Dairy Foods eMagazine

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2024 November

Our pivotal State of the Industry issue is here and with data from market research firms, we highlight whether it’s a torrential downpour or sunny skies for milk, ice cream and frozen novelties, cheese, yogurt and cultured dairy, butter, nondairy beverages, ingredients and exports. As Dairy Foods celebrates its milestone 125th anniversary, we got into the archives and showcase historic achievements. In a special Suppliers’ Section,  our suppliers weigh in on their own innovations. We also talk to CEO Julie Smolansky and delve into how Lifeway Foods is orchestrating growth in plant-based kefir.

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2024 State of the Dairy Industry

December 2, 2024

Dairy Foods reports on how the dairy industry in faring in our eight State of the Industry categories: milk, ice cream and frozen novelties, cheese, yogurt and cultured dairy, butter, nondairy beverages, ingredients and exports.


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125 years anniversary

Celebrating 125 years of Dairy Foods

We take a look back at the dairy industry since the magazine’s founding in 1899.
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Barbara Harfmann
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Brian Berk
November 6, 2024

Queens and Staten Island merged with New York City. The Bronx Zoo opened. The inventor of basketball, Dr. James Naismith, was coaching Kansas University’s new basketball team. AND in 1899, Dairy Foods (via its predecessor Dairy Record) was established. 


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Foods & Beverages

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2024 State of the Dairy Industry: Cultured Dairy

Cultured dairy eclipses dairy industry with protein-packed nutrition: Yogurt, cottage cheese drive sales due to health and wellness benefits.
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Barbara Harfmann
November 18, 2024

The magnanimous cultured dairy category is like a clear-blue summer sky with resurging, in some cases, double-digit growth that is “eclipsing” much of the dairy industry.


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Processors

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Dairy Foods’ 125th Anniversary

125 Years of Dairy Progress
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Douglas J. Peckenpaugh
November 1, 2024

American life in the 1800s looked vastly different than today. Thanks to the Industrial Revolution, the 1800s saw the newly established United States of America expand from a largely agrarian society to an industrial powerhouse. 


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Ingredients

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2024 State of the Dairy Industry: Ingredient suppliers focus on health and wellness

Processors are incorporating elements that cater to consumers’ health concerns.
Richard Mitchell
November 14, 2024

Like a powerful blizzard blasting the landscape, health and wellness is socking it to the dairy ingredients’ sector. But rather than snow, ice, and high winds pelting consumers, shoppers are facing a deluge of such positive elements as products that are low in sugar, high in protein, and those that contain prebiotics and probiotics.


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2024 State of the Dairy Industry: Cheese

A sunny and bright outlook for cheese: With 0.5% growth, cheese category to churn out $69.7 billion by 2028
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Barbara Harfmann
November 15, 2024

Cheese processors’ cheese creations have performed well in recent years, rising at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.5% from 2018-2023 to barely a whisper of growth, at 0.5%, expected from 2023-2028 to reach $69.7 billion by 2028.


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The secret to Lifeway Foods’ success

The kefir processor has undergone tremendous growth, culminating in a bid by Danone to purchase the company.
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Brian Berk
November 4, 2024

On Sept. 23, Danone offered to pay some $283 million — $25 per share — to purchase the 76.6% of Lifeway Foods it didn't own. The plan was rejected.CEO Julie Smolyansky talks about the company's history and success with Dairy Foods.


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2024 State of the Dairy Industry: Milk sales swirl like fall winds

Milk category declines 1.2%, but notches dollar sales of $19.6B
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Barbara Harfmann
November 11, 2024

Circana reports that in U.S. multi-outlets and convenience stores for the 52 weeks ending Aug. 11, the overall milk category notched $19.6 billion in dollar sales at a slight 1.2% decrease over the prior year. In the “all other” refrigerated milk segment, however, it was near-perfect fall sunshine with 21.2% growth and $252 million in sales.


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2024 State of the Dairy Industry: Ice Cream

Partly Sunny Forecast: Ice cream and sherbet continue to shine, with frozen novelties and desserts seeing cloudier skies.
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Brian Berk
November 13, 2024

Overall, ice cream/sherbet sales rose by 3% year over (YoY) to $8.6 billion for the 52 weeks ending Aug. 11, according to Chicago-based market research firm Circana. Unit sales picked up 0.5% YoY to 1.84 billion.


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Operations

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Pecan Deluxe Candy Co. has supplied inclusions for ice cream and dairy since transitioning from retail ice cream in 1950.

Dairy Foods special 125th anniversary supplier section

Several dairy suppliers and processors take a look back to the past as we celebrate our 125th anniversary
November 8, 2024

Although Dairy Foods’ 125-year anniversary is clearly a milestone, many industry suppliers have unique innovations that they share in this special Suppliers' Section. 


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