Campina, the international dairy food and ingredients group, is
mulling a formal co-operation with German company Strothmann in a
bid to increase its presence in the dairy dessert sector.
Swiss flavours company Givaudan has signed an agreement to acquire
International Bioflavors - a leading US producer of natural cheese
and dairy flavours.
Research carried out at the Texas A&M university shows how
increasing the pressure during the milk homogenisation process
could improve dairy industry consumer products of tomorrow, claim
scientists this week.
In the first six weeks on sale in Sweden, the lactose-free milk
drink from Finland's Valio group has far exceeded even the
company's most optimistic expectations. Full year sales could be as
much as five times greater than...
The price of dairy products across the globe are expected to rise
moderately over the course of the next few months due to the
prolonged drought in Australia.
Leading nutritional experts have called for new initiatives to
tackle iron deficiency among young children, citing dairy milk as a
cause of iron deficiency amongst infants over six months old in the
UK.
Hispanic-style cheese made in Mexico may provide US scientists at
the Agricultural Research Service with a better scientific
understanding of how to improve the overall quality of cheese in
general.
Russia's leading dairy group Wimm-Bill-Dann has acquired a majority
stake in the Ukrainian milk powder producer Burynsky in order to
ensure a steady supply of powder during seasonal declines in milk
production.
Danish food and beverage analysis provider, Foss, has launched the
MilkoScan Minor, a simple solution for milk composition analysis
that is said to reduce analysis time across a range of testing
parameters.
A variety of factors have led to consumers seeking alternatives to
dairy-based drinks - growing health awareness, lifestyle changes,
wider incidence of lactose intolerance - and soya- and rice-based
products are becoming more and...
We reported yesterday on recent research carried out by scientists
in Australia on genetically modified sheep capable of producing
more milk than their non-GM sisters. Today the link between genetic
modification and milking continues...
The first research of its type in Australia has concluded that
genetically modified sheep grow bigger and faster, produce double
the amount of milk, can grow more wool, but require more care,
reports the Commonwealth Scientific and...
Robert Wiseman Dairies, the UK milk processor, is on track to
produce one billion litres of milk for the first time in its
history after a 15 per cent rise in first half volumes. And the
company remains confident that Express Dairies'...
Finnish dairy company Valio is launching its patented lactose-free
milk in Sweden, following the success of the product on the home
market. The company claims that unlike low-lactose milk, its
lactose-free milk tastes exactly the...
A 10-year low in UK commodity cheese prices pushed down first half
profits at the country's largest dairy group, Dairy Crest, but the
firm's continued focus on added value brands - and an upturn in
commodity prices - means...
UK-based dairy co-operative Milk Link has recently finished a
complete overhaul of its processing facilities through Moody
Systems, a contractor specialising in the upgrading of dairy
equipment.
Swiss Dairy Foods, which went into receivership in September, has
announced that production and marketing of speciality dairy
products under the Toni brand will be transferred to fellow Swiss
dairy group LRG.
A lengthy process of restructuring at Express Dairies has helped
the UK company to a slight improvement in underlying pre-tax
profits in the first half. But the situation remains challenging,
and it could be some time before the company...
French cheesemaker Bongrain sees sales drop 4.4 per cent in the
nine months to the end of September, but stresses that cheese sales
began to recover in the third quarter, auguring well for the rest
of the year.
Sweden's Skane Dairy group has reported a steady increase in
profits for the first half of the year, helped by good sales of its
ProViva functional juice drink.
Prescient, the supply chain planning solutions provider, has
supplied UK company Dairy Crest with planning and scheduling
software at its Severnside and London dairies to improve
scheduling, processing and packing efficiencies.
US flavoured milks company Bravo! Foods International has
introduced Slammers Reduced Fat Fortified Milk, its first
nutritionally enriched flavoured milk range.
Danone might have failed to prevent Leche Pascual calling its
long-life desserts 'yoghurts' but the French group has successfully
prevented the company from registering with the Spanish yoghurt
producers' association...
