Dairy

Grassland Dairy Products Inc., between Greenwood and Loyal near the intersection of state highways 73 and 98, continues to expand to meet the needs of a market hungry for its wide range of foods. The company continues to solidify its position as one of the most advanced butter producers in the world. …

Horizon, the leading organic dairy brand in the U.S., is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2011 and reflecting on its growth from a small organic yogurt brand to not only the top-selling organic milk brand in the U.S., but the top-selling milk brand, conventional or organic. …

Cargill today introduced Vitex® AYS stabilizers, a customizable functional system that enables dairy food manufacturers to manage raw material costs in yogurt while still providing consumers with the same creamy products they expect. Vitex® AYS features modified food starch and hydrocolloids to create a cost-effective alternative to gelatin without affecting the flavor or texture of yogurt. …

Greek-style yogurt has emerged as a supermarket darling. "We have some work to do, to sort of step back and get into the game," Ian Friendly, General Mills' U.S. retail chief, told analysts Wednesday as the company released first-quarter earnings. Many consumers would agree.

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Through the integration of Curwood's patented 7201 series of chunk and sliced cheese horizontal flow wrap film, a reduction of 25 million cubic inches of packaging materials has been recorded by Curwood to date. This reduction was achieved through two ways: taking Curwood’s previous chunk and sliced platform to a new advanced standard and transitioning customers from existing competitive film platforms. Through the use of Curwood’s proprietary coextrusion technology and material engineering, Curwood has achieved increased abuse resistance, barrier properties and the value proposition of chunk and slice cheese packaging. …