This week’s Dairy Dialog podcast features three interviews: with research scientist Lotte Neergaard Jacobsen from Arla Food Ingredients on infant formula ingredients concepts; John Farrand, managing director of The Guild of Fine Food on the World Cheese...
UK green technology company Food Forward Ltd, supported by researchers at the University of Surrey, has been awarded £60,000 ($79,000) of funding from Innovate UK to build out its data platform for the UK dairy industry.
Following the example of many other high-profile companies, Ben & Jerry’s has announced plans to combat the environmental effects of single-use plastic. It will be removed from its Scoop Shop locations worldwide by the end of 2020.
Nestlé has become a founding partner and investor in Terracycle’s Loop, a circular economy shopping platform, launching its first product on its website, Häagen-Dazs ice cream.
A new make-your-own nut-based milk alternative is hitting the market this month. Modest Mylk is a nut paste sold in glass jars designed to blend with water into a ‘milk-like’ beverage, which the company says is more sustainable and affordable than conventional...
The US government’s partial shutdown has entered its fifth week without a compromise in sight. Dairy farmers, producers and consumers alike are being impacted by the USDA’s and FDA’s limited resources in the interim.
The EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health has published a report, Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems, which is delivering the first full scientific review of what constitutes a healthy...
The Idaho Dairymen's Association (IDA) on-site education and training program for dairy farmers that includes animal handling, safety regulations and injury prevention is now rolling out to the rest of the country.
Grocery chain Lidl UK has announced it has launched a Grassroots Dairy Partnership, with Müller Milk & Ingredients, which marks the latest development in their work together to secure a sustainable end-to-end dairy supply chain, from the grassroots...
Light protection services and certification company Noluma has released new research that tackles the effects of light exposure on milk and other dairy products. Vitamin A, vitamin D and riboflavin levels in milk all begin to deplete after just two hours.
The US is close to passing a landmark $867bn farm bill after months of negotiation and compromise. It has already passed the Senate and the House and is expected to be signed into law by President Donald Trump within the coming days.
The UK government is investing £60 million (€67.5m) to projects turning food and farming waste into sustainable plastic but is calling on industry to provide “significant co-investment”.
New analysis from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) demonstrates a decrease in dairy emissions intensity. The study was commissioned by the Dairy Sustainability Framework (DSF).
Regular attendees of the International Dairy Federation (IDF) World Dairy Summits are set to rack up the air miles as the venues for the 2022 and 2023 have been announced.
A group of business leaders is urging the UK government to aim for net zero emissions by 2050, with Coca-Cola European Partners, Unilever and Danone among the signatories.
Food waste has become a huge topic in the sustainability side of the food industry in the past few years, alongside safe ingredients, plastic use and greenhouse gas emissions.
Constantia Flexibles has launched Ecolutions packaging line, which it claims is more sustainable because its Mono PE laminate EcoLam is lightweight, and its OPE/PE structure is fully recyclable.
Rude Health co-owner Nick Barnard talks about the challenges and hurdles he overcame to launch his food lifestyle brand, claiming people are more promiscuous than ever about their shopping habits, and businesses need sustainable friendships and relationships...
This week’s Dairy Dialog podcast explores the recently-announced potential for tax on plastics in the UK, with an in-depth and far-reaching interview with PFF Packaging Group’s Kenton Robbins, and the expansion of Morelli’s, a fast-growing ice-cream company...
The ReWall Company is opening a new facility in Colorado that will turn recycled food and beverage cartons into building and construction materials. It will serve the western US and ‘significantly expand’ end markets for the cartons.
Processing and packaging manufacturer Tetra Pak has released its 20th annual sustainability report, which gives a comprehensive look at the company and how it protects ‘food, people and futures’ in the realm of packaging sustainability.
This week’s podcast includes interviews with Graham Wilkinson, head of agriculture at Arla Foods UK and strategic lead for the Arla UK 360 program, Lycored head of marketing (food) Christiane Lippert on cheese colors, and Epi Ingredients marketing manager...
Dairy cooperative Arla Foods UK is launching ‘Arla UK 360’, which it claims is a new standard in UK dairy farming with an approach to benefit everyone, and Aldi has become the first supermarket to jump on board.
Cheer Pack North America will feature its flexible, spouted pouch solutions and new pilot filler at Pack Expo International next week in Chicago. The stand-up pouches are eco-friendly and create up to 93% less greenhouse gas emissions compared to some...
A new device that detects processing losses in dairy plants could save the industry millions of dollars a year and help prevent pollutants from entering waterways, according to the company that developed it.
Land O'Lakes International Development has been awarded funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support new agricultural capacity building and food safety programs in Georgia,...
This week’s podcast features an interview with Paul Sweeting, director strategic marketing at Elopak, which has just launched new aseptic Pure-Pak cartons with natural brown board.
European recycling technology and laws against single-use plastic have led to an increased awareness in Japan, particularly among the retail and food service industries, says JPI (Japan Packaging Institute).
This week’s Dairy Dialog podcast coincides with Recycle Week 2018 in the UK, and features an interview with Iain Clunie, food and drink program manager at Zero Waste Scotland, and a look at the Latin American infant formula market, with Dr Sigalit Zchut...
Horst Bittermann made his debut as president of Pro Carton at the ECMA (European Carton Makers Association) Congress (September 20-21) in Riga, Latvia, this year, taking over from Roland Rex who stood down in June after eight years.
The Plastic Soup Foundation has partnered with VU University Amsterdam (Free University) on a three-year project to analyse the direct effects of plastics and additives in plastic.
Japan will highlight the need to put the environment at the heart of packaging design at this year’s Tokyo Pack 2018 at Tokyo Big Sight International Exhibition Center (October 2-5).
Brexit, the Circular Economy, plastic waste and digital technology are some of the highlights at this year’s ECMA (European Carton Makers Association) Congress.
Truly Grass Fed (TGF) - a natural dairy ingredients range from Glanbia Ireland - has recently been Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW), the leading animal welfare label in North America (and now operating in Europe).
More than half of consumers in the UK and a third in the US are in favor of a tax on all plastic packaging on food products, according to Ingredient Communications.
