A false advertising lawsuit alleging that Chobani’s labels are confusing and deceptive, paints American consumers as credulous fools unable to apply common sense when they go shopping, argues the yogurt maker in court documents urging the judge to toss...
Starbucks will offer “Starbucks Almondmilk” in more than 4,600 US stores come September, answering the top crowdsourced demand on its website. The almond milk recipe was developed by Starbucks’ R&D team.
Products formulated for toddlers with nutrition-rich dairy ingredients represent a major untapped opportunity for food and beverage brands, according to Arla Food Ingredients.
Using worldwide consumer surveys, GNT Group, the Dutch global provider of food coloring concentrates, has put together the top five factors consumers are interested in when it comes to buying ice cream.
The recent craze of the Pokémon GO app has users not only getting outside their homes but also into local businesses where they might discover their next Pokémon catch.
US retail sales of non-dairy ice cream surged 43.7% to $75.2m in the year to May 28, as more consumers enjoyed almond and coconut-based products in addition to dairy, while frozen custard has also generated significant growth (+134%) over the same period,...
The Museum of Ice Cream, a pop-up museum dedicated to all things ice cream, is set to open in New York City’s Meatpacking District at the end of the month.
Casual protein users need to be educated on the true health benefits of protein supplements to avoid them being used to compensate for unhealthy habits, Swiss researchers have said.
Five-year-old Yasso – which scored an industry first in spring 2011 with the launch of the first frozen Greek yogurt bars – continues to outpace its deeper-pocketed competitors in the frozen novelties category, driven by a new wave of 'ice-cream-centric'...
Canadian dairy company Saputo is expanding its recall of partly-skimmed chocolate milk in Ontario and Quebec due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
Soylent will debut this week on Amazon Launchpad as the Los Angeles-based start-up seeks to expand the audience for its ‘neutral-tasting’ but ‘nutritionally complete’ beverages and explore moves into a broader range of products.
Angus Murray wanted to create something families would love, with fun flavors he described as “totally selfish.” Launched in March, the product is already gaining traction in the US coasts and across the pacific in China and Hong Kong.
Kantar Worldpanel has published its 2016 rankings of the world’s most popular 50 brands, with Danone, Yili and Yakult among those making this year’s report.
Helping retailers shift over 1.3 million products that would have been wasted otherwise is just the first step for French company, Zéro-Gâchis, which has set its sights on expanding to Spain, Belgium and beyond.
Momenti Spirited Ice Creams has opened its first manufacturing facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, to freeze and infuse ice creams and sorbets with wine and spirits using a patent-pending process.
Irvine, California-based Good Culture is leading a revival in the cottage cheese market with help from a $2.1m partnership with General Mills in March 2016.
Travis Pyykkonen, founder of 1871 Dairy, wants to restore Chicago to the dairy epicenter by making small batch grass-fed cow’s milk more readily available to consumers.
Yashili’s infant formula Super α-Golden Stage is now available to New Zealand customers, with the product available in selected New World and Pak’n’Save North Island stores.
Targeting different parts of the day, snackifying, and alternative milks are some of the developing trends in dairy, according to research company Canadean.
Chobani Greek Yogurt has introduced a line of three limited edition yogurt flavors, inspired by the upcoming 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympics Games in Rio de Janiero.
North American dairy milk sales dropped 7.8% to $13.6bn in 2015 compared to 2014, according to data from Euromonitor International, but WhiteWave Foods launched Sir Bananas to attempt to resurrect the dormant milk market.
New Hampshire physician Mark R. Windt, M.D., decided to combine his passion for cheese and medical expertise by developing a pasteurized, probiotic cheese that is also lactose- and sugar-free.
Arla Foods USA is bringing a UK-manufactured Castello Extra Mature Cheddar to the US market later this year, the head of Arla, Don Stohrer Jr., told DairyReporter.
A group of private equity firms including CapVest and Blackstone
have been cited as the favourites to buy Unilever's European frozen
foods business, according to reports in The Times newspaper
today.
More than 50 different measures designed to boost the French dairy
industry will be introduced over the next few years - among them
action to increase the pace of innovation and brand development.
Italy has one of the most diverse portfolios of protected food and
drink products in Europe, a factor which marketers are increasingly
using to promote their foods. But some of the best known names in
Italian meat, cheese and wine...
The mayonnaise industry continues to feel the impact of steep price
rises for the primary ingredients used in the formulation of the
popular salad condiment. In parallel, alternative ingredients are
starting to grow in popularity...
Morrisons' takeover of Safeway is widely expected to lead to a new
price war in the British supermarket sector, with Tesco and Asda
both seen as likely to respond aggressively to the roll out of
Morrisons' EDLP policy to...
Spanish cheese consumption is likely to be 130 per cent higher this
year than it was 20 years ago, an increase driven by the efforts of
industry association Fenil to promote the dairy product as a
versatile ingredient.
UK-based organic food company Yeo Valley has appealed to MPs, MEPs,
and Tony Blair to help it maintain the consistency of its range of
bio live yoghurts. The company claims that it is under EU pressure
to change the name of its products...
Robert Wiseman Dairies is once again the subject of an Office of
Fair Trading investigation in Scotland, the third in recent times.
But the current probe could have more to do with rival Express
Dairies and its proposed merger with...
The hot weather in Spain has led, not surprisingly, to an increase
in ice cream sales there during June and July. But impulse sales
have not grown as rapidly as might be expected, as it has been too
hot for consumers to leave their...
Scandinavians drink more milk than anyone else in Europe, but this
has not stopped them from becoming among the most avid consumers of
non-dairy drinks as well, helped by marketing efforts of retailers
and new product launches.
Not content with being one of Europe's largest suppliers of branded
cheeses, French group Fromageries Bel is now seeking to gain a
foothold in the fast-growing dairy alternative market via an
agreement with Galaxy Nutritional...
The popular 'myth' that milk has a high fat content is just one of
many preconceived ideas about the dairy product which the UK Dairy
Council is hoping to dispel with a new campaign targeting women in
particular.
Yoghurt more than any other dairy product meets consumer demand for
healthy, convenient and tasty food - a factor which market analysts
Euromonitor claim will continue to drive sales of the product in
the years to come. Drinking yoghurts...
With the UK Budget announcement planned for next week, the British
Retail Consortium has warned the Treasury not to increase the tax
burden on the retail industry - one of the few expanding sectors of
the British economy at the moment.
The joint venture between Japan's Ajinomoto and US-based Bestfoods
- part of Unilever since 2000 - is to be wound up, with the
European group buying out its partner's 50 per cent stake. Unilever
will strengthen its position...
News to delight dairy manufacturers and dismay opponents to
genetically modified foods arrived this week with publication of a
new study that reveals protein-rich milk from not only cloned but
also genetically modified cows could...
Innovation will be the key driver of growth in the western European
dairy market, claims a new report from market analysts Zenith
International, but old favourites such as butter and cheese
continue to grow in popularity.
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...
Terra Lycos, Spain's leading consumer website for all things food,
has signed an agreement with Ebro Puleva which will see the food
group provide it with regular information about the health benefits
of rice, dairy products and...
