All news articles for July 2018

Keytone introduced its KeyDairy Goat Milk Powder in May, initially selling into the Chinese market through the online retailer JD.com,

Keytone Dairy completes fund raising for ASX IPO

By Jim Cornall

New Zealand based manufacturer, packer and exporter of powdered dairy products Keytone Dairy Corporation Ltd has raised A$15m (US$11.1m) as part of its initial public offering (IPO) to facilitate an Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) listing.

In order to connect the Emmi site in Suhr to the district heating network, a new, underground pipeline will be built by 2020.

Emmi’s Mittelland Molkerei on the path to carbon neutrality

By Jim Cornall

Swiss dairy company Emmi has committed to reducing its global CO2 emissions by 25% by 2020. With the connection of Mittelland Molkerei in Suhr to the local district heating network, the company said it is taking a step towards achieving this target.

The transaction gives Arla Foods the rights to use the Yeo Valley brand in the UK for milk, butter, spreads and cheese under an intellectual property license with Yeo Valley.

Arla Foods UK and Yeo Valley partnership cleared

By Jim Cornall

Following the announcement in February this year of the partnership between Arla Foods and Yeo Valley on liquid milk, butter and cheese, Arla Foods said it is pleased the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved the deal following a Phase...

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"We are very sorry about the difficulties that some parents have had," says Danone

Danone to investigate Aptamil formula complaints in UK

By Nathan Gray

Danone says it is looking into reports that its newly reformulated Aptamil baby milk formula is making some infants ill, after hundreds of complaints from parents in the UK.

The changes will be implemented in the coming months as system enhancements are completed. Pic: ©Getty Images/Free law

GDT Events make changes to encourage more supply

By Jim Cornall

The GDT (Global Dairy Trade) Events Oversight Board has approved two rule changes to encourage a wider range of sellers to offer dairy ingredients on the auction platform to expand the breadth of regional published prices.

Laemme’s laboratory has two offices; the secondary facility in Moretta, is dedicated to tests on raw milk and dairy products.

Tentamus takes over Laemmegroup

By Jim Cornall

German safety company Tentamus Group has acquired Italian agrifood service firm Laemmegroup, which includes dairy applications in its portfolio.

The AVH dairy office in Bergen, a coastal town north of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

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Emmi increases stake in Dutch company AVH

By Jim Cornall

Swiss dairy company Emmi has held a stake in the goat’s and sheep’s milk product trader AVH dairy trade B.V. (AVH), based in Bergen, the Netherlands, since January 2013, and is now increasing its stake from 75% to 90%.

Fluid milk sales are down, but cheese, butter, ready-to-drink coffee sales are up

Got milk? Yes, but not as we used to know it, Jim

By Elaine Watson

While sales of plain dairy milk have been declining for years, and US yogurt production has dropped off after peaking in 2014, new data shows the continued growth of cheese, butter, and ready-to-drink coffee, yogurt drinks and protein beverages featuring...

VELV-TOP BL PB1 complements the range of LSC Penicillium and Geotrichum products for the production of soft bloomy rind cheeses.

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Lallemand Specialty Cultures adds new blend of strains for cheese

By Jim Cornall

Canadian company Lallemand Specialty Cultures (LSC) has added a new product for makers of soft bloomy rind cheeses with the launch of the VELV-TOP BL PB1: a blend of strains from the company’s cell bank that includes more than a thousand lactic, surface...

Dean Foods invested in Good Karma in May 2017, and has now increased its stake to become the majority shareholder.

Dean Foods becomes majority shareholder of Good Karma

By Jim Cornall

US food manufacturer Dean Foods Company has increased its ownership percentage and taken a majority stake in Good Karma Foods, the leading brand of flaxseed-based milk and yogurt alternatives.

Synlait is aiming to become a Certified B Corporation.

Synlait looks to sustainable future

By Jim Cornall

New Zealand’s Synlait Milk has committed to reducing its environmental impact over the next decade by targeting key areas of its value chain.

Teresa Hicks and Darren Sagrera, Mountain Milk’s newest cooperative members.

Australia’s newest cooperative open for business

By Jim Cornall

Mountain Milk Co-op, Australia’s newest dairy cooperative, started trading Sunday July 1, offering a new start for a group of committed dairy farmers in the Kiewa Valley of north-east Victoria.