The CP Crop Integration Business Group (CPCI), a subsidiary of
Thailand's largest conglomerate, the Charoen Pokphand Group, plans
to switch to producing UHT corn milk, instead of pasteurised corn
milk, aiming to extend shelf...
The latest visit to Mintel's Global New Products Database shows
that there is no risk of any slowdown in the number of innovative
and unusual food products being launched across the world, with
cheesy ice cream just one of the...
Claims by Spanish hypermarket groups that new store restrictions
are benefiting only supermarkets and not traditional retailers have
been confirmed by the latest Nielsen data, which shows supermarkets
taking market share from both...
Dr Pepper, the Cadbury subsidiary which claims to be the biggest
non-cola soft drink producer in the US, is the latest company to
see the potential of milk, launching a range of flavoured milk
drinks under the Raging Cow brand and...
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...
A £3 million (€4.6m) pilot research facility for new food product
development will be managed by Food Knowledge & Know-how (FKK)
of Reading Scientific Services following a new agreement with the
University of Reading.
One less Saturday than in 2001 had a significant effect on French
hypermarket and supermarket sales in December, according to the
latest figures. A Saturday in December can often see sales 35 per
cent higher than in the rest of the...
Swiss flavours company Givaudan has signed an agreement to acquire
International Bioflavors - a leading US producer of natural cheese
and dairy flavours.
Research carried out at the Texas A&M university shows how
increasing the pressure during the milk homogenisation process
could improve dairy industry consumer products of tomorrow, claim
scientists this week.
In the first six weeks on sale in Sweden, the lactose-free milk
drink from Finland's Valio group has far exceeded even the
company's most optimistic expectations. Full year sales could be as
much as five times greater than...
Environmental sustainability and bioscience technologies are key
priorities of Australia's dairy sector, according to the new
manufacturing head of the industry's research and development
organisation.
Iron deficiency in infants is a cause of concern in the UK when a
conference heard that one in four infants over six months old is
iron-deficient in some parts of the country. Leading nutritional
experts are calling for new initiatives...
Healthy eating may be a burgeoning market but consumers still need,
and will pay for, a treat, reveals a new report on the UK dairy
market from Datamonitor. The report finds that although the
consumption of fats and spreads will decrease,...
Hispanic-style cheese made in Mexico may provide US scientists at
the Agricultural Research Service with a better scientific
understanding of how to improve the overall quality of cheese in
general.
We reported yesterday on recent research carried out by scientists
in Australia on genetically modified sheep capable of producing
more milk than their non-GM sisters. Today the link between genetic
modification and milking continues...
The first research of its type in Australia has concluded that
genetically modified sheep grow bigger and faster, produce double
the amount of milk, can grow more wool, but require more care,
reports the Commonwealth Scientific and...
Swiss Dairy Foods, which went into receivership in September, has
announced that production and marketing of speciality dairy
products under the Toni brand will be transferred to fellow Swiss
dairy group LRG.
Swedish company Ceba Foods launched a non-dairy alternative to milk
and soya drinks on the Spanish market this week. Oatly Organic is
free from lactose, milk protein and soya, and the company claims, a
more wholesome accompaniment...
The InterMopro dairy show in Duesseldorf this week was the ideal
platform for Dutch dairy group to showcase a number of new products
destined for the German market. The company is also planning to
quicken the pace of the introduction...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said this week that it is
to establish a standard of identity for white chocolate.
The standard will provide for the use of the term `white
chocolate' as the common or usual name of...
Kagome, a Japanese producer of tomato-based processed foods, said
on Friday that it will purchase a lactic beverage maker from Snow
Brand Milk Products while studying a plan to invest in the
struggling dairy product manufacturer,...
Italian food group Parmalat has been busy this week. Not only has
it opened its first bottled water bottling plant in the Canadian
province of Quebec, it has also begun legal proceedings against
Agrinove over an alleged copyright...
