Dairy

The American Dairy Products Institute is now accepting nominations for its 2013 Award of Merit. This award, established in 1991, recognizes individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the processed dairy products industry and without whom the industry would not be where it is today. …

Chobani, America's #1 selling yogurt brand, is pleased to announce several new product innovations set to hit store shelves in January 2013. …

A new study published today in the Journal of Pediatrics found that children who ate a combination snack of cheese and vegetables, as compared to children who ate a snack of potato chips, consumed 72 percent fewer calories overall and also needed significantly fewer calories to achieve the same level of satiety or satisfaction.  Analyzed by the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab , the research showed that a non-nutrient dense snack, like potato chips, can be effectively replaced with a high-nutrient dense combination snack of vegetables and cheese to reduce caloric intake among children. Additionally, this effect was more pronounced among children who were overweight or obese and children from low-involvement families. …

As the nation inches toward the economic "fiscal cliff," anxiety is growing in farm country about an obscure tangent of the Washington political standoff that reaches into the dairy industry and, indirectly, into the household budgets of consumers who buy milk and cheese. …

A federal judge will let the U.S. Food & Drug Administration decide whether General Mills Inc. may label its Yoplait Greek yogurt with the words "Greek" and "yogurt." …