Dairy Foods back issues from March 1991:
Zeroing in on critical issues: news of war shrouds atmosphere at U.S. Dairy Forum. (News and Trends)
Mar 01, 1991 ...Shrouded by news that the United States had moved full-speed ahead with military operations to liberate Kuwait, the U.S. Dairy Forum in -Palm Springs, Calif., held Jan. 1619, began with an address from Dr. Brendan Fox from the animal health division of Elanco Products Co., a division of Eli ...
Passing the milk monitoring test: FDA is testing for drug residues, but will critics flunk FDA again? (Food and Drug Administration's National Drug Residue Milk Monitoring Program)
Mar 01, 1991; ...Government efforts to trace animal drug residues in milk, stung by criticism from Congress and consumer activists and an avalanche of negative publicity, are undergoing a crash course in reform. But the changes may not be enough to satisfy the critics. The Food and Drug ...
Securing space in the Japanese market: U.S. processors face tough competition from other countries. (Japanese cheese market)
Mar 01, 1991; ...This is the second of two articles featuring results of the National Dairy Board's (NDB) study of dairy market opportunities in the Pacific Rim Part I examined the Japanese market for frozen desserts; Part II focuses on the Japanese cheese market. Market research was funded by NDB in ...
The world of new products: food executives offer insight at conference. (Gorman Publishing Co.'s eighth annual conference on new products)
Mar 01, 1991; ...In 1990, the number of new food products topped the 10,000 mark for the first time, officially stopping at 10,301. For new product watchers, passing the 10,000 product milestone is interesting not just for its numeric roundness, but because it indicates continued acceleration of product ...
Into the mouths of babes. (new dairy products for children)
Mar 01, 1991; ...In the 1950s, Post Cereals introduced Sugar Crisp, the first pre-sweetened cereal designed specifically for children under the age of 12. Although at the time the cereal industry had enjoyed considerable sales to the youth market for many years, the Sugar Crisp product, package and ...
Ice cream for special places. (custom ice cream novelties)
Mar 01, 1991; ...To be successful, marketing experts say, you have to find a niche. Identify a need, develop a product, and then go sell it. In the ice cream novelty business, a few ambitious marketers and manufacturers are doing just that. Their specialty is developing customized products for high-traffic ...
Strategically speaking. (new labeling regulations)(Dryer on Marketing) (column)
Mar 01, 1991; ...As discussed last month, new labeling regulations (to be developed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under terms and conditions laid down by Congress in the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990, or NLEA) are almost certain to be a "good news, bad news" situation for the dairy ...
Progressive packaging. (includes related articles)
Mar 01, 1991; ... We all know the value of a good in-store promotion. Hire a professional demonstrator to pass out samples of your new premium ice milk and you're almost sure to see a big increase in sales. Have her hand out cents-off coupons, too, and the results will be even better. But what happens when ...
'Whey' ahead of the game: Dean Foods automates to make quality cultured products efficiently.
Mar 01, 1991; ...Whey disposal is creating a serious problem for many dairy processors. Most end up putting it down the drain, or storing and selling it for animal feed. In this arena of limited options, Dean Foods is one company that can count itself way ahead of the game. Dean's Rockford, Ill ....
Taking command of distribution: route automation improves control over distribution points. (column)
Mar 01, 1991 ...Gillette Dairy, Rapid City, South Dakota, prides itself on its up-to-date approach to processing and distribution. Nowhere is this more in evidence than in Gillette's automated route accounting system. The system in place at Gillette collects daily sales data and updates product ...
Bactometer buys time: Cacique Cheese cuts coliform testing time.
Mar 01, 1991 ...Cacique Cheese Co., City of Industry, Calif., makes cheese 24-hours a day. Understandably, the company does not want to keep inventory around any longer than necessary. And bacterial testing, although necessary, is a major time consumer. To speed up its testing procedures, and ...
Facing the consequences: fat reduction affects many quality and process variables in cheese production.
Mar 01, 1991; ...To produce lowfat cheese, simply use skim milk, right? It's not nearly so simple. Decreasing the fat level in any cheese produces many unintended consequences-including changes in flavor, texture and microbiological integrity. To formulate lowfat cheeses, one must consider the potential ...
'Ultra'-functional dairy blend: dairies cut the fat but keep the quality in frozen desserts.
Mar 01, 1991 ...For consumers searching for the old-fashioned taste and smooth texture of a rich premium-grade ice cream without the fat, there is a "lite" at the end of the freezer case. "Bresler's no-fat Royale Lites taste so good people swear they're eating ice cream," says David Lasky, ...