European interest in high protein foods has moved into the mainstream, according to Arla Foods Ingredients, which has introduced two new ingredients for boosting the protein content of yoghurt.
The Karnataka Cooperative Milk Federation Ltd, represented by its 2 million milk producer members, has condoled the demise of Dr Verghese Kurien, father of Indian dairy industry.
The rush to build new capacity in the US yogurt sector - largely driven by the Greek yogurt boom - could put pressure on prices in the short term, although things should even out over time, predicts Yoplait-maker General Mills.
Canada’s milk supply management system has reduced the industry’s overall economic competitiveness and performance and complicated Canada’s international trade relationship.
In the past 14 months, the Minneapolis-based General Mills, Inc. made several strategic acquisitions that increased its global scale, including Yoplait International.
Parag Milk Foods Pvt. Ltd, a leading dairy player, recently launched Go Milk, a 100% natural & zero preservative UHT milk. The product will be available in two variants - Go Milk and Go Slim.
Zong Qinghou, the chairman and CEO of the Chinese beverage firm Hangzhou Wahaha, is planning to set up A$200m ($207.65m) milk powder processing plant in Busselton, Australia.
Indian dairy company Parag Milk Foods plans to invest Rs1bn ($17.93m) to set up two milk processing plants in India, as a part of its plan to boost its production capacity.
Dairy exporter Fonterra has been cleared to acquire the processing assets of New Zealand Dairies Limited’s (NZDL) by the New Zealand Commerce Commission.
A small change in the intact casein levels of processed cheese can lead to “significant variability” in finished product quality, industry research has found.
The second class action lawsuit in six months to question whether a Greek yogurt brand meets the legal standard of identity for yogurt in the US has been filed in California against Agri-Mark subsidiary Cabot.
UK processor and farmer representatives have settled on a code of best practice relating to milk supply contracts – the latest effort by the British dairy industry to rebuild relations tainted by this summer’s milk price protests.
In part two of his August US dairy commodities breakdown, MilkPrice blogger John Geuss gives DairyReporter.com the latest on cheese demand and a look ahead to September and beyond.
US yogurt giant Chobani has set its sights on UK Greek yogurt category domination and is aiming to mirror its impressive US yogurt market achievements.
Arla Foods UK has increased the standard price it pays to dairy farmers for milk and adopted a new, more transparent milk pricing and sourcing model in an effort to “build confidence in the British dairy industry.”
