Dairy

A USDA report, Marketing U.S. Organic Foods: Recent Trends From Farms to Consumers, has shown that the organic food industry has undergone tremendous growth
since the late 1990s. The result of heavy marketing during the last decade is organic dairy occupying a more prominent space on retail shelves. …

Citing the movie “Food, Inc” and a new consumer awareness of where their food comes from, Stonyfield Farms has redesigned product packaging and their company website to tout their organic and wholesome pedigree. …

A six-year long study conducted by Italian Universities and US doctors has found that Conjugated Linoleic Acid, present in Pecorino Romano cheese, has shown benefits in humans who consume it such as reducing fat, suppressing diabetes, preserving muscle tissue and inhibiting tumor growths on the skin, mammary glands and stomach. …

Trega Foods’ acquisition of Green Meadows Foods is helping Trega’s parent company Agropur to secure a strong foundation for continued growth in cheese production. …

This weekend, Hooks Cheese will debut a rare 15-year cheddar, something that has been piquing the interest of many cheese fans. For 15 years, more than 1,000 pounds of cheese sat wrapped in plastic in a cooler set at 38 degrees in their factory, its flavors deepening
and its texture changing to add that crystal-like crunch that old cheddars acquire. …