Saputo, Organic Valley, Stonyfield, Pierre’s, enLiven, YoCrunch, DCI Cheese, Yasso and more.
The U.S. arm of Switzerland’s largest dairy is staking a claim to the markets for yogurts and milk-based coffee beverages. The dairy processor already is known here for its award-winning specialty cheeses.
Alps, cheese and chocolate are commonly associated with Switzerland. So is the country’s reputation for precision engineering. Just ask anyone who has taken a cable car to the top of a mountain or owns a Swiss watch. A Swiss dairy processor is expanding its presence in the United States by taking precise steps in developing dairy foods, and then executing marketing programs to gain placement on the shelves of grocery stores, with foodservice operators and in specialty food stores.