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DSM publishes yogurt report

DSM publishes yogurt report

19 Feb 2015

DSM has published the results of a survey it conducted on the international perception of yogurt amongst 6,000 men and women  in Brazil, China, France, Poland, Turkey as well as the USA. Among its conclusions are that, encouragingly for yogurt manufact...

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Arla reports “complex” year

Arla reports “complex” year

19 Feb 2015

Arla has issued an update on how it sees the market and its performance ahead of publication of its annual results later this month. 2014 was a complex year, the company said. The farmer-owned company achieved one of its best results ever in a market i...

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Fonterra commissions Dutch plant

Fonterra commissions Dutch plant

17 Feb 2015

Fonterra has commissioned its new dairy ingredients plant in Heerenveen, in the north of the Netherlands. The plant produces whey and lactose specialty ingredients that will be used in high-value paediatric, maternal, and sports nutrition products by F...

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Müller reduces milk price

Müller reduces milk price

12 Feb 2015

Müller UK & Ireland Group has confirmed that its standard milk price from March 5, 2015 will be 24.15ppl, a reduction of 1.75ppl. The company took a decision to hold its milk price for February but said that it has since faced a widening gap betwee...

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Coke takes on ‘super milk’

Coke takes on ‘super milk’

9 Feb 2015

Health and wellness start-up fairlife – founded by the Select Milk Producers co-op – has introduced fairlife ultra-filtered milk, which it describes as high quality milk that’s cold-filtered for 50 percent more protein, 30 percent more calc...

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Dry weather sees Fonterra reduce volume forecast

Dry weather sees Fonterra reduce volume forecast

4 Feb 2015

Fonterra has reduced its milk volume forecast for the 2014-15 season to 1,532 million kgMS, reflecting the impact of dry weather on production in recent weeks. The new forecast is 3.3% lower than the 1,584 million kgMS collected last season. The previo...

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Dairy Crest looks to stabilise milk prices

Dairy Crest looks to stabilise milk prices

2 Feb 2015

Dairy Crest has announced that following a drop in its March milk price, there will be no further reductions to its farmgate milk price before July. The company says it is the first processor in the British dairy sector to introduce a ‘price floor’ tha...

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ICL to acquire dairy proteins company Prolactal

ICL to acquire dairy proteins company Prolactal

30 Jan 2015

Israeli company ICL’s Food Specialties business unit is to acquire Prolactal, and its subsidiary, Rovita. Prolactal, based in Hartberg, Austria, and Engelsberg, Germany, is a European producer of dairy proteins and other ingredients for the food and be...

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Arla adds capacity in Germany

Arla adds capacity in Germany

28 Jan 2015

Arla Foods has officially inaugurated a brand-new production area at its site in Pronsfeld, near Bitburg-Prüm in the Eifel district. A total of about €110 million was invested in the construction of a new milk drying tower, a new creamery and additiona...

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Arla to sell lactose through GDT

Arla to sell lactose through GDT

23 Jan 2015

Arla Foods Ingredients is to sell lactose ingredients through the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) online auction platform for the first time as part of its bid to become the world’s leading lactose supplier. More than 900,000 tonnes of dairy ingredients are t...

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OptiBiotix, NIZO enter yogurt JV

OptiBiotix, NIZO enter yogurt JV

23 Jan 2015

OptiBiotix Health, a life sciences business developing compounds to tackle obesity, high cholesterol and diabetes, has announced that it has entered into a 50/50 joint venture  agreement with NIP, a wholly owned undertaking of NIZO Food Research. As an...

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New protein shakes from Dannon

New protein shakes from Dannon

22 Jan 2015

Dannon has introduced Light & Fit Protein Shakes, a new on-the-go option with, says the company, a satisfying taste to help shrink everyday food temptations, describing the product as a deliciously convenient way to help overcome some of the tough ...

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