All news articles for April 2018

Sinéad Mackey, technical validation manager at AnaBio, explains some of the technology used at the company.

AnaBio officially opens new facility

By Jim Cornall

Irish company AnaBio Technologies LTD, which specializes in encapsulation using natural food proteins, opened its new facility in Carrigtwohill, near Cork, Ireland recently.

The government funding will allow ADL to invest in the infrastructure and innovation to grow and diversify. Pic: ©Getty Images/Elenathewise

Canadian dairy cooperative ADL receives funding for modernization

By Jim Cornall

Canadian cooperative Amalgamated Dairies Ltd (ADL) has received a C$5.4m (US$4.3m) investment to modernize its Summerside, Prince Edward Island, operation, with the aim of reducing production costs, increasing the volume of milk it buys from dairy producers...

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Sweden to investigate low uptake of Keyhole logo

By Niamh Michail

Sweden's National Food Agency will investigate why many manufacturers choose not to add the free-to-use, healthy eating Keyhole logo to their products despite being eligible.

Fonterra’s programme manager nutrition and health, James Dekker.

NZMP to participate in five-year gut-brain study

By Jim Cornall

NZMP SureStart, the global B2B paediatric ingredients brand of Fonterra, is joining Smarter Lives, a five-year research programme to investigate how nutrition impacts the gut-brain axis.

3 reasons people take probiotics: maintaining health; promoting health; and reducing the risk of disease. Pic:Getty/chombosan

Guest article

‘Demand for probiotics is increasing significantly’

By Aslam Shaikh, senior research analyst, MarketsandMarkets

While dairy has traditionally been the most common format for probiotic products, the non-dairy beverages segment is expected to growth at a CAGR of 9.6% from 2017 – 2022. With a rise of more than 30% in sales of refrigerated probiotics drinks and juices...

Based on feedback from dairy producers, Congress made several changes to MPP-Dairy in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. Pic: ©Getty Images/steverts

USDA sets enrollment period for improved dairy safety net tool

By Jim Cornall

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue is encouraging dairy producers to consider enrolling in the new and improved Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy), which will provide better protections for dairy producers from shifting milk and feed...

The new range retains the same environmental credentials as the rest of the Tetra Pak portfolio.

Tetra Pak launches new packaging material effects​

By Jim Cornall

Tetra Pak has launched a suite of new packaging material effects, known as Tetra Pak Artistry, which the company said will help food and beverage producers revitalize the look and feel of their products.

Saputo said it would divest the Koroit plant within a specified period to a buyer that will be approved by the ACCC. PIc: ©Getty Images/JohnCamemolla

Saputo takeover of Murray Goulburn gets ACCC green light

By Jim Cornall

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has said it will not oppose Saputo’s proposed acquisition of Murray Goulburn’s assets, after accepting a court-enforceable undertaking from Saputo to divest Murray Goulburn’s Koroit plant.

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ENEA and Granarolo launch low-sugar lactose-free milk

By Jim Cornall

From a collaboration between ENEA and Gruppo Granarolo, one of the leading dairy brand in Italy, comes G+milk, which the company says is easily digestible, lactose free and with 30% less sugar than whole milk.

Coveris Americas manufactures flexible plastic and paper products, including rollstock, bags and pouches, coextruded films, shrink films, coated substrates and labels.

Transcontinental acquires Coveris Americas

By Jim Cornall

Canadian company Transcontinental Inc. has agreed to acquire the business of Coveris Americas, a business held by Coveris Holdings S.A., a portfolio company of Sun Capital Partners, Inc., for US$1.32bn.

March was a busy month for launches in dairy aisles around the globe. Pic: ©Getty Images/piixypeach

March: What's new in the dairy aisles?

By Mary Ellen Shoup and Jim Cornall

It's time for our monthly round-up of some of the new products being launched in the dairy aisles around the world.

L. monocytogenesis a pathogenic bacterium that can cause listeriosis, a rare but potentially life-threatening illness. Pic: ©Getty Images/KatarzynaBialasiewicz

New York raw milk cheese company ordered to stop sales

By Jim Cornall

A New York raw milk cheese company, Vulto Creamery LLC (Walton, N.Y.), whose products were linked to a multi-state outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes, has been ordered by a federal court not to manufacture its ready-to-eat aged soft, semi-soft and hard...