The July magazine is centered around a trending topic: Sustainability. We look at food traceability and food safety and visit Suntado, a brand-new aseptic milk processing plant in Burley, Idaho, with an innovative vision in products and packaging. We explore the importance of sourcing ingredients ethically and report on AI’s impact on the sustainable dairy plant of the future. Our showcases highlight the latest in natural and organic ingredients and filtration and wastewater management.
During our annual Sustainability Issue, it is a great time to talk about a report released by McKinsey & Co. and the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA).
Achieving ingredient traceability depends on many factors such as longstanding, sustainable relationships with farmers and suppliers, accurate data collection and record keeping, as well as the type of raw material needed.
Huge changes in dairy plants, which once seemed far way, are now close to coming to fruition. AI, industrial robots, and software-defined automation are among the technologies designed to better optimize dairy plants and bolster innovation efforts.
With nine years at BNP Media, parent company of Dairy Foods, I relish that there’s always something new and exciting to learn about in the multifaceted, $4.5 trillion food and beverage industry.