Dairy Field back issues from September 2005:
Germ warfare.(functional foods market analysis)(Editorial)
Sep 01, 2005; ... Gary Hirschberg was the luncheon speaker at the Healthy Foods Conference in mid-September, so I decided to play chicken with my deadline and jet off to Washington, D.C., for a day to listen in. The tale of Stonyfield Farm's rise from commune to corporate giant is fascinating, but the other ...
Industry impact: high fuel costs weigh heavy on dairy business.(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 2005 ... In many cases, fuel costs have replaced raw milk costs as the current leading financial challenge of doing business in the dairy industry. And in light of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, things are slow to get better. As crude oil prices set records practically every day, the ...
International Dairy Foods Association.(markets)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 2005 ... * The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), Washington, D.C., is renewing its commitment to support organ donation through a national program called "Workplace for Life," created four years ago by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). As the association did in ...
Mini Melts Inc.(markets)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 2005 ... * What is the only thing louder than Niagara Falls? The Mini Melts Dragster. With more than 3,000 horsepower, this promotional vehicle is one of the fastest cars on the planet. Perhaps the only thing faster, company officials say, is the growth of Deerfield Beach, Fla.-based Mini Melts ...
Kraft Foods.(food donations)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 2005 ... * Northfield, Ill.-based Kraft Foods provided an initial $1 million in food and cash grants to assist with Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. This includes $700,000 in food donations. The first shipment included eight truckloads of [Fruit.sub.2]O flavored water, Planters nuts, Capri Sun ...
Dean Foods.(NEWS WIRE)
Sep 01, 2005 ... * Dallas-based Dean Foods has announced Alan Bernon will assume the presidency of Dean Dairy Group, effective January 1, 2006. Bernon is ...
In response to mounting pressure from health advocates, Coca-Cola, Pepsico and the rest of the soft drink industry are voluntarily banning sugary soda in elementary and middle schools and restricting sales in high schools, the American Beverage Association announced in August.(NEWS WIRE)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 2005 ... In response to mounting pressure from health advocates, Coca-Cola, Pepsico and the rest of the soft drink industry are voluntarily banning sugary soda in elementary and middle schools and restricting sales in high schools, the American Beverage Association announced in August. The move is ...
International Dairy Foods Association.(food Standards of Identity)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 2005 ... * In comments filed with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on August 18, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), Washington, D.C., commended the government's effort to establish "general principles" to update food Standards of Identity, but asked that the FDA choose an ...
Safety alert: uncooked ingredients targeted by the FDA.(Food and Drug Administration)
Sep 01, 2005 ... The industry has been busy with reports of potentially serious ramifications for the newest, most popular ice cream flavors. In fact, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is informing the retail and foodservice sectors that incorporating an ingredient intended to be cooked into a ...
Heluva Good Cheese.(Heluva Good Cheese donations)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 2005 ... * Heluva Good Cheese has teamed up with the Cleveland Browns and Giant Eagle for the Heluva Good 100,000 Kickoff for the 2005 football season. This is the third consecutive year that the Sodus, N.Y.-based division of HP Hood LLC has sponsored the promotion, which includes point-of-sale ...
HP Hood.(launching a marketing and public relations campaign to educate consumers)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 2005 ... * On October 16, hundreds of HP Hood employees, friends, families and acquaintances will lace up their walking shoes in an effort to help in the fight against breast cancer. As a flagship sponsor of this year's American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer[R] Walk in Boston, ...
Neilson Dairy.(gabletop cartons)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 2005 ... * Last year, Canada-based Neilson Dairy's Dairy Oh![TM] became the first milk in the world to offer health-enhancing, naturally occurring DHA Omega-3 fatty acids. And in June, it became the first in North America to use the Pure-Pak[R] Curve carton from New Hudson, Mich.-based Elopak Inc ....
Kraft Foods.(provides recipes for dowloading to iPods)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 2005 ... * Tapping into the cultural phenomenon of Apple's iPod, Northfield Ill.-based Kraft Foods has created a download of more than 100 recipes users can store on the hard drives of the digital audio ...
DTN.(Data Transmission Network Corp.)(DTN Dairy online)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 2005 ... * DTN, Omaha, Neb., has launched an Internet version of DTN Dairy[TM], one of the industry's only sources of comprehensive dairy-specific market, weather and news information available directly to customers with a single ...
Oakhurst Dairy.(new cooler facility)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 2005 ... * Oakhurst Dairy, Portand, Maine, has unveiled a new cooler facility. The cooler supplements a smaller "hi-rise" cooler facility built in 1992 that had reached capacity. New raw milk receiving ...
