Dairy

The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy® today announced new science-based resources available for dairy producers, processors, industry partners and stakeholders. The resources help the industry act on the unprecedented scientific research commissioned as part of the U.S. Dairy Sustainability Commitment — a collective effort of the dairy value chain to measure and improve the sustainability of U.S. dairy from farm to table. The Innovation Center, established under the leadership of dairy producers, launched the Sustainability Commitment in 2008. …

Research findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) were presented at the American Society for Nutrition/Experimental Biology annual meeting April 20 to 24, 2013, in Boston. …

TruMoo Chocolate Milk, a product of Dean Foods, has been ranked as the fourth most successful new consumer packaged goods brands of 2012 by Information Resources, Inc. (IRI), the leader in delivering powerful market and shopper information and predictive analysis. Nearly 1,900 new CPG brands were introduced in the US between 2011 and 2012, and TruMoo, which was recognized as a New Product Pacesetter Rising Star in 2011, is among the 11% that met the IRI's strict, industry-recognized benchmarks of exceptional first-year sales success. …

Shocking figures about cheddar's high-salt content surfaced in November, when the Mail reported that the cheese can contain as much salt as junk food products, and a single portion has a greater amount of salt than a bag of crisps. …

On April 9-11, 2013, the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) had their bi-annual meeting in Portland, OR. Albert Straus attended the meeting to share his thoughts on GMO testing and verification and the certified organic label. …