Britain's biggest dairy products firm Dairy Crest group is poised
to buy St Ivel spreads from Uniq for £50-60 million pounds (€79-95
million), to rival UK market leader Unilever, industry sources said
on Thursday.
Dairy farmers in UK received a boost this week with the decision of
several retail groups to increase milk prices. But the long term
problems will remain unless the middle men - milk processors - can
be persuaded to pay more for their...
Conflicting opinions relating to the benefits of dairy foods become
more vociferous each month. A striking study released this week
suggests that women who consume a large amount of dairy foods may
reduce their risk of ovarian cancer.
Choglit - no, not the name the European Commission wants producers
of non cocoa-butter chocolate to adopt but the name of a new drinks
brand produced jointly by Coca-Cola and Nestle and launched in the
US earlier this month.
A scientist at the US Agricultural Research Service has received a
patent for her method to turn a milk protein into water-resistant
films that could be used to coat or package foods.
After the first six months of 2002, US milk production has
continued to outpace dairy product demand, resulting in a
significant increase in stocks, the International Dairy Foods
Association (IDFA) reports this week.
An American survey has found that while many people know what
lactose intolerance is, most of them are still unaware of the best
ways of dealing with it.
Japanese trading company Mitsui & Co, together with Land O'
Lakes, the Minnesota-based farmer-owned dairy cooperative, have
opened a €151 million cheese and dairy products plant in Tulare
County, US.
Milk drinking among American teenagers has increased for the first
time in six years, claims a new report, which finds that effective
marketing of flavoured milk could help improve the diets of many
teenagers.
Canadian researchers are working to develop milk that contains
higher levels of a "good fat" that they say could fight cancer and
heart disease. Recent studies suggest that CLA - conjugated
linoleic acid - could have major...
Putting the meat scandal behind it, Snow Brand Milk Products has
announced plans to form a joint venture with two co-op groups which
aims to become the Japanese market leader within two to three
years.
Crustless bread, tubular snacks and single-serve drinks -
convenience is driving innovation in the food industry, finds a
report on recent US product launches.
A second dairy report released this week reveals that European
sales of organic dairy products grew by 26.2 per cent in 2001 to
top €1.2 billion. Future growth looks healthy for organic dairy
products but a number of challenges are...
Sales of the total fortified foods market in the US reached almost
$18 billion (€20.4bn) in 2001, tripling the sales achieved by the
market in 1997, according to a new report by market analysts,
MarketResearch.com.
An attempt by a food ingredients billionaire to take over New
Zealand's second biggest dairy company could head into difficulties
if a farmers' collective wins the day, reports local New Zealand
paper The Evening Post.
There are many ways for consumers to increase their intake of
calcium, a mineral known to help strengthen bone structure and aid
weight loss. But a recent analysis shows that milk, a natural
source of calcium, remains the most cost-effective...
Consumers who drink a glass of full fat milk a day may be less
likely to suffer from asthma than those who drink a less fatty
dairy alternative. These are the findings from a recent study in
Australia that investigated how dairy products...
Scientists have created Australia's first cloned and genetically
modified (GM) calves, putting the major dairy exporter on the path
to becoming a commercial producer of GM milk.
Heads of Swiss food group Nestlé and New Zealand dairy group,
Fonterra Co-operative signed an agreement on Monday to form Dairy
Partners Americas (DPA), a new dairy alliance
The next episode in the saga of Snow Brand Milk Products, the
Japanese company hit by food safety scandals, unfurled yesterday
when the company announced that it is to tie up with two
agricultural cooperatives and request a capital...
The organic dairy industry - producers, processors and retailers -
must ensure that it avoids the route taken by the conventional
industry if it is to survive, delegates were told at a Soil
Association conference this week.
Mead Johnson, the dairy product subsidiary of Bristol-Myers Squibb,
has started production at its first powdered milk plant in Thailand
that will serve as a base to increase the company's business in
Southeast Asia, the Bangkok...
