Cheese

Indian company Prabhat Dairy has opened a cheese production line at its Shrirampur site. Pic: ©iStock/pavalen/ihba

Prabhat Dairy sees growth in cheese

By Jim Cornall

Indian company Prabhat Dairy Limited has invested Rs. 140 crore ($21m) in setting up a production line for cheese at its Shrirampur facility in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra.

Cathedral City went through a recent rebranding and packaging, and is doing well for Dairy Crest, which has announced adjusted profit before tax of £19m for the six months ending September 30, 2016.

Dairy Crest profits up

By Jim Cornall

UK company Dairy Crest has announced its interim results for the six months ending September 30, 2016.

Four Crosses Goat Cheese, a brand from GRH Foods, is available as a rindless log and also in pearls.

GRH Food explains the rise of goat cheese popularity in the UK

By Jim Cornall

Welsh cheese company GRH Food branched out into goat cheese around 18 months ago, and the results have so far been impressive – culminating in one of their products receiving UK-wide attention on the nation’s most listened-to radio station.

Dunsyre Blue cheese was linked to an E. coli outbreak earlier this year

Errington Cheese welcomes Actalia’s E. coli findings

By Joseph James Whitworth

Errington Cheese has welcomed findings from a specialist dairy testing lab that its cheeses did not contain E. coli O157 implicated in an outbreak which sickened more than 20 people.  

GDT's director says that the new governance means more transparency. Pic: ©iStock/Freer law

Global Dairy Trade strengthens independence

By Jim Cornall

New governance principles to monitor GDT Events, the twice-monthly auction held by Global Dairy Trade (GDT), have been approved by the GDT Events Oversight Board, at its second meeting held at SIAL Paris, the international food event.

The study examines the sensory perception of four wines consumed by test participants both with and without four types of cheese. ©iStock/Evgeny Karandaev

Wine and cheese do go hand in hand, study says

By Mary Ellen Shoup

The Center for Taste and Feeding Behavior in Dijon, France, conducted a scientific study using a new sensory evaluation method to identify how exactly eating cheese with wine impacted an individual’s tastes and preferences.

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Former exec sentenced in counterfeit cheese case

By Joseph James Whitworth

The executive of a cheese company has been sentenced to three years’ probation and a $5,000 fine in a case involving products mislabelled and fraudulently represented as Parmesan and Romano cheese.

Swiss company Emmi has engaged WWF Switzerland as it looks to forge ahead in implementation of sustainability measures.

Emmi committing to sustainability

By Jim Cornall

Swiss milk processor Emmi has set itself specific objectives in four sustainability-related areas. These objectives have been defined in conjunction with various stakeholders, including WWF Switzerland.

What’s new in dairy? New products: September

What’s new in dairy? New products: September

By Jim Cornall and Mary Ellen Shoup

It's time for our monthly round-up of some of the latest dairy products and dairy-alternative products to hit the shelves around the world.