With booming populations and a growing taste for Western foods, are China and the Middle East the El Dorado for European food exports? FoodNavigator put the question to two experts.
International partnerships between the US dairy industry and key export markets have formed six months after USDEC introduced the “The Next 5%”, a strategic export plan targeting an increase of dairy exports from 15% to 20%.
Global dairy and meat production and consumption must be cut in half by 2050 to avoid dangerous climate change and keep the Paris Agreement on track, according to a new Greenpeace report.
The European Milk Board (EMB), responding to French President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement that the milk price will be determined by production costs, has released data from a study it commissioned to look at farmer’s costs to produce milk.
With year-on-year sales up 300% and the brand taking top sales spot in the mass channel, cottage cheese trailblazer Good Culture is continuing to bring new users into the category.
More than 6,000 Pizza Hut locations in the US are adding 25% more cheese to its pan pizzas, requiring an additional 150m lbs of milk annually to meet the change, Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) said.
Foreign interest in the US dairy market has been at a play for several years, but the momentum of international joint ventures (JVs) has been speeding up, a report published by CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange Division says.
UK firm Kendal Nutricare has signed a US$118m five-year contract deal with import / export company Orient International Holding Shanghai Foreign Trading Co. to distribute its organic infant formula in China.
The Philippines Department of Agriculture (DA) is aiming to cut dairy imports, and has given dairy farmers on the island of Bohol P30m ($580,000) in starter funds.
Australia’s Market Development Facility (MDF) and Fauji Foods Limited have signed a partnership to establish 20 milk collection centers in rural Layyah and Muzaffargarh, Southern Punjab, Pakistan.
USDEC and NMPF have urged the US Senate to swiftly approve Gregg Doud as chief agricultural negotiator in the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) where he will work with Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer on advancing US international trade deals....
According to a report by Zenith Global, 2017 was another record year for food and drink industry transactions, with 727 registered in the bevblog.net mergers and acquisitions database, an average of almost 14 each week.
The future of US dairy trade policy is uncertain despite the amount global discussions taking place such as the modernization of NAFTA and identifying future trade partners, says Ambassador Darci Vetter, former Chief Agricultural Negotiator for the US...
Mexico and Spain are at odds over the labeling of Manchego cheese, one of the 57 cheese names the EU has included in its geographical indicator (GI) protection proposal.
The Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is targeting an increase in exports of 3% in 2018 to reach $40bn, roughly half of which will come from “cultivated products” such as dairy.
Australian infant nutrition firm Wattle Health hopes to get its goat milk infant formula on the shelves in China by the second half of the year, after securing a 'brand slot' with a licensed manufacturer.
The International Dairy Federation (IDF) is hosting a two-day dairy seminar, The role of dairy in sustainable diets, in Sevilla, Spain, February 1 and 2.
The Southeast United Dairy Industry Association (SUDIA) has rebranded itself as The Dairy Alliance as the dairy coalition looks to expand its partnerships with the US dairy industry, particularly around the food service sector.
The food sector has witnessed a jump in demand for protein. But conflicting pressures mean this complex issue requires a nuanced response and leadership from the food industry.
US dairy industry leaders voiced their approval of the Trump Administration’s recent pledge to improve rural workforce development through initiatives like universal broadband access and increased biotechnology.
The Kazakhstan-Hungarian private equity fund (CCL Kazakhstan ‘Silk Road’ Agriculture Growth Fund) has financed a dairy-commodity farm in the Akmola region of Kazakhstan – Aina dairy farm LLP – for $10.4m, by purchasing a majority stake.
While plant-based non-dairy alternatives are finding their place in more and more home refrigerators, dairy milk has a few distinct advantages that manufacturers can emphasize to retain consumers within the category, according to Mintel.
China’s DRex Food Group Co. Ltd. has signed an agreement to invest US$400m in dairy farms and a milk processing plant in the Vitebsk region of Belarus, near the border with Russia.
Looking back on a year of world dairy trade, butter was the top performer with prices climbing 40% followed by rising cheese prices, contrasting with the drop in whole milk powder and skimmed milk powder (SMP) prices (12% and 28%, respectively), a USDA...
After partnering with San Sebastián in Spain for the inaugural International Cheese Festival in 2016, the World Cheese Awards were held in London in 2017, and they are now headed out again, this time to a new food festival.
US dairy exports have fallen behind 2016 levels, declining 11% in volume in October compared to last year, driven by the decline of nonfat dry milk/skim milk powder (NDM/SMP), according to USDEC data.
MilkLane, a dairy supply chain company based in India, has secured $4m (INR 27 crore) in funding, which will go towards streamlining India’s fractured milk collection and distribution sectors.
The International Dairy Federation (IDF) will gather nutrition and environmental experts from around the world to discuss the role of dairy in sustainable diets in Seville, Spain, from February 1-2, 2018.
Australia’s Bega Cheese has announced its acquisition of the Peanut Company of Australia (PCA) Limited, further expanding its portfolio of brands outside the dairy sector.
The buzz around the Dairy Pride Act has caused some plant-based brands to drop the use of common dairy terms such as “milk” and “cheese” from their labels, while others have not abided by the dairy industry’s demands claiming consumers understand the...
Probiotic supplier Ganden says its recent acquisition by Kerry Group will allow it to fast-track the growth of its products in Asia, with China and India having bene identified as two markets that are "impossible to ignore".
New product information describing PepsiCo and Unilever brands are not being accurately represented in major grocer listings, with oversights particularly evident on e-commerce platforms.
US per capita dairy consumption reached 591 lbs in 2016, up from 566 lbs in 2010, driven by demand for cheese and butter, Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) CEO Tom Gallagher said during the 2017 annual meeting of US dairy organizations.
The dairy sector is undergoing some revolutionary changes due to our ever-evolving diets. As the industry responds to consumer trends, as well as government goals, we are seeing new product developments, changing working practices, and growth in protein...
A study of Australia’s largest food firms shows nine out of 10 are at least partly owned by foreign companies…but with Murray Goulburn about to be sold to Canadian rival Saputo, that number will soon be zero.
Honey-infused Aussie-style yogurt Noosa has expanded into the snacking category with its new Mates line, and is on course to generate revenues of $220m this year, says co-founder Koel Thomae.