Lifeway Foods Inc.(product misbranding)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 2005 ... * August, Morton Grove, Ill.-based Lifeway Foods Inc., received a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) listing product misbranding and hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) violations among the deviations found after an inspection of the company's ...
Washington state dairy dollars sell ice cream: excerpted from The Ice Cream Trade Journal, September 1948.(From the Archives)(Excerpt)
Sep 01, 2005 ... A realization of the immense potentialities in ice cream not only from the industry's standpoint but for overall dairy economy is well illustrated in the current program of ice cream promotion now being conducted by the Washington State Dairy Products Commission, a state-sponsored body--a ...
CME/IDFA workshop: new cash-settled butter futures contract.(From the Archives)
Sep 01, 2005 ... The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the largest derivatives exchange in the world, will be sponsoring a series of free workshops around the country this fall to introduce the U.S. dairy industry to the latest price risk management ...
Foremost Farms USA.(PROCESSORS)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Foremost Farms USA--Dan Belk, the Baraboo, Wis.-based company's ...
Shake's Frozen Custard.(PROCESSORS)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Shake's Frozen Custard--Russell Randolph has been appointed ...
FKI Logistex.(PROCESSOR SUPPLIERS)
Sep 01, 2005 ... FKI Logistex--Ed Zahler has been appointed director of ...
Information Resources Inc.(PROCESSOR SUPPLIERS)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Information Resources Inc. (IRI)--Thomas Blischok has joined the Chicago-based ...
Key Technology Inc.(PROCESSOR SUPPLIERS)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Key Technology Inc.--John Boutsikaris has been appointed senior vice ...
Norwood Marking Systems.(PROCESSOR SUPPLIERS)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Norwood Marking Systems--William Delmolino has been appointed ...
Pro Mach Inc.(PROCESSOR SUPPLIERS)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Pro Mach Inc.--Mark Anderson has been appointed president ...
SPX Process Equipment.(PROCESSOR SUPPLIERS)
Sep 01, 2005 ... SPX Process Equipment--Bruce Smith has been appointed eastern regional ...
Total Quality Logistics Inc.(PROCESSOR SUPPLIERS)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Total Quality Logistics Inc.--Rick Weigand has joined the ...
Chr. Hansen Inc.(R&D SUPPLIERS)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Chr. Hansen Inc.--Nachi Adaikalavan has been ...
Frutarom USA Inc.(R&D SUPPLIERS)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Frutarom USA Inc.--Jennifer Czerner has been appointed ...
International Association for Food Protection.(ASSOCIATIONS)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 2005 ... International Association for Food Protection--The Des Moines, Iowa-based association has announced its executive board for 2005-06: Jeffrey Farber, Health Canada, president; Frank Yiannas, Walt Disney World, president ...
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements.(ASSOCIATIONS)
Sep 01, 2005 ... International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)--The ...
International Lecithin & Phospholipid Society.(ASSOCIATIONS)
Sep 01, 2005 ... International Lecithin & Phospholipid Society--Willem Van ...
Wisconsin Dairy Products Association Inc.(ASSOCIATIONS)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Wisconsin Dairy Products Association Inc.--The Middleton, Wis.-based association has announced its 2006 officers: Stu Giffin, Land ...
Obituaries.(PEOPLE ON THE MOVE)(Obituary)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Filler Specialties Inc.--Norm Slagh, 72, the Zeeland, Mich.-based ...
Calendar.(calendar)(Calendar)
Sep 01, 2005 ... OCTOBER 3-7: Dairy Technology Workshop, Randolph Associates Inc., Newport, Ky., (205) 595-6455, us@randolphconsulting.com 4: 2005 Dairy Product Grading and Evaluation Clinic, World Dairy Expo, Madison, Wis., contact Brad Legreid at Wisconsin Dairy Products ...
Natural High: riding the coattails of the low-carb craze, makers of natural cheese enjoy increased consumption.
Sep 01, 2005; ... The phrase "diet food" typically conjures up visions of oatmeal, rice cakes and green leafy salads--hold the dressing, of course. And while many a pound has been shed by sticking to such healthful (albeit bland) menus, dieting no longer has to mean giving up flavor--or a sense of ...
Strength in number: Quality Chekd continues to provide its members with a recipe for success in the dairy industry.(Blue Q. Red Check. Great Stuff.[TM])(Cover Story)
Sep 01, 2005; ... It started with the use of a common trademark and has become much more. Moving into its seventh decade, Quality Chekd Dairies Inc. continues to provide volume purchasing, quality assurance and marketing services to scores of regional and independent dairy processors throughout the United ...
Membership has its privileges: processors say Quality Chekd offers a wealth of resources to help them do business better.(processor close-up)
Sep 01, 2005; ... For more than 60 years, Quality Chekd Dairies Inc. has offered dairy processors valuable assistance in marketing, education, training and quality testing. Using an independent testing laboratory, its Cow Tech training program and the familiar "Blue Q Red Chek" logo with consumer ...
