MAY 2024 vol. 125 no. 5
IN THIS ISSUE
OUR COVER THIS MONTH
When one thinks of protein, perhaps a thick steak or chicken comes to mind along with eggs, salmon and tofu. Yet, protein, calcium and vitamin D also are found in ample amounts in milk, cheese, yogurt and a whole host of healthy, good-for-you dairy products.
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Dairy Foods Extra
Jerome, Idaho-based Idaho Milk Products is the 2024 Breakthrough Award for Dairy Innovation winner, for the formulation of its IdaPlus 1090, a protein used in ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages.
PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES
Primary packaging is a key element in the drive by dairy manufacturers to maximize dairy revenues and enhance food safety. But identifying the optimal solutions including material type and container size and design for specific brands can be arduous.
INSIDE THE PLANT
Cincinnati-based Graeter’s Ice Cream has served the Midwest since 1870. Dairy Foods visited the plant in April to check out its 30,000-square-foot manufacturing facility, which opened in 2010.
INGREDIENT TECHNOLOGIES
Today’s dairy cases feature All-American flavors like vanilla along with spicy-sweet flavors like honey and chipotle, fruit flavors and botanical flavors plucked from nature. The global food flavors market is expanding, with a projected worth of $21.3 billion by 2027, notes Chicago-based Datassential.
OUTLOOK REPORT
Protein continues to shine. Among the protein-rich dairy foods consumers are enjoying are cheese, at nearly 23 grams per serving; cottage cheese, at 11.1 grams per serving; and low-fat plain yogurt, 9 grams in a 6-ounce container.
Processor PROFILE
Graeter’s Ice Cream has achieved something few companies have. It is synonymous with the city it has served for the past 154 years: Cincinnati.
FEATURES
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.
FEATURES
DEPARTMENTS
Market Trends
Cottage cheese dollar sales zoomed higher by 16% year over year (YoY) to $1.33 billion, while unit sales also achieved an impressive 11% YoY increase to 485 million, according to Circana.
Eat. Drink. Dairy.
Organic Valley debuts premium line of Flavor Favorites shredded cheeses; BEAM Be Amazing joins forces with Dole to deliver a nutritious powdered drink mix; Following plant fire, Gifford’s Ice Cream launches seven year-round flavors.
"Let’s Talk Dairy" Podcast
Jorge Izquierdo, vice president of market development for PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, joins Dairy Foods for Episode 40 of the “Let’s Talk Dairy” podcast.
OPERATIONS
Dairy Foods Extra
Private-label products, sometimes known as private brands or store brands, have enjoyed steady growth since even before the COVID-19 pandemic. And dollar sales continue to grow, reveals Rebecca Marquez.
3-A Today
Allen R. Sayler describes the steps to rigorous plant sanitation.
Rules and Regulations
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates food and color additives and food contact materials, but non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are pressuring state legislatures to ban some of these substances previously approved by the FDA for specific conditions of use without the level of science needed to support such action, explains IDFA's Roberta Wagner and Danielle Quist.
Equipment Showcase
We provide the latest cleaning and sanitation equipment.
INGREDIENTS/R&D
Health & Wellness
Renewed interest and excitement for cottage cheese took over TikTok, Instagram and Facebook last fall. The cottage cheese renaissance is real, states Mary Wilcox.
Culturally Speaking
Sour cream is a cultured product that doesn’t get a lot of press. It's also a dairy product that we often take for granted, explains K.J. Burrington.
Tharp & Young
In the simplest of terms, no matter the style, ice cream (and frozen dessert variants, thereof,) is the only food designed, formulated, manufactured, marketed and sold with the express intent of being consumed frozen, suggest Bill Sipple and Steve Young.
Dairy Foods Extra
There is much to be excited about as dairy foods are increasingly recognized among health advocates, policymakers and consumers for their role in supporting health at all life stages, says Amy DeLisio.
Ingredient Showcase
Dairy Foods highlights the latest dairy- and plant-based proteins.