Emerging markets

A new avocado-based ice-cream is now on the market in the UK

Nobó moving into UK market

By Jim Cornall

Dairy-free Irish food company Nobó will have its award-winning ‘Frozen Goodness’ ice-cream alternative range stocked in 310 Co-operative stores across the UK.

FrieslandCampina has extended its partnership with the NBA for the Southeast Asia market

FrieslandCampina renews NBA partnership

By Jim Cornall

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and FrieslandCampina have announced a multi-year extension of their marketing partnership.

Milk production in Zimbabwe has improved, but farmers still want government support

Zimbabwe milk production rises

By Jim Cornall

Milk production has increased by 11% this year as more farmers join the dairy production industry, a Zimbabwe government official has said.

More than 90 competitors have signed up for the fifth Great Indian Ice Cream Contest.

Great Indian Ice Cream Contest sees more contestants

By Jim Cornall

DuPont Nutrition & Health, which provides food ingredient solutions to the global dairy industry, has launched the fifth season of The Great Indian Ice Cream Contest for ice cream manufacturers across India.

Gay Lea Foods is opening membership to dairy goat producers. Photo: iStock - WimL

Gay Lea investing in goat dairy

By Jim Cornall

Gay Lea Foods has announced two new initiatives to grow and strengthen the goat industry in Ontario, Canada.

Milchkristalle is produced from night-milked cows

'Night Milk' named in 2016 trends report

By Jim Cornall

With Euromonitor’s newly-released 2016 consumer trends report, Top 10 Global Consumer Trends for 2016, including a section on selling sleep, Milchkristalle, the company mentioned in the piece, believes its product is perfectly positioned to exploit new...

Cargill hopes to help dairy customers in the Middle East and Turkey through its new center in Izmir.

Cargill opens $2m center in Turkey

By Jim Cornall

Cargill has opened a new Technology Application Center (TAC) in Yakapınar, Izmir, Turkey to help dairy and poultry customers in Turkey, the Middle East and Africa leverage and apply the best possible feed technologies to grow their businesses.

Are Nutpods the next big thing in the dairy alternative market?

Nutpods offer non-dairy alternative to half-and-half

By Hal Conick

Approximately 40m US residents are lactose intolerant, but until recently, there was no non-dairy alternative to half-and-half on the market. Green Grass Foods, Inc. founder and CEO Madeline Haydon wanted to change that.

The permeate market is growing, but changes are needed for it to meet its full potential

Dairy permeate market starting to take off

By Hal Conick

Dairy permeates are becoming more well-known, according to a US Dairy Export Council official, but changes will need to be made for it to reach its full potential.

Arla Asia is using GPS technology to improve efficiency in China

GPS app boosts Arla sales in China

By Jim Cornall

Arla is using GPS technology to improve sales in China – and the company says it’s already reaping the rewards

KraussMaffei Group to expand in China

KraussMaffei Group to expand in China

By Jenny Eagle

ChemChina, one of China’s largest chemicals group, is set to acquire KraussMaffei Group and its brands KraussMaffei, KraussMaffei Berstorff and Netstal, for €925m.

Almarai has purchased more than 1,700 acres of land in California to support its dairy business

Almarai buys land in California

By Jim Cornall

Almarai Company, in Saudi Arabia, has announced the purchase of farm land in California, US, for $31.8m (SAR 119.3m).

Canny milkshakes are now on sale throughout the UK

Canny launches all-natural milkshakes

By Jim Cornall

A new range of 100% naturally-flavored milkshake drinks from Newcastle in the UK has been launched, with potential sales in India on the horizon.  

Arabian Can Industry joins Empac

Arabian Can Industry joins Empac

By Jenny Eagle

Arabian Can Industry has joined Empac, European Metal Packaging association as its second international associate member.

Ornua Staff celebrate opening of new Kerrygold factory (photo from Ornua)

Ornua expanding presence in budding Nigerian market

By Hal Conick

The Nigerian population is slated to be the world's third largest by 2050, according to the United Nations, and Ornua says it wants to take advantage of the market's powerful potential.  

'It’s a very high risk business developing a dossier and submitting a health claim, if you don’t need to do it,' says Glanbia. Photocredits: iStock.com / DimaSobko

Supplier puts lactoferrin in spotlight as ‘iron activator’

By Annie Harrison-Dunn

It’s been two and half years since lactoferrin from cow’s milk was authorised as a novel food ingredient in Europe – but with no health claim for its iron boosting abilities it is now up to manufacturers and consumers to champion the ingredient, says...

Danone-Nutricia invests in infant nutrition at new Dutch centre in response to growing demand

Largest European investment to date

Danone doubles Dutch baby milk production capacity

By Lynda Searby

Danone-Nutricia has invested €240m in a new production plant in the Netherlands on the back of double-digit sales growth of infant formula products such as Aptamil and Nutrilon.

Milk powder inventory, Chinese and Russian imports and demand hang heavy over the diary market.

Dairy market set for rough 2016, says USDEC

By Hal Conick

The US Dairy Export Council expects another challenging year for the dairy market in 2016 as Russia and China continue to reduce their reliance on imports.

Apac cheese market to leap to $15.5bn by 2021

Apac cheese market to leap to $15.5bn by 2021

By RJ Whitehead

The Asia-Pacific cheese market is worth US$8.3bn and is expected to almost double to US$15.5bn by 2021, according to a Research and Markets report. This corresponds to an annualised growth rate of 8.1% over seven years from 2014. 

Milk scandal raises questions over China's new food safety law

Investigation

Milk scandal raises questions over China's new food safety law

By Dominic Morgan, CCM

Another dairy scandal has raged across Chinese media over the last month, overshadowing the introduction of China’s much-touted new food safety law and casting further doubts over the government’s ability to bring the country’s chaotic food supply chain...

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Gulfood Manufacturing 2015, Dubai

PepsiCo, Mars, Mondelēz and Fonterra throw spotlight on Middle East

By Jenny Eagle

PepsiCo, Mars, Mondelēz and Fonterra will focus their efforts on the Middle East at Gulfood Manufacturing in Dubai next week (October 27-29) with two conferences entitled Next Generation Manufacturing and F&B Innovation.

An example of flexible packaging, which is growing in popularity, from Jelly Belly.

Pack Expo 2015

Consumer trends changing the world of packaging

By Hal Conick

Consumer trends are actively changing how food items are packaged, according to a report released at this year’s Pack Expo Las Vegas and Pharma Expo 2015.

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