NotCo, a food-tech company in Latin America backed by venture capital names, including Bezos Expeditions, has announced its debut in the US with the launch of NotMilk in Whole Foods Market stores nationwide.
Ornua Foods UK, a supplier of cheese and butter to UK retailers, has announced a £3m ($3.9m) investment in cutting and packing equipment at its Leek facility.
Belje plus, part of the Fortenova Group, and Meggle Croatia have signed an agreement on the purchase of the assets of the Meggle dairy in Osijek, Croatia.
UK specialty cheese company Norseland is adding to its range of vegan products as it prepares to launch Applewood Vegan Grated, which is the first-ever vegan grated smoky cheese alternative and the first grated vegan product from an established dairy...
US dairy company Darigold, Inc. has announced an expansion of its organic pool of Northwest farms and expansion of its broad-based organic capabilities and product offerings.
Five years after launching its initial accelerator program, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) is gearing up for its 2021 program with the announcement of a new name, DFA CoLab Accelerator, and continued focus on helping accelerate and grow ag-tech and dairy...
On this week’s podcast, we have four interviews, and five guests. We chatted with Vicky Davies, global marketing director, performance, active and medical nutrition, at FrieslandCampina Ingredients and Jouke Veldman, who heads up the Biotis SleepWell...
Saudi Arabian dairy company Almarai said it is the first brand in the world to obtain a Pandemic Prepared Certification from AIB International due to its application of best practices for food safety in times of epidemics.
US Greek yogurt maker Chobani has announced the company's starting hourly wage will increase to at least $15 an hour, more than double the federal minimum wage.
US company Sigma Phase, Corp. has launched the ColdSnap rapid freezing appliance that produces personalized single servings of ice cream, frozen yogurt, frozen cocktails, smoothies, and frozen coffee in one to two minutes.
HMS, the independently owned parent company of UK food ingredient distributors Kent Foods, BFP, Henley Bridge Ingredients, Garrett Ingredients and Bailey’s of Portsmouth, has acquired Tom Walker & Sons.
Food Union, a global ice cream and dairy production and distribution group, is launching 17 new ice cream products in the family and dessert categories in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Belarus.
MWC, a $470m cheese and whey plant in St. Johns, Michigan, began receiving milk this week from local farmers, marking the first day of operations for the facility and beginning of the commissioning phase.
This week on the Dairy Dialog podcast we feature four interviews, with Orlaigh Matthews, Carbery marketing manager; Falk Paulsen, sales & business development director, extrusions solutions, at Mondi; Matthew Hall, owner at Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses;...
Dairyworks Limited, a subsidiary of New Zealand’s Synlait Milk Limited, has sold its Deep South brand and associated ice cream operations to Talley’s for an undisclosed sum, effective November 12, 2020.
Danone has published its third-quarter sales, showing sequential improvement versus the previous quarter driven by a strong acceleration of Essential Dairy and Plant-based and an improvement in Waters.
Bubbies Ice Cream, the US frozen novelty brand best known for its Mochi Ice Cream, will begin shipping its product in new individually-wrapped packaging to grocery stores and natural retailers across the country this fall.
A new white paper sponsored by Amano Enzyme discusses the quickly evolving market for non-dairy milk alternatives and how manufacturers can differentiate their products to meet the discerning taste of their customers.
CEO of Bel Group Antoine Fievet and Cécile Béliot, executive vice-president in charge of strategy, growth levers and markets, have revealed innovation projects in a variety of markets to accelerate the group’s transformation.
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited has increased the mid-point of its forecast Farmgate Milk Price range to NZ$6.80 (US$4.49) per kgMS, from NZ$6.40 (US$4.22) per kgMS, while retaining its current +/-50c per kgMS range.
This week we have three interviews. We chat with Dr Dorotea Pein, head of product management, and Dr Matthias Moser, managing director of the food ingredients division of Stern-Wywiol Gruppe; Kishan Vasani, co-founder and CEO of Spoonshot; and Elopak’s...
Dutch dairy company, FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC, in partnership with stakeholders, is to launch Nigeria’s first expertise center for dairy development.
Over the last few days, Fonterra farmers have been receiving unique greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions profiles for their farms - the first time such a tool has been introduced in New Zealand at scale. The profiles form part of a farm environmental report...
UK speciality cheese company Norseland is getting in the autumnal spirit with the launch of a new cheese in its Ilchester range for Bonfire Night, November 5, and the return of a Halloween-inspired cheese that was introduced last October and is making...
The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB), the marketing order representing California dairy producers, has announced the development of the California Dairy Innovation Center (CDIC), a collaborative effort to further product-oriented innovation and enhance...
The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) has announced it has doubled the number of semi-finalists and added more than $350,000 in additional awards to the Real California Milk Snackcelerator, its dairy product innovation competition.
Neil Ellis, Member of Parliament for Bay of Quinte and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, has announced funding of more than C$2.5m (US$1.88m) under the Canadian Dairy Processing Investment Fund to support Empire Cheese...
Many dairy companies and cooperatives have turned to R&D to improve profits, going beyond milk, yogurt and cheese, looking to create functional ingredients that can be added to a wide range of products.
This week we again feature three interviews, with Muhammad Saad Qureshi, senior scientist, sustainable fuels/circular economy at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.; Ana Ferrell, vice president global marketing, ADM; and Frederik Mejlby,...
French-headquartered dairy giant Danone said today that in accordance with its focus on capital allocation discipline and balance sheet strength, the company is selling its 6.61% stake in the Japanese company Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd.
Latvian milk processing company Food Union has concluded an investment project of €5.5m ($6.5m) for its subsidiary JSC Rīgas Piena Kombināts to establish a new Kārums curd snack production plant with new production lines.
In honor of International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, which was on September 29, today’s podcast features three interviews related to the subject of food waste.
FrieslandCampina WAMCO has completed the purchase of Nutricima Limited’s dairy business in Nigeria. In March, FrieslandCampina and PZ Cussons signed an agreement regarding the acquisition.
Nestlé today inaugurated a new R&D Accelerator to drive innovation and speed-to-market of sustainable dairy products, as well as plant-based dairy alternatives.
