PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES 

Highly effective metal detectors and x-ray technologies in dairy processing facilities continues to grow in importance. By enhancing food safety and preventing product recalls, the use of highly effective systems can protect the reputation of dairy brands while guarding against the subsequent financial repercussions following an incident.

INSIDE THE PLANT 

In addition to producing 30 SKUs of award-winning, small-batch specialty cheese and processing milk onsite, Pineland Farms has a mighty team of 30 employees on a quest to "expand its brand" beyond the New England border.

INGREDIENT TECHNOLOGIES 

When it comes to the true “workforce” ingredients that contribute to product quality, shelf life and much more, look no further than gums, emulsifiers and stabilizers. They are intended to help ensure that the quality and sensory characteristics of dairy products hold firm during the entire dairy product’s shelf life.

OUTLOOK REPORT 

Dairy Foods takes a deep dive into what trends are currently shaping the RTD market, with the help of industry experts.

Processor PROFILE 

Dairy Foods visited Pineland Farms Dairy Co. in Bangor, Maine, for a behind-the-scenes look at the dairy’s expanded capabilities to customize variety and sizing of fluid milk and cream, ice cream mixes and dairy blends.

DAIRY FOODS EXTRA 

With PROOF Hard Ice Cream currently expanding at a blazing pace, corporate executives acknowledge they will soon outgrow its 4,000-square-foot South Carolina plant.

EXPORTER OF THE YEAR  

South Carolina is perhaps where the next great dairy segment has been born: alcohol-infused ice cream. At the forefront of the alcohol-infused ice cream movement is PROOF Hard Ice Cream, led by Jennifer Randall, co-founder and CEO, and Dirk Brown, co-founder and chairman, who founded the start-up in 2014.

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