Cheese

The LactoSens 0.01% test – recently validated against HPLC - is a direct assay on a biochip that specifically measures lactose in minutes in milk and dairy products including yogurt, sour cream, cream cheese and mozzarella.

LactoSens opens up lactose-free market

By Jim Cornall

As the increasing importance of “lactose free” products, the relevant threshold for “lactose-free” labeling has been reduced, an Austrian company has launched a device capable of accurately measuring the lower lactose threshold in dairy products.

For a producer running three FoodScan units it is estimated moving to the new Foodscan 2 with FossAssure will realize yearly savings of more than $70,000.

New NIR analyzer from FOSS enables faster dairy analysis

By Jim Cornall

Danish company FOSS has introduced the FoodScan 2, a new near infrared (NIR) analyzer that allows quality control managers to handle the increasingly complex and time-critical tasks involved in analysis of solid and semi-solid dairy products such as cheese,...

The next Biofach show, which is an annual event in Nuremberg, Germany, takes place February 13-16, 2019.

The rise of organic in dairy

By Jim Cornall

DairyReporter had the opportunity to speak with a variety of companies at the annual Biofach organic trade show in Nuremberg, Germany, which is the world’s biggest organic event.

Dairy UK says the Eating Better report cherry picks statistics that paint a false picture of the UK industry.

Dairy UK slams Eating Better report

By Jim Cornall

Dairy UK has responded angrily to the publication of a new report urging consumers to change their diet to include less meat and dairy products.

NFU Scotland's milk committee chairman said in Mull of Kintyre and Arran cheddar, both creameries are making world-famous cheese and both sites should be hugely attractive to potential buyers.

First Milk to sell two Scottish creameries

By Jim Cornall

UK dairy company First Milk has announced it will be offering its creameries in Scotland, on the islands of Arran and in Campbeltown, for sale, saying the operations need significant investment.

DFA constructing new Utah store to inform consumers

DFA constructing new Utah store to inform consumers

By Jim Cornall

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a national cooperative, has broken ground for the construction of a new retail store and dairy information center, The Creamery, in Beaver, Utah, which will replace the existing cheese store currently on the site of DFA’s...

Saputo said it would divest the Koroit plant within a specified period to a buyer that will be approved by the ACCC. PIc: ©Getty Images/JohnCamemolla

Saputo takeover of Murray Goulburn gets ACCC green light

By Jim Cornall

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has said it will not oppose Saputo’s proposed acquisition of Murray Goulburn’s assets, after accepting a court-enforceable undertaking from Saputo to divest Murray Goulburn’s Koroit plant.

March was a busy month for launches in dairy aisles around the globe. Pic: ©Getty Images/piixypeach

March: What's new in the dairy aisles?

By Mary Ellen Shoup and Jim Cornall

It's time for our monthly round-up of some of the new products being launched in the dairy aisles around the world.

L. monocytogenesis a pathogenic bacterium that can cause listeriosis, a rare but potentially life-threatening illness. Pic: ©Getty Images/KatarzynaBialasiewicz

New York raw milk cheese company ordered to stop sales

By Jim Cornall

A New York raw milk cheese company, Vulto Creamery LLC (Walton, N.Y.), whose products were linked to a multi-state outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes, has been ordered by a federal court not to manufacture its ready-to-eat aged soft, semi-soft and hard...

The Rapak Autokap 600 series is a single-head semi-automatic filling machine designed for a range of liquid products.

DS Smith Plastics creates product for Inalpi

By Jim Cornall

Italian dairy company Inalpi, a supplier of Ferrero Group, has worked with DS Smith Plastics to create a custom designed Bag-in-Box packaging format for food industry applications.

There is 'tremendous potential' for US dairy exports, USDEC CEO Tom Vilsack told DairyReporter. ©GettyImages/Waldemarus

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USDEC CEO Tom Vilsack pinpoints US dairy export opportunities

By Mary Ellen Shoup

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%.

Foremost Farms expects the plant located in central Michigan to be fully operational by 2019.

Foremost Farms Michigan plant gains key state funding

By Mary Ellen Shoup

Foremost Farms received a $12m bond from the Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) to support construction of a 55,000-square-foot dairy processing plant in west central Michigan, estimated to cost $57.9m.

Arla Foods will have the rights to use the Yeo Valley brand in the UK for milk, butter, spreads and cheese, but not yogurt, ice cream, cream and desserts, which will continue to be part of the independent Yeo Valley Group.

Arla Foods in Yeo Valley Dairies takeover

By Jim Cornall

The Danish headquartered cooperative said it is looking to significantly step up its ambitions for its organic dairy business in the UK, and now Arla Foods Limited, a subsidiary of Arla Foods amba, has announced it will acquire Yeo Valley Dairies Limited,...

The IDFA has urged the FDA to modernize dairy product manufacturing regulations that are

IDFA urges FDA to reform areas of dairy product manufacturing

By Mary Ellen Shoup

The IDFA has urged the FDA to make regulatory updates to dairy product manufacturing, including modernizing outdated standards of identity for dairy products, revising “overly burdensome” FSMA regulations, and extending the compliance date for the revised...

The adoption of the cheese guidelines will be a major step for food safety, according to ASSIFONTE chair, Ludwig Rupp. Pic:©GettyImages/ffolas

EU approves EDA and ASSIFONTE cheese guidelines

By Jim Cornall

The European Union has adopted European Dairy Association (EDA) guidelines for cheese that the association says are a major step for food safety, consumer protection and product quality in the EU.