To quote Ecclesiastes (and The Byrds): “To every thing there is a season.” And these days, to every season there is a flavor.

Dairy Foods Ingredients Editor Kim Decker concludes the account of to Senegal to see how acacia gum is harvested and process.

Dairy Foods Ingredients Editor Kim Decker is back with Part 2 of her trip to Senegal to see how acacia gum is harvested and process. She finds that climate change is introducing novel challenges to acacia farming.

Dairy Foods Ingredients Editor Kim Decker traveled to Senegal to see how acacia gum is harvested and process. In Part 1 of her three-part account, Kim visits an acacia plantation.

When Stonyfield, America’s leading organic yogurt manufacturer, announced a comprehensive plan to reduce added sugars across its product line by 25% before this autumn’s end, Nichole Cirillo, the Londonderry-N.H. company’s mission director, stated in a press release that the mission is “to continually provide healthier food both for our consumers and the planet.”

Moviegoers don’t flock to the latest installment of their favorite superhero franchise for deep musings on the human condition. By that same token, consumers don’t dive into salted-toffee truffle sundaes to jumpstart their diets. They do it because it’s fun.

Protein may be a macronutrient the deficiency of which portends dire consequences for health. But it is amply represented in the American diet already. A 2015 analysis of the 2007-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey found that American men consume, on average, close to 100 grams of protein per day — nearly double the 56 grams generally recommended for the group.

"New year, new you," right? How about "New year, new dairy formulation"?

How does a dairy processor address the public’s enlightened attitude about nutrition while still appealing to its inclination toward indulgence?

If you were hoping that this clean label thing would have blown over by now, you can keep hoping. Or just throw in the towel and accept it. Market researchers Innova found that in the dairy sector, items with one or more clean-label claims accounted for 49% of 2016’s launches to date, up from 41% in 2015. Innova counted claims related to natural, organic, non-GMO or no-preservatives/additives.