News & Analysis on the Dairy Industry & Markets
Irish dairy and ingredients group Kerry has turned in a”solid” first half of 2011 that saw it increase volumes, weather raw material price hikes, and see success in a “go-to-market” functional ingredient strategy as profits jumped 6.1% on 2010 figures.
Infant milks for over-1s are not better than regular cow’s milk, a German government agency has found after analysing their nutritional properties.
Private equity firm OpenGate is to buy Dean Foods' Waukesha dairy plant that the US giant was previously ordered to put up for sale as a result of a federal antitrust case.
Dairy Crest is to reduce material costs by rolling out a new milk bottle that uses up to 21 per cent less plastic than its predecessor.