A bottle of milk at 85p? Sounds outrageous, but that is the likely
retail price for a nwe 'designer' milk drink, called M, which is
set for launch in the UK later in the year.
Speculation on milk prices is keeping them at an artificially low
level and could cause the collapse of the Spanish dairy sector,
warns the organisation which represents the interests of some of
Spain's smallest farms.
The InterMopro dairy show in Duesseldorf this week was the ideal
platform for Dutch dairy group to showcase a number of new products
destined for the German market. The company is also planning to
quicken the pace of the introduction...
As the World Dairy Expo currently gets into full swing in
Wisconsin, US, dairy industry officials are having to respond to
charges by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) that
US-produced milk contains antibiotics and...
A return to stability in Argentina and new acquisitions in Poland,
combined with a general upturn in international markets, should
help French cheese group Bongrain return to growth in the second
half.
A recent study in US schools shows that students' milk consumption
and nutrition status can be significantly improved by increasing
the range of flavours on offer and the quality of milk provided in
schools.
A huge debt burden and eroding margins in the Swiss dairy sector
have forced the country's number two dairy group Swiss Dairy Foods
to call in the receivers.
Dairy multinational Fonterra, has confirmed that the US Food &
Drug Administration has inspected two of its New Zealand
manufacturing sites as part of the agency's moves to step up
vigilance of all major food manufacturer's...
Italian food group Parmalat has been busy this week. Not only has
it opened its first bottled water bottling plant in the Canadian
province of Quebec, it has also begun legal proceedings against
Agrinove over an alleged copyright...
New Zealand firm A2 has said it has evidence of a possible link
between heart disease and the milk protein A1. Leading dairy
company Fonterra has however disputed the findings and claims there
is a need for further research.
Britain's biggest dairy products firm Dairy Crest group is poised
to buy St Ivel spreads from Uniq for £50-60 million pounds (€79-95
million), to rival UK market leader Unilever, industry sources said
on Thursday.
Britain's Dairy Crest could be on the verge of adding Uniq's St
Ivel spreads business to its portfolio, a move which would allow
the dairy products group to rival Unilever in the spreads market.
Dairy farmers in UK received a boost this week with the decision of
several retail groups to increase milk prices. But the long term
problems will remain unless the middle men - milk processors - can
be persuaded to pay more for their...
Women who consume a large amount of dairy foods may reduce their
risk of ovarian cancer, finds a recent study. Researchers at the
University of Hawaii in Honolulu found that women with the highest
intake of dairy products were 54...
Children who avoid drinking cows' milk are twice as likely to
fracture bones than their milk-drinking counterparts, according to
researchers at the University of Otago in New Zealand. The
researchers advise children who do not...
Japan's beleaguered Snow Brand Milk Products has unveiled the
specifics of a milk joint venture with several partners, including
agricultural associations.
A scientist at the US Agricultural Research Service has received a
patent for her method to turn a milk protein into water-resistant
films that could be used to coat or package foods.
A new poll sponsored by the US company McNeil Nutritionals has
discovered that while many Americans know what lactose intolerance
is, most of them are still unaware that avoiding dairy products is
not the only way to treat the problem.
Milk drinking among American teenagers has increased for the first
time in six years, claims a new report, which finds that effective
marketing of flavoured milk could help improve the diets of many
teenagers.
Express Dairies went some way towards lightening its crushing debt
load yesterday, when it sold its UHT milk and Frome Creamery
businesses to Milk Link and announced a strategic alliance and
joint venture with the farmers' co-operative.
A small-scale dairy producer in Wisconsin, US, has built a
state-of-the-art cheese-making facility that has turned a once
floundering business into a success.
Mayfield Dairy Farms, the US dairy and ice cream producer, is about
to introduce its new Clik-Top re-sealable carton for its
rectangular ice cream package.
