IDFA Labeling Webinar Series To Cover Basics, Hot Topics

IDFA's Dairy Product Labeling Webinar Series will offer three sessions this fall to help members produce compliant and effective product labels.

Swiss Valley Farms Takes 4 Ribbons At American Cheese Society Competition

August 9, 2012 Swiss Valley Farms

We are very excited to announce that the Swiss Valley Farms Luana, Iowa plant took home 4 ribbons for their entries into the 2012 American Cheese Society Competition, held this past week in Raleigh, North Carolina. This year’s competition was the largest ever with 254 companies submitting 1,711 products!

Cabot Creamery Is Golden At 'Summer Olympics' For Cheese

If the cheese world's answer to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London is the 28th Judging & Competition of the American Cheese Society (ACS), held in Raleigh, N.C., then Cabot Creamery must be the contest's version of Michael Phelps. Cabot Creamery Cooperative and sister brand McCadam Cheese were awarded six total ribbons, including five for first-place finishes.

Dean Foods Shares Soar On Strong Results, WhiteWave IPO

August 9, 2012 Arpita Mukherjee, Reuters

Shares of Dean Foods Co rose as much as 38 percent after the top U.S. dairy company posted a larger-than-expected quarterly profit as it was able to better manage milk supplies and announced an IPO for its health food business.

Fake Chocolate Milk Smackdown: Silk Almond Vs. Blue Diamond Almond

Today we look at chocolate almond milk. Almond milk is lactose free, dairy-free, contains 50% more calcium than milk, and is just 120 calories a serving.