Dutch-based food research company NIZO has organised the third in a
series of meetings on key topics in dairy and food science.
'Dynamics of Taste, Texture & Perception' aims to present the
most recent developments in...
With the booming trend in health products, and dairy manufacturers
under pressure to innovate, there is an impressive number of
healthy dairy products being launched each month. We take a look at
some of the latest entries, from market...
In the first six weeks on sale in Sweden, the lactose-free milk
drink from Finland's Valio group has far exceeded even the
company's most optimistic expectations. Full year sales could be as
much as five times greater than...
Swiss Company Tetra Pak has had its first aseptic filling
technology for the production of HPDE bottles, primarily for dairy
applications, approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.
Scientists in the US have found strong evidence linking a lack of
vitamin D and calcium with tooth loss in the elderly. They say that
those who do not get the recommended daily amount of the nutrients
are almost 20 per cent more likely...
Just switching the cheese in one's diet to a vegetable oil-based
cheese may significantly reduce cholesterol levels in people
affected by moderately raised cholesterol, report Finnish
researchers.
Spanish food equipment manufacturer, Tarre, in collaboration with
the Public University of Navarre has built a prototype for cooling
milk using energy from the sun.
Danish food and beverage analysis provider, Foss, has launched the
MilkoScan Minor, a simple solution for milk composition analysis
that is said to reduce analysis time across a range of testing
parameters.
Finnish dairy company Valio is launching its patented lactose-free
milk in Sweden, following the success of the product on the home
market. The company claims that unlike low-lactose milk, its
lactose-free milk tastes exactly the...
Valio, Finland's leading developer and marketer of milk-based food
products, and Huhtamaki, one of the world's largest consumer
packaging specialists, are to co-operate further in order to
develop better packaging.
Swiss Dairy Foods, which went into receivership in September, has
announced that production and marketing of speciality dairy
products under the Toni brand will be transferred to fellow Swiss
dairy group LRG.
The financial collapse of Swiss Dairy Foods - or perhaps simply the
fact that the Swiss group's know-how is no longer needed - has
prompted Spain's biggest food group Ebro Puleva to end its joint
venture with the company...
US flavoured milks company Bravo! Foods International has
introduced Slammers Reduced Fat Fortified Milk, its first
nutritionally enriched flavoured milk range.
While the Greeks may be rejoicing that the EU has finally granted
PDO status to their feta cheese, producers elsewhere in the Union
are preparing to fight the decision - including one small producer
in the north of England.
Danone might have failed to prevent Leche Pascual calling its
long-life desserts 'yoghurts' but the French group has successfully
prevented the company from registering with the Spanish yoghurt
producers' association...
A bottle of milk at 85p? Sounds outrageous, but that is the likely
retail price for a nwe 'designer' milk drink, called M, which is
set for launch in the UK later in the year.
Last week's InterMopro show in Duesseldorf was the ideal platform
for Germany's leading dairy group, Alois Mueller, to launch a range
of new products, including one which it claims is truly unique.
Feta cheese is the latest food product to be protected by EU law,
joining the ranks of Champagne, parma ham or Newcastle Brown Ale.
The ruling that only Greece makes real feta cheese is a major blow
for producers in Denmark, where...
The InterMopro dairy show in Duesseldorf this week was the ideal
platform for Dutch dairy group to showcase a number of new products
destined for the German market. The company is also planning to
quicken the pace of the introduction...
Italian food group Parmalat has been busy this week. Not only has
it opened its first bottled water bottling plant in the Canadian
province of Quebec, it has also begun legal proceedings against
Agrinove over an alleged copyright...
Leading European dairy processor Mueller is to install a new
filling line at its Leppersdorf dairy manufacturing facility in
Eastern Germany. The company hopes to eventually create an extra
100,000 tonnes of production capacity for...
The high cost of labour in the Netherlands has prompted dairy group
Campina to close down one production facility and transfer
production to other sites, including one in Germany where the costs
are much lower.
Major feed producer Sichuan New Hope Agribusiness has said it is
investing 16 million yuan (€2m) in a dairy processing joint venture
in northern China.
Unilever Bestfoods is to extend its Flora Pro-Activ brand into
yoghurt and milk in an attempt to meet consumers' growing demand
for health-driven food products.
Fords Packaging Systems of Bedford, UK, has just installed three
high speed capping presses and twelve cap chutes and cap appliers
for Morningstar Foods in Virginia, US.
Japan's beleaguered Snow Brand Milk Products has unveiled the
specifics of a milk joint venture with several partners, including
agricultural associations.
Indonesian instant noodle producer Indofood Sukses Makmur has
delayed the construction of a milk plant in East Java, worth $36
million, because the company claims it wants to focus on its core
noodle manufacturing business.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Mead Johnson
Nutritionals clearance to introduce a third product in the Enfamil
Lipil line. Enfamil EnfaCare Lipil infant formula contains DHA and
ARA and will be available in the...
It is just two months since Uniq, the UK-based convenience food
producer, announced that it was putting its St Ivel yoghurt
business up for sale, but a buyer has already been found in the
form of Danone, the French dairy, biscuits...
Signs that the functional food market is gaining ground were
revealed this week when the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA)
announced it is considering a 'novel food' application by a food
manufacturer to market 'milk and...
A small-scale dairy producer in Wisconsin, US, has built a
state-of-the-art cheese-making facility that has turned a once
floundering business into a success.
Mayfield Dairy Farms, the US dairy and ice cream producer, is about
to introduce its new Clik-Top re-sealable carton for its
rectangular ice cream package.
Milk enriched with conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), a so-called
'good fat' which could help fight cancer and heart disease, could
soon be gracing supermarket shelves, say scientists in Canada.
Gregg Engles, chairman and chief executive officer of Dean Foods,
the biggest US dairy processor, has said he is confident that the
recent acquisition of soy food producer White Wave will prove an
excellent investment as the market...
Sargento, the US-based cheese producer, has managed to achieve
double digit sales growth thanks in part to its prize winning
packaging concept.. The company's director of new products, Brad
Rostowfske, discusses the story behind...
Children who drink flavoured milk drink more milk and therefore
have higher calcium intakes than those who do not, finds a study
published this week. And contrary to popular belief, the beverages
do not raise levels of fat and sugar...
Benecol, the range of cholesterol-lowering products created by the
Finnish group Raisio, is to become available in a number of new
markets following key distribution agreements.
Horizon Organic of Colorado, USA, claims it is the first company to
launch an organic flavoured milk in a single-serve format using a
Tetra Prisma aseptic carton from Tetra Pak
Anglo-Dutch consumer products group Unilever said on Thursday it
plans to open 75 Ben & Jerry's stores in Spain as a first step
to expand the ice cream maker's presence in Europe.
The potential health promoting characteristics of tomatoes have led
to a steady increase in the inclusion of the tomato carotenoid
lycopene as a food colour and a functional food ingredient.
Nestlé sweetened its position as one of the world's largest
ice-cream makers on Thursday by agreeing to pay General Mills $641m
for the 50 per cent stake of Ice Cream Partners USA it did not
already own.
