Innovative Yogurt Concepts
In the wake of the Greek yogurt craze, which I don’t need to remind you about, yogurt remains a superfood with significant upside, according to a report from Packaged Facts entitled “The Yogurt Market...
View ArticleFlavor Trends for Frozen and Refrigerated Dairy Desserts
In less than five weeks, many of us will be indulging on innovative dairy dessert prototypes as we walk the floor of the International Dairy Show (IDS) in Chicago. For more information on The Daily...
View ArticleBeverage Innovations for Dairy Processors
Three of the largest global beverage trends, as observed at the recent Expo East in Baltimore, Maryland; drinktec in Munich, Germany; and Anuga in Cologne, Germany; are lower-sugar juice drinks,...
View ArticleImpulse Ice Cream—Make These Products More Craveable with Innovative Flavors...
Mainstream retail sales (dollar and volume) of packaged ice cream and multi-packs of frozen novelties, are at best, flat. But with almost three-fifths of all ice cream and frozen novelty dollar sales...
View ArticleInclusions Forecast: Adding Nutrition and Flavor to Dairy Foods…Bit by Bit...
Photo Source: CoolhausColor, flavor and texture…inclusions provide sensory appeal to all types of dairy foods. But today’s consumers want more. They are seeking out cheeses, dips, desserts and yogurts...
View ArticleFortification Trends and Opportunities in Dairy Foods
It’s been raining for two days and gloomy off and on for the past two weeks in Chicago. It’s a gruesome Halloween. I’m hoping all this nasty weather passes so there will be beautiful autumn days and...
View ArticleThe Top-10 Topics Abuzz the Floor of The International Dairy Show
Congratulations to the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) on its very successful International Dairy Show that took place earlier this week in Chicago, my home town. It was so wonderful to...
View ArticleU.S. Dairy Industry Highlights: Focus on the Retail Landscape and the...
Photo Source: Promised Land DairyDuring the weeks leading up to the International Dairy Show, which wrapped up a week ago, a number of noteworthy news items were sent to me. I am rediscovering them as...
View ArticleSweeteners in Flavored Milk: The Comment Period Has Ended. Now What?
At 11:59pm ET on May 21, 2013, the comment period ended on one of the most controversial food-related FDA petitions of the 21st century. The regulatory agency had received 40,649 comments on the...
View ArticleDairy Foods Holiday Inspirations-Part 1
As the end of 2013 quickly approaches and we all begin to get caught up in the holiday frenzy, The Daily Dose of Dairy Friday blog will tone down a bit until we welcome in the New Year. For the...
View ArticleDairy Foods Holiday Inspirations-Part 2
I hope all U.S. subscribers are having a lovely Thanksgiving holiday weekend!As the end of 2013 quickly approaches and we all begin to get caught up in the holiday frenzy, The Daily Dose of Dairy...
View ArticleDairy Foods Holiday Inspirations-Part 3 (Let’s Talk about Eggnog)
As the end of 2013 quickly approaches and we all begin to get caught up in the holiday frenzy, The Daily Dose of Dairy Friday blog will tone down a bit until we welcome in the New Year. For the...
View ArticlePromote Dairy This Holiday (There’s Still Time!)…and Let’s Talk About 2014!
To all Daily Dose of Dairy subscribers: Happy Holidays to you and yours!It’s been an amazing year building BerryOnDairy.com and the Daily Dose of Dairy. Thanks to all loyal subscribers and a warm...
View ArticleIce Cream Trends 2014
Photo source: McConnell’s Fine Ice CreamsHappy New Year!Thanks to the many loyal subscribers who emailed this past week wondering when the Friday blogs would resume. Sorry for the three-week hiatus,...
View ArticleContemporizing Cottage Cheese
About a year ago, I blogged about the opportunities with cottage cheese, the original high-protein dairy food. You can read more HERE about cottage cheese making a comeback.And you can read more HERE...
View ArticleDairy Foods in the News
Photo courtesy of MilkPEP Due to a debilitating back injury sustained early this week, and the need to rest and medicate in order to be able to fly to the Dairy Forum this weekend, there is no blog...
View ArticleClean-Label Coloring for Dairy Foods
While researching the latest on color usage in beverages for the next edition of Food Business News, I came across a report entitled “Food Dyes: Rainbow of Risks.” It was published in 2010 and authored...
View ArticleDairy Proteins: An Enriching Opportunity
Whey…it’s the partner to curds, as many of us learned early on from the Little Miss Muffet nursery rhyme. Whey…it was not that long ago that cheesemakers cringed when they heard this four-letter word,...
View ArticleLoving Clean Dairy Labels
Earlier this week, Kraft Foods Group announced that it was cleaning up its formulation of Kraft American Singles, the popular process cheese product often used to make the iconic grilled cheese...
View ArticleIce Cream Insight: What Will Be Scooped This Season
Many Daily Dose of Dairy subscribers live in U.S. regions that are experiencing one of the harshest winters since the turn-of-the-century. At my home base of Chicago, we had a glimpse of spring on...
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