Planner.(WORLDWIDE FOOD EXPO)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Worldwide Food Expo '05 October 26-29, 2005 McCormick Place Chicago Worldwide Food Expo '05 is the year's largest food and beverage processing and packaging event in the world, covering more than a million square feet of exhibits and featuring 1,200 of the world's leading ...
Show stoppers.(WORLDWIDE FOOD EXPO)
Sep 01, 2005 ... NEW PRODUCT SHOWCASE APV will feature the Vega V028 Binary-Drive Paraflow and APV FlexMixTM Liquiverter mixer, among other products at the 2005 Worldwide Food Expo. The new Vega V028 plate and Binary-Drive Paraflow PHE are suitable for small- to medium-sized applications in a ...
Trans fat timetable: processors reformulating, relabeling to meet approaching FDA deadline.(Food and Drug Administration)
Sep 01, 2005; ... The food industry is rapidly approaching the January 1, 2006, federal deadline for including trans fat content on Nutrition Facts labels of product packaging. Many have already done so, and many have gone a step beyond, developing new formulations to eliminate trans fats from their ...
BPI offers the right solutions: company's unequaled expertise in processing boneless lean beef evolves to machinery development and more.(ADVERTORIAL)(Beef Products Inc)(Advertisement)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Beef Products Inc., Dakota Dunes, SD, is not only the world's leading manufacturer of boneless lean beef, through its association with Freezing Machines Inc. it also offers a new series of high-quality pumps and grinders assembled at its new machinery manufacturing wing. Dakota Cold ...
Safety locks: foodborne illness rates drop as dairy processors continue to implement safety and security measures.(special report)
Sep 01, 2005; ... Dairy products are rather unique in the food and beverage marketplace because they are animal-based products regarded as both perishable and, for the most part, safe. It was the advent of pasteurization, of course, that has long set the dairy industry apart from other ...
Rounding the next bend: flexible packaging continues to offer convenience, safety and shelf appeal.(packaging technology)
Sep 01, 2005; ... The evolution of flexible packaging continues with smart packaging, radio frequency identification and retort packaging. For dairy products, flexible packaging ranges from thinner, stronger films to biodegradable films to on-the-go packages that are lightweight and recloseable. ...
Moving right along: modern conveyors and belting systems allow processors to increase efficiency and throughput.(processing technology)
Sep 01, 2005; ... In moving products from Point A to Point B in any given processing plant, conveyors are the highways of handling. In the journey that begins at the back door and ends at the front door of a facility, systems ranging from case conveyors to cable conveyors to carton and bottle conveyors are ...
Meyenberg[R] Goat Milk smoked Jack cheese.(new products)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Company: Jackson-Mitchell Inc., Meyenberg Goat Milk Products, Turlock, Calif. Distribution: Available through Columbus, Nature's Best and UNFI distributors. Suggested Retail: $15 to $19 per pound. Ingredients: Pasteurized cultured whole goat milk, salt, ...
Blue Bunny[R] Lite 85[R] Yogurt Smoothie.(new products)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Company: Wells' Dairy Inc., Le Mars, Iowa. Distribution: National. Suggested Retail: $2.89 to $3.39 per pack of four 7-ounce bottles. Ingredients: (Strawberry Banana) Skim milk, water, flavor base (strawberries, banana, strawberry and banana flavor with ...
Quaker[TM] Milk Chillers[TM].(new products)(Pepsi-Cola North America)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Company: Pepsi-Cola North America, Purchase, N.Y. Distribution: National. Suggested Retail: $1.49 to $1.59 per 14-ounce bottle. Ingredients: (Chocolate) Reduced 2% percent fat milk, water, sugar, cocoa (processed with alkali), cellulose gel, calcium ...
New product ticker.(new products)(Illustration)
Sep 01, 2005 ... <Pre> NEW PRODUCT TICKER NUMBER NUMBER CATEGORY OF REPORTS OF SKUS Ice Cream, Novelties and Frozen Yogurt170 450 Cheese112 336 ...
Swiss-American Queso Dip[TM] premium melting cheese.(new products)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Company: Swiss-American Inc., St. Louis. Distribution: National. Suggested Retail: $2.99 to $3.99 per package. Ingredients: Natural American cheeses (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), cream, water, sodium phosphate, salt, color (paprika and turmeric extract) ....
Wants and needs.(food industry consumer preference analysis)(Column)
Sep 01, 2005; ... Every year at IFT I hear the question: What trends are you seeing on the show floor? This year I was hard-pressed to answer. It seemed that emerging trends, parallels between exhibited products, significant innovation ... these identifiable factors were invisible. ...
