Americas: Eating butter may not be fatal, find researchers
Butter consumption was only weakly associated with total mortality, not associated with cardiovascular disease, and slightly inversely associated (protective) with diabetes, according to a...
Americas: Rapid, low-temperature process prolongs milk’s shelf life
A rapid heating and cooling of milk significantly reduces the amount of harmful bacteria present, extending by several weeks the shelf life of one...
Europe: Barry Callebaut, Tony’s Chocolonely partner on traceable sustainable cocoa
Barry Callebaut has installed a cocoa butter tank in its factory in Wieze/Belgium to produce cocoa butter from traceable beans sourced from Tony’s Chocolonely’s...
Europe: Event dares industry to dairy
The IDF World Dairy Summit will motivate industry participants with the theme Dare to Dairy! from October 16 to 21, 216 in the Netherlands.
Held...
Europe: New test kit for low lactose dairy
Chr. Hansen launches LactoSens, a test kit that determines the residual lactose level in low lactose and lactose-free dairy products.
"Using a simple sample protocol,...
Americas: General Mills, Organic Valley to help in certified organic transition
General Mills and Organic Valley have entered into a sourcing partnership that will help about 20 dairy farms add around 3,000 acres to organic...
Europe: Arla Foods Ingredients opens hydrolysates factory
Arla Foods Ingredients has opened its new factory located in Nr. Vium, Denmark.
The €40 million (US$44.58 million) facility can produce approximately 4,000 tons of...
Asia Pacific: Fonterra upgrades NZ plant to capture lactose
Fonterra upgrades its Edgecumbe site to capture lactose that was previously unable to be extracted from the site’s waste stream by creatively applying existing...
Americas: Ganeden to crown next probiotics idea
Ganeden's Innovation Jumpstart program, which encouraged the development of new probiotic food and beverage ideas, has received submissions for three months.
After deliberation, the...
Asia Pacific: Fonterra’s ice cream brand to retail online in China
Research from Mintel shows the total market value for ice cream sales in China increased by 90% between 2008 and 2014 to reach US$11.4...