FlexLink has received orders from Dutch company - Melk Controle
Station for a turnkey automation installations due to be delivered
at the beginning of next year.
Cermex has announced that its CCO diagonal flight bar technology
has been adapted to help dairy industry specialists to collate
mini-brick bundles at speeds of 32,000 cartons per hour in order to
match the output of next generation...
The latest visit to Mintel's Global New Products Database shows no
slowdown in the number of innovative dairy-based food products
being launched across the world - cheesy ice cream being just one
of them.
In the US, Alcoa Closure Systems International has launched a
screw-on/screw-off dairy closure, which is said to provide extra
safe sealing ability for liquid dairy products.
Swiss co-operative retailer Migros has cut the price of its leading
milk brand Past to reflect recent cuts in the cost of milk
introduced by its suppliers and remain competitive.
Dr Pepper, the Cadbury subsidiary which claims to be the biggest
non-cola soft drink producer in the US, is the latest company to
see the potential of milk, launching a range of flavoured milk
drinks under the Raging Cow brand and...
The post-Christmas period is often one of reflection, not least
regarding all those extra kilos we put on from eating too much. But
as the Mintel Global New Product Database shows, there is little
chance to lose some weight with a...
Britvic is to launch Freekee Soda in the UK, a brand that is
claimed to offer a 'unique' drinking experience using a combination
of milk and fruit juice that is carbonated.
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.