Smoothie soiree: the latest innovation in the category leads smoothies to new nutritional levels.(dairy r&d)
Sep 01, 2005; ... Innovation in dairy beverages seems to fuel significant growth surges at specific junctures--who can forget the revolutionary Milk Chugs which forever changed the world of single-serve milks? The most recent development of this nature is the explosive growth being exhibited in ...
Commercial Creamery Co.(manufacturing and spray-drying facility in Jerome, Idaho)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Commercial Creamery Co., a developer and manufacturer of specialty food ingredients, broke ground on the third expansion in three years at its manufacturing and spray-drying facility in Jerome, Idaho. The addition of four new blending ...
Philadelphia-based David Michael's Innovation Roadshow is set for Oct. 6 at Top of the Tower in the company's hometown.(R&D NEWS)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Philadelphia-based David Michael's Innovation Roadshow is set for Oct. 6 at Top of the Tower in the company's hometown. Keynote speaker Phil Lempert, "Today Show" food editor and supermarket guru, will lead a discussion on food product and retailing trends. Representatives from each of ...
Dairy Management Inc.(information management)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Rosemont. Ill-based Dairy Management Inc. has combined its www.doitwithdairy.com and www.extraordinarydairy.com Web sites into one spot, www.innovatewithdairy.com. The new site integrates the content of the two sites with relevant nutrition information. DMI is the domestic and ...
American Sugar Refining Inc. Yonkers. N.Y.. completed its acquisition of C&H Sugar Co. Inc.(R&D NEWS)
Sep 01, 2005 ... American Sugar Refining Inc. Yonkers. N.Y.. completed its acquisition of C&H Sugar Co. Inc. American Sugar Refining is owned by Florida Crystals Corp and Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida. The addition of C&H will bring American Sugar Refining's annual capacity ...
Coffee to go.(X Cafe LLCn packaging)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 2005 ... X Cafe LLC, a manufacturer of shelfstable coffee extracts, is now packaging products in 1,000-liter totes for ingredient use. Bulk packaging in the nitrogen-flushed totes allows for repackaging at a co-packer. The polyethylene high-density totes are FDA certified and impact and chemical ...
Innovation and phosphates.(CREATORS BRIEFS)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Born of innovation and phosphates is Innophos, a complete range of food-grade specialty phosphates for dairy, beverage and other applications. Innophos continues to add new phosphates to its range ...
Creamy rice starch.(CREATORS BRIEFS)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Penford Food Ingredients, a carbohydrate manufacturer for processed food, adds a variety of rice starches to its portfolio of potato, tapioca and corn starch products. The rollout includes unmodified and modified rice starches that conform to non-GMO standards meeting European Regulations ...
Smooth stabilizer.(CREATORS BRIEFS)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Continental Custom Ingredients introduces Smooth[TM], a new line of stabilizers for ice cream applications. Smooth is available in a variety of formulas for multiple ice cream applications, all designed to impart smooth and creamy texture attributes as well as superior control over product ...
Rebalanced ice cream.(CREATORS BRIEFS)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Tate & Lyle launches Ice Cream Rebalance[TM] 500, a new ingredient solution set for lowfat, no-sugar-added ice cream. Tate & Lyle Rebalance[TM] gives brands a healthier profile, offering formulators a way to create a reduced-fat, reduced-sugar ice cream without compromising on taste or ...
FONA International Inc.(moved into new headquarters)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 2005 ... FONA International Inc., a developer and manufacturer of a full line of quality flavors for the food and beverage industries, recently moved into its new, state-of-the-art worldwide headquarters in Geneva, Ill. All ...
Treatt USA.(expansion and development)(Brief Article)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Treatt USA purchased 6.5 acres of industrial property adjacent to the company's existing facility in Lakeland, Fla., for future expansion and development. Treatt supplies ingredients to the flavor and fragrance industries. In other news, ...
Mini Brass-Ball Valves.(supplier's marketplace)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Dwyer has released its Series MV Mini Brass Ball Valves. These neatly contained valves are well suited for pneumatic, domestic and hydraulic installations, where confined spaces may limit the use of larger valves. The chrome and nickel-plated brass ball and body ensure years of reliable, ...
Insulated Pallet Covers.(supplier's marketplace)(Polar Tech's Thermo Chill[TM] Insulated Pallet Covers)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Polar Tech's Thermo Chill[TM] Insulated Pallet Covers include the following features: heavy and medium duty, reusable, available in standard size 40x48x48 and short size 40x48x33 (also available as adjustable model from 48 to 72 inches high), hook-and-loop closure, easy to use, tough, ...