The number of protein bars on the European market has significantly decreased, while the protein powders category has continued to grow thanks largely to innovations with clear protein and collagen, new data reveals.
Lactalis, the global dairy giant, has inaugurated the “largest solar thermal power plant in France” allowing it to cut CO2 emissions by 2,000 tons per year.
A novel technology is being developed by biotech company Ginkgo Bioworks and Midwest dairy co-operative Foremost Farms USA to make the upcycling of dairy co-products such as whey and lactose more efficient and sustainable.
The French biotech company reportedly closed an ‘oversubscribed’ round of equity financing that would enable the firm to ramp up the production of dairy-identical proteins.
Extensively hydrolysed whey protein (eHF) is ‘safe and suitable’ for use in infant formula for the first six months, according to German research funded by formula manufacturer HiPP GmbH.
Massachusetts-based startup Superfrau is targeting the emerging functional soda category with a vitamin and mineral packed sparkling beverage made from one core ingredient: upcycled liquid whey from Greek yogurt production.
First Milk will manufacture specialist whey protein powder for Arla Foods Ingredients, enabling it to address the growing consumer trend for protein-enriched foods.
The Spare Food Co. is rescuing watery whey from the yogurt production process and infusing it into effervescent elixirs in the hopes of fixing a broken food system and reversing climate change.
The company says it has successfully mastered precision fermentation technology to make animal-free milk proteins from yeast that are ‘indistinguishable from the real thing’ and which it expects will be available on the market in two years.
Nearly half of women surveyed recognized whey protein as an ingredient in infant formula, and four in 10 preferred it over other formulas, a new study from Arla Foods Ingredients found.
Arla Foods Ingredients has developed a new protein shot concept consisting of whey protein for ‘athletes and gym-goers’. It debuted the idea at the Supply Side West show in Las Vegas last week to beverage manufacturers.
Kellogg’s, Mondelēz, Pepperidge Farm and Flowers Foods have recently recalled bakery and snack products after a whey powder ingredient supplied by Associated Milk Producers has been suspected to be contaminated with the Salmonella bacteria.