Dairy Beverages

Tetra Pak to expand in Brazil.

‘China & South America growth offset by decline in Europe’

Tetra Pak to expand in South America

By Jenny Eagle

Tetra Pak released its 2013 net sales today announcing a 3.5% growth and a 15% rise in capital equipment, which saw more than 580 filling machines installed globally, led by a demand in Greater China and Central and South America. 

Beverage & Dairy Treatment 2014: Free Online Event!

GEA PROCOMAC, AVURE, COCA-COLA HELLENIC, REFRESCO-GERBER

Beverage & Dairy Treatment 2014: Free Online Event!

By Ben BOUCKLEY

Join us on March 20 for a free online event devoted to filling technologies including aseptic, ESL and high pressure processing (HPP) that also teases out their packaging and branding implications

UK wasn't ready for Upbeat 5-years ago: Volac chief

INSIDE...VOLAC

UK wasn't ready for Upbeat 5-years ago: Volac chief

By Mark ASTLEY

British consumers would “absolutely not” have been ready for a product like Upbeat - Volac's liquid whey protein concentrate, fruit juice hybrid - five-years ago, the company’s human nutrition chief has claimed.

The Dematic Put Wall

OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY MONTH

Nestlé cuts 35% operational costs with Dematic

By Jenny Eagle

Dematic, which supplies logistics systems for the factory, warehouse and distribution center, has cut 35% operational costs at Nestlé’s Anderson, Indiana plant in the US thanks to its Automated Storage/Retrieval System (ASRS).

Rip that top off your Tetra Pak!

Rip that top off your Tetra Pak!

By Ben BOUCKLEY

Tetra Pak has launched its Tetra Top with Separable Top globally after successful trials in Scandinavia but admits its consumer reception will vary according to the local recycling culture.

Tetra Pak, Moerdijk to close.

215 jobs will be axed by the end of 2014

Tetra Pak to close Netherlands factory

By Jenny Eagle

Tetra Pak will close a factory in Moerdijk, The Netherlands, at the end of the year, axing 215 jobs.

WhiteWave is entering the Chinese dairy field by partnering with Mengniu China Dairy.

WhiteWave jumps into Chinese dairy market

By Jenni Spinner

WhiteWave Foods Co. is joining forces with China Mengniu Dairy Co. to help quench the country’s growing thirst for milk and other dairy products.

Got Chocolate Milk? Olympic campaign will 'extend product equity'

Got Chocolate Milk? Olympic campaign will 'extend product equity'

By Mark ASTLEY

The new Built with Chocolate Milk campaign, the flavored, mustache-free sister of Got Milk?, will provide the US dairy industry with an opportunity to develop the "brand and nutritional equity" of milk, the organisation behind it has claimed.

‘Simply the best’? Industry leaders deliver Drinktec 2013 verdict

DRINKTEC 2013: gea group: 'NOTHING COMPARes IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY'

‘Simply the best’? Industry leaders deliver Drinktec 2013 verdict

By Ben BOUCKLEY

Drinktec’s organizers claim that the trade show is ‘simply the best’ after almost 70,000 visitors attended the show, which won glowing reviews from GEA, Ecolab, Döhler and Gebo Cermex.

Simon Coveney, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH IRISH AGRICULTURE MINISTER

Irish minister commits to growing dairy production by 50% in 5 years

By Fiona Barry

Enda Kenny, Ireland’s Prime Minister, and Simon Coveney, the Irish Minister for Agriculture said the country will take advantage of changes to Europe’s CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) which will allow increased dairy production.

Calcium, vitamin D opportunity grows as osteoporosis prevalence rises

Calcium, vitamin D opportunity grows as osteoporosis prevalence rises

By Hank Schultz

Osteoporosis continues to be a silent killer. A major fracture can be the start of a fatal cascade for an older patient, yet the majority of elderly patients still do not receive a bone density test after an initial fracture, according to The National...

Stealing the show: Added value dairy drinks at Drinktec 2013

DRINKTEC 2013: WHAT CAUGHT OUR EYE AT THE SHOW

Stealing the show: Added value dairy drinks at Drinktec 2013

By Ben BOUCKLEY

Ben Bouckley and Mark Astley from BeverageDaily.com and DairyReporter.com chat about technology and trends at Drinktec 2013, including the show’s growing international focus and the trend towards added-value dairy beverages.

KHS: PET milk bottle demand driving aseptic tech interest

DRINKTEC 2013: LIVE FROM THE SHOW FLOOR

KHS: PET milk bottle demand driving aseptic tech interest

By Mark ASTLEY

Speaking with DairyReporter.com at drinktec 2013 about its new Innosept Asbofill ASR machine, KHS pinpointed increasing demand from liquid milk processors for PET packaging as a key driver of fresh interest in aseptic filling technology.

Lights, Camera, Drinktec TV! Machine trends and ingredients insight

Drinktec 2013: Live from the show floor

'Lights, Camera, Drinktec TV!' Machine trends and ingredients insight

By Ben BOUCKLEY

DrinkTec TV introduces the European Beer Star award winners, discusses 2013 launches for Europe's oldest soft drinks brand, Sinalco, then hones in on ingredients, talking natural colors with Dohler and the intriguing use of 'audio branding'...

Krones shakes up sterilization technology with new aseptic filler

DRINKTEC 2013: LIVE FROM THE SHOW FLOOR

Krones shakes up sterilization technology with new aseptic filler

By Ben BOUCKLEY

Krones senior project engineer, Fabian Schneider, explains why the firm's Contiform AseptBloc aseptic filler launched at Drinktec 2013 breaks new ground - saving time, energy and media by sterilizing preforms rather than finished PET bottles.