Sealed Air has evolved its range of thermoformable food packaging webs and made them recycle-ready as it moves toward creating 100% recyclable or reusable packaging solutions.
Television cooking competitions are still popular, and the California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) has announced its inaugural foodservice competition, the final stage of which will be live online.
EarthFirst Films by Sidaplax, a global bioplastic film technology and manufacturing company, announces the successful completion of the first commercial run of PHA (Polyhydroxyalkanoate) home-compostable packaging film.
Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) has entered a partnership with Alamar Foods Company, which owns 455 Domino’s stores in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan.
Global packaging and paper group Mondi, along with cheese packaging company Hazeleger Kaas and brand owner Westland Kaas, have worked together to package the Dutch Maaslander brand in EnvelopeForm, a new fully recyclable polypropylene (PP) mono-material...
US based Ronin Equity Partners has acquired three specialty cheese companies: Red Apple Cheese, which produces smoked, flavored, and kosher specialty cheeses; Barron County Cheese, a smoker and co-packer for the specialty cheese industry; and Cheese Brothers,...
The IDF International Cheese Science and Technology Symposium is taking place this week, from June 7 to 11, 2021, alongside the Forum Techno Novalait on 8 and 10 June, 2021.
In its monthly update on the global dairy commodity markets, Maxum Foods said global market fundamentals remain mostly supportive of prices, as milk production in the northern hemisphere goes through its peak, while the improving Covid situation allows...
Canadian dairy company Saputo Inc. has announced two acquisitions, one in the dairy alternatives space and the other in value-added ingredients, at a cost of around C$187m (US$154m).
The first ever Affineur of the Year competition has been created in the UK by Devon-based cheesemaker, Quicke’s, and the Academy of Cheese, to help celebrate the art of maturing cheese.
This week we have conversations with Mike Leonard, Motif’s chief technology officer; Jing Hagert, VP of human nutrition ingredients sales for Milk Specialties Global; and Eugene Wang, co-founder and CEO of Sophie's Bionutrients.
The Consumer Council in Hong Kong has tested 40 varieties of cheese and found that despite 90% (36 samples) being high-protein and high-calcium foods, more than 70% (29 samples) were also high fat, more than 60% (25 samples) were high-sodium, and 45%...
Granarolo S.p.A. has acquired the remaining 49% of Granarolo UK Ltd to increase its share capital from 51% to 100% with a view to consolidating its presence in the UK.
Food technology company Motif FoodWorks has gained exclusive access to two technologies with the potential to transform the consumer experience with plant-based meat and cheese alternatives.
The second year of the Virtual Cheese Awards in association with Food and Drink Wales ended with La Fresca Margarita, a fresh young cow’s milk cheese produced by Feltham’s Farm named the Best British cheese.
Great Lakes Cheese (GLC) and the Development Corporation of Abilene (DCOA) have marked the official groundbreaking of a 286,500 square foot cheese packaging and distribution plant that is expected to employ 500 people in Abilene, Texas.
French dairy company the Bel Group has announced its intention to move towards a form of governance that separates the functions of chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer, which should lead Antoine Fiévet and the nomination committee...
An Taisce, the Irish National Trust, said it intends to seek leave to appeal the recent decision of the Irish High Court dismissing its challenge against the decision of An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission for the development of a cheese processing...
GEA has launched the new GEA OptiSlicer 6000, which includes a range of technological advancements to slice cheese products more efficiently, resulting in: higher productivity, less downtime, easier maintenance, the lowest possible total cost of operation...
Stage, a specialized growth venture fund that invests in technology enabled and consumer products businesses in need of capital and operating expertise, has acquired Haystack Mountain Creamery in Longmont, Colorado.
The Guild of Fine Food has announced the World Cheese Awards will be held in the Spanish Principality of Asturias this year, taking place in Oviedo on November 3.
There are three conversations on this week’s podcast: Richard Troman, senior development and application chef, Kerry Europe and Russia; Jimmy Robinson, owner of Robinson’s Ice Cream; and Moayad Abushokhedim, food scientist and founder of Fooditive.
For the production of spreadable and spoonable cheeses such as cream cheese, quark, greek yoghurt and skyr, GEA has added the KDB 3 separator as a new member to its GEA PureCon series, which includes self-cleaning separators, clarifying decanters and...
The Frischpack Group, comprising Frischpack GmbH in the Bavarian town of Mailling and Baackes & Heimes GmbH in Viersen, North Rhine-Westphalia, is continuing to invest in the future.
This week, we have conversations with Jon King, COO of Milk Moovement; Evandro Oliveira de Souza, business lead cheese at DSM Food Specialties; and Matt Baldock, business development manager for food packaging at Sealed Air. We also have our weekly look...
SI Foods Ltd, the majority shareholder of Dodoni SA, and CVC Capital Partners VII (CVC Fund VII) have agreed to the joint ownership of SI Foods Holding Ltd, with CVC Fund VII holding a majority interest.
Evandro Oliveira de Souza, business lead cheese at Netherlands-headquartered DSM Food Specialties, talked exclusively to DairyReporter about the challenges cheesemakers face when it comes to sustainability and reducing carbon footprints.
This week, we have three interviews, one of which has four guests, and another with two. We spoke with Zelica Carr, CEO of the Ice Cream Alliance; Gastón Paladini, Martín Salinas, Henk Hoogenkamp and Catalina Jones from Moolec Science; and Remi Reguero,...
Tetra Pak has developed 14 new Best Practice Lines (BPLs) for cheese manufacturers, the latest of which – specifically customized for cottage cheese – launched today.
We have three conversations on this week’s podcast. We spoke with Thereasa Black, founder and CEO of Bon AppéSweet; Craig Walker, director of product portfolio management at R.A Jones; and Professor Monique Raats at the University of Surrey in the UK.
Ingredion Incorporated, a global provider of ingredient solutions to the food and beverage industry, has acquired KaTech, a privately-held company headquartered in Lübeck, Germany, which provides advanced texture and stabilization solutions to the food...
German dairy company The Meggle Group GmbH, headquartered in Wasserburg am Inn, has acquired Stegmann Emmentaler Käsereien GmbH from French dairy cooperative Sodiaal.
In January 2021, Russian imports of dairy products were 10% lower compared to their level in 2020 for the same period and practically corresponded to the volume of imports in 2019.
This week, we have three interviews, and four guests. We have conversations with Fred Griemsmann, vice president cheese and powder systems at Tetra Pak, and Harald Mag, vice president, enterprise accounts, Rockwell Automation; Joe Heinzelmann, director...
