In the latest briefs, Ecolab steps up its presence in diary
hygiene, Graham Packaging targets dairy demand in Turkey, and UK
cheese manufacturers get into the Christmas spirit.
Givaudan Flavors has extended its natural flavors range with the
introduction of a series of proprietary ingredients that provide a
variety of unique cheese characteristics to food products.
First Milk, a leading UK dairy cooperative, announced that the
company is considering developing its production facilities
for higher value dairy goods.
A three-year project designed to test the safety of producing
cheese from unpasteurised milk has been announced by the
Campden Chorleywood Food Research Association (CCFRA).
Production of goat's cheese is off the menu for European dairy
cooperative Campina, as it moves to focus instead on manufacturing
semi-hard varieties of the product made from cow's milk.
Food waste left over from cheese processing could soon be as much
of a money-spinner as the finished product itself under a new
scheme being trialled in the US.
Arla Foods will further reduce its stake in the cheese
market with the announcement today of the sale of its Delimo
import arm to France-based Lactalis.
In this weeks round-up, some of France's leading dairy group's
continue to rack up their prices amidst increasing dairy costs, the
EU stands up for Staffordshire and cheese may be the new rock and
roll.
UK consumers are increasingly patriotic about
their cheese, as regional British varieties of the product are
beginning to outsell continental rivals in the country, according
to new research out today.
Italian cheese producer Biraghi's battle to keep a geographically
protected trademark for its products has gone sour after the a EU
court rejected its claims yesterday.
A cheese containing a Chr Hansen probiotic has been launched in
Italy, a move which reinforces the growing trend for
companies to use probiotics outside of the traditional yoghurt pot.
