Article: Skim milk rises to top.

New name, varieties put fat-free in fat city.

It was burdened for years with a name considered as unappealing as its watery texture and bluish tint. But skim milk still kept on rising toward the top of the fluid milk business.

Now, with a new "fat free" name and a host of new marketers with new products, skim milk stands to become an even bigger player.

New additives, formulations and flavors coming into the fat-free milk segment also provide an edge most dairies have lacked in the fluid milk business - genuine points of difference upon which to build brands.

"Milk has always been milk," says Gary DeShon, vice president of marketing for Golden ...

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