Japanese trading firm Mitsubishi has agreed to acquire 24% share in Tasmanian Dairy Products, a manufacturer of dairy food ingredients in the Australian state of Tasmania.
Retail merchandising displays that provide consumers with dairy-based ‘meal solutions’ could reap double-digit unit and dollar sales growth, US research has found.
Food mogul Nestlé has recommenced operations in Azerbaijan through a registered company following suspended trade of its entire product range in March due to supply problems.
Flavours and ingredients firm Synergy has launched a milk flavours line in response to the surging fat reduction demands across Asia’s ready-to-drink (RTD) category.
Arla Foods looks set to strengthen its presence in the Chinese dairy market and boost exports after signing a wide-ranging agreement with dairy giant Mengniu.
Chinese dairy giant Mengniu intends to source 100% of its raw milk supply from large-scale farms and ranches by 2015 - “eliminating” its association with small dairy farms.
Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial, a leading dairy company in China, is recalling its infant formula products in the country after the government’s quality watchdog found unusual levels of mercury in some of its products.
Sales of lactose-free dairy products have doubled over the last five years, with an increase in self-diagnosed cases of lactose intolerance in the US and Europe driving $900m sales.
The annual Northern Dairy Industry Situation and Outlook business breakfast forum today (14 June, 2012) at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre has heard that the supermarket retail milk ‘price war’ is continuing to harm Queensland dairy farmers
Chinese dairy company Mengniu Dairy plans to invest CNY3.5bn ($552m) to set up eight to 12 self- operated farms by 2015, to ensure the safety of milk supply.
Urgent action was necessary to avoid the “bleak situation” of a serious global shortage of cocoa supplies within a decade, Fiona Dawson, president of Mars Chocolate UK, warned yesterday (June 12).
The ministry of commerce & industry, Government of India, in a notification issued recently, has effected amendment to the policy on skimmed milk powders by lifting the ban on their exports.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) says that a Pilgrim’s Choice advert featuring a cowboy character with a razorblade poses a serious risk of emulation if seen by young children.
Penford Food Ingredients has introduced a new casein replacer for imitation cheese that it claims is a breakthrough for the industry, allowing for larger reductions of casein than ever before, thereby protecting manufacturers from fluctuating casein price
Dutch dairy giant Royal FrieslandCampina (FC) has entered into an agreement with the Irish Dairy Board to acquire its Belgium-based continental cheese packing segment IDB Belgium N.V.
A consumer lawsuit has been filed against General Mills, Inc. claiming the Minneapolis-based company’s Yoplait Greek fat free yogurt is neither authentic Greek yogurt, nor yogurt at all. General Mills began selling Yoplait Greek in the United States in Ja
