This week our guests on the podcast are Jeff Doucette, general manager of Field Agent Canada; Gil de Cardenas, CEO of Cacique; and Dr Arie Abo, PhD, co-founder of Imagindairy.
Global food giants and a group of UK supermarkets have teamed up with food and environmental scientists to form a new non-profit organization to issue front-of-pack environmental scores on food products from this September.
Access to Nutrition Initiative (ATNI) has launched its fourth assessment of the marketing policies and practices of the world’s largest manufacturers of formulas and foods for infants and young children.
Despite all the unexpected challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, Germany’s largest dairy cooperative DMK Group said 2020 was a stable fiscal year.
The 22nd online dairy conference of the International Farm Comparison Network (IFCN) took place recently, with more than 1,000 dairy attendees from 81 countries.
SIG has launched an upgraded version of its CFA 724 filling machine, making it possible to fill two carton formats of the same base dimensions with a capacity of 24,000 packs an hour.
Israeli start-up Imagindairy, Ltd., is creating milk proteins that are indistinguishable from the real thing via a natural process of precision fermentation.
The American Dairy Coalition (ADC) said it is applauding Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) for ‘continuing to seek solutions and relief for dairy farmers.’
Royal DSM, a global science-based nutrition, health and sustainable living company, has launched Delvotest Accelerator Smart – a fully-automated system designed to be used in combination with DSM’s internationally validated Delvotest plates to optimize...
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...
Designed for the SME and dairy sector to offset inflation and farmgate price hikes – notably rising grain feed prices and higher production costs – Fortress Technology is launching its new Raptor Checkweigher at Foodex 2021.
Fonterra has announced an opening forecast Farmgate Milk Price range for the 2021/22 season of NZ$7.25 to NZ$8.75 per kgMS (US$5.29 to US$6.38), with a midpoint of NZ$8 per kgMS (US$5.84).
Having initially voted in favour of banning descriptive terms such as ‘buttery’ and ‘creamy’ for dairy-free products, the European Parliament has dropped Amendment 171.
Pascual, a Spanish manufacturer of dairy products and beverages, has launched Mylkcubator, the first global incubation program for cellular agriculture technologies in the dairy industry.
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%...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is urging dairy farmers and processors to be aware of their rights and obligations under the Dairy Code of Conduct ahead of the approaching June 1 deadline for publishing next financial year’s...
This week, we have conversations with Dr Ross Crittenden, Chr. Hansen’s senior director for commercial development; Molly Renaldo, Fair Trade USA partnerships manager; and Kimberly Carey Coffin, global technical director at Lloyd’s Register.
Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) has entered a partnership it says will provide access to a network of inventors and entrepreneurs tasked with providing marketplace solutions for industry challenges focused on health and sustainability.
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.
At its biannual General Assembly, which was a digital event this spring, the long-term survival of European milk production was the main topic for the producers coming together as members of the European Milk Board (EMB).
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...
Neogen Corporation has made its Neogen Analytics environmental monitoring program (EMP) available to qualified food and beverage manufacturers for a full year, at no cost.
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...
Parag Milk Foods Limited, a dairy-FMCG company in India, has announced plans to raise Rs. 316 crores ($431m) by way of preferential issue of equity shares, foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCB) and the issue of convertible warrants.
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...
The United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) has announced the funding of six joint research projects between researchers from the UAEU and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
A group consisting of the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and NGOs working to improve infant and young child nutrition said it is disappointed by the response of manufacturers of breastmilk substitutes (BMS) to its global Call to Action.
In 2019, Arla decided to have its environmental, social and governance performance (ESG) externally verified. The company said this demonstrates ESG performance and financial performance are equally important.
Bel Brands USA has announced a new program in partnership with Land O'Lakes, Inc. to implement and measure sustainable agriculture practices that promote soil health and reduce greenhouse gas emissions on one of its supplying dairy farms.
Last year, the Irish dairy industry navigated arguably the hardest operating climate it has experienced since WWII, with the pandemic wreaking damage, and disruption across key industries and markets.
