Wrangling between the UK dairy industry and the country's food
watchdog is set to continue over salt slashing targets, after both
failed to reach an agreement to cut salt in blue cheese.
UK processor Dairy Crest has been fined £17,000 after food hygiene
authorities found mouse droppings on bottles of milk and packs of
cheese at one of its distribution depots.
Britain's blended cheese sector has seen a flutter of activity from
big dairy processors this January as they attempt to lure consumers
increasingly willing to trade up for their dairy.
Lactalis, France's largest dairy processor, has carried its
wheeling and dealing on into 2006 after signing a deal to buy
Italian cheese producer Galbani.
Lancashire will soon become the latest British cheese to get a
marketing makeover as Britons renew their interest in regional
cheeses and trade up for variety.
The E-coli food alert on some French camembert brands has been
extended to more products in the UK, as the country's food watchdog
says batches may have found their way on to food fairs and farmers'
markets.
A dangerous strain of E-coli is feared to have contaminated
camembert cheese sold by more than a 100 British retailers,
including supermarket chain Waitrose, said the country's food
watchdog late Monday.
Early success for Fonterra's chocolate-flavoured cheese in Taiwan
has the firm planning to expand the product across Asia in an
attempt to "re-define cheese".
Eating cheese before you go to bed will not give you nightmares but
different varieties could help you choose the dreams you do want to
have, says a study by the British Cheese Board.
Russian packager and food producer Nevskie Syry has launched a new
line of cheese packaging using inert gases that it says can
significantly extend products' shelf-life.
A proposal to alter the recipe for cheesemaking to include the use
of ultrafiltered milk got a step closer to becoming a reality with
its initial publication for comment by the Food and
DrugAdministration (FDA).
A next-generation enzyme solution that increases mozzarella yields
for dairy firms is the first major launch to emerge from
ground-breaking collaboration between top ingredients firms Chr
Hansen and Novozymes.
A tutti-frutti-flavoured cheese culture will be launched by leading
ingredients firm Danisco as flavour becomes increasingly important
for dairy firms looking to add value to their products.
Feeding cows sunflower oil more than doubled levels of conjugated
linoleic acids in cheese made from their milk, says new research,
improving the fatty acids' potential in functional dairy
development.
Australia has lifted its ban on France's famous Roquefort cheese
after more than 10 years of safety worries, offering hope of a
change in fortunes for speciality cheese down-under.
Kraft Foods, one of the world's largest food producers, has begun
selling melted cheese in Russia and has an aggressive expansion
plan to become a leading player within seven years.
Under an agreement with Aviso Packaging, Outlook Group will market
a new technology designed for the wrapping of cheese with a
thinner, tougher material, the company claims.
Cheese capable of surviving in vacuum packs for long enough to feed
cosmonauts in space has been developed by the Russian Ostankino
Dairy and may offer opportunities to improve shelf-life on Russia's
soaring cheese market, reports...
Emmi, the Swiss publicly-traded dairy company, has hailed its 2004
full-year results as "encouraging", despite posting
operating profit growth below analysts' expectations, Tom
Armitage reports.
Scanvaegt claims that a major Dutch dairy has been able to reduce
the average giveaway on its foiled cheese batching operations to as
little as 1g per 10 kg batch through the installation of automated
cheese batching equipment.
Russia draws the wrath of the dairy exporting community, after
imposing a duty hike of more than 100 per cent on hard cheese
imports, Tom Armitage reports.
Chr Hansen plans to use this year's Cheese Industry Conference to
showcase the technology that it believes can improve production for
high volume manufacturers, Philippa Nuttall reports.
Several leading figures in the UK dairy sector have had an
industry-wide plan to lower salt levels in cheese approved by the
Food Standards Agency (FSA), but is this simply a token gesture to
appease healthy food campaigners, Tom...
South Africa has slapped an import tariff on Irish cheese, alleging
that dumping has priced domestic cheese producers out of the market
and also led to a 15 per cent fall in milk prices, Tom Armitage
reports.
Cheese manufacturers operating in the UK's £2.6 billion cheese
market could benefit from increased product diversity on the
supermarket shelves, finds a recent industry - consumer event
organised by dairy ingredients firm DSM,...
Global cheese prices rose to new highs last year and are expected
to remain firm this year, backed by strong demand in consuming
regions and stagnant output among exporting countries such as
Australia, reports Anand Krishnamoorthy.
Danish-Swedish dairy co-operative Arla Foods has announced it is to
cease operations at one of its Danish cheese warehouses as a result
of flagging sales of its hard and semi-hard yellow cheeses,
reports Tom Armitage.
UK-based The Cheese Company has invested in a cheese tower capable
of a throughput of up to seven tonnes per hour - something that the
manufacturer claims is a first for the industry.
Fonterra, the New Zealand dairy co-operative, has announced it is
to sell off its under-performing Mexican cheese division, in
keeping with its long-term strategy to move away from
commodification, Tom Armitage reports.
Lactalis USA, a subsidiary of French dairy group Lactalis,
announced earlier this week that it has acquired Rondelé Specialty
Foods, a US manufacturer of spreadable cheeses, in a deal which
will position it as the leading speciality...
Dairy science moves closer to providing dairy food manufacturers
with improved flavour profiles as researchers in the UK use human
and electronic noses to identify the smelliest cheeses, writes
Lindsey Partos.
A German dairy processor has attempted to shake up the complacency
of the sector by investing in more innovative packaging and
aggressively seeking to modernise its production operations.
Arla Foods, the Danish-Swedish dairy co-operative, has announced
that its Canadian subsidiary has acquired the National Cheese
Company, a Canadian manufacturer of speciality cheeses, in a bid to
cash in on the continuing popularity...
One of the leading UK milk co-operatives, Dairy Farmers of Great
Britain, has announced it is to launch a new line of Cadog branded
Welsh cheddar cheese, supported by a line of bilingual packaging.
But will niche brand status alone...
Cheese makers could enjoy a rise in yields as Danish enzyme giant
Novozymes links up with cultures leader Chr Hansen in a joint
project to develop new enzymes for cheese production,writes
Lindsey Partos.
US cheese consumption is rising faster than ever before, helped by
a growing interest in speciality cheeses as varied as Parmesan and
Provolone, reports Tom Armitage.
Cheese makers could improve the end product as new DNA tools lead
French scientists to identify that refrigerating raw milk for as
little as 24 hours can cut levels of bacteria responsible for the
development of desirable qualities...
Britain boasts more than 400 different varieties of cheese, but the
UK has never been particularly known for its goat's cheese - until
now. Goat's cheese is now so popular, claims supermarket group
Tesco, that goat farmers...
Denmark-based Damrow, part of the Carlisle Process Systems (CPS)
group, has installed an 18,000-litre enclosed cottage cheese vat
(ECCV) at Arla Foods' production facility in Skovde, Sweden.