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Article: Cultured product trends. (includes article on cottage cheese revitalization program)
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- Dairy Foods
- Article date:
- April 1, 1997
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Product developers contemporize cultured dairy foods
With improved fat-reducing technologies. sophisticated flavors, milder cultures and unique packaging. cultured dairy foods have evolved from commodity to contemporary. New products are continually introduced, many of them targeting specific consumer groups.
Yogurt dynamics
Refrigerated yogurt leads the cultured products category with dollar sales of $1.7 billion in 1996. This is a 2.5% increase compared to 1995, according to Information Resources Inc., Chicago.
Much of this category's success comes from processors who regularly introduce trendy flavors while phasing out those that are passe. ...