Kraft Foods has debuted a new system at their Lowville, N.Y. cheese plant that turns waste into energy. The system will save the plant between 30 and 35 percent of their current natural gas purchases per year. The bio-methane system takes the waste product from the cheese plant and lets the bacterial breakdown of the waste create methane gas, which … Read More
Sonic Adds String Cheese to Menu
Sonic Restaurants have announced that they will now offer string cheese as a side item in their Wacky Pack kids meal. Sonic is the first quick-service restaurant chain to introduce this side item. “String cheese is a perfect food item to maintain a healthy balance, especially if your kids are picky about what they eat,” says Paul Macaluso, vice president … Read More
AgNite Got Cheese
AgNite at the RNC was all about showcasing American food and agriculture. One of the most interesting displays included 3 large blocks of cheese. These were donated by Associated Milk Producers Incorporated. They’re not something you’d have room in your refrigerator for since each block weighs 690 pounds! The people working the display got a serious workout slicing off the … Read More
Sorrento to Add Whey Processing
Sorrento Lactalis is planning an expansion to its Nampa, Idaho cheese factory, adding a new whey processing facility. The company plans to break ground this winter and finish in less than two years. Its planned new whey facility will be 50,000 to 60,000 square feet and cost close to $50 million, Jean Claude Bruneau, vice president of manufacturing, told the … Read More
CWT Weekly Export Update
Your weekly Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) export update. CWT has accepted ten export assistance bids for the sale of butter, cheese and anhydrous milkfat. Four of the bids were from Darigold of Seattle, WA, for butter exports in the following amounts to the following destinations: 500 metric tons (1,102,312 pounds) to Morocco; 125 metric tons (275,578 lbs.) to Japan; 50 … Read More
Family Owned Cheese Plant Expands
Los Altos Food Products, owned by Raul Andrade and his family, is expanding from 36,000-square-foot factory to a new 100,000-square-foot facility a few blocks away. Demand for the company’s cheese is growing, particularly for their Cotija-style cheese, one of Mexico’s most famous flavors. In rural Mexico, there is a tiny town at the base of the Southern Sierra Madres called … Read More
Kansas Schools See Increase in Cheese Consumption
A pilot project conducted by the Midwest Dairy Association in the Kansas-based Goddard Public School district was a tremendous success. The students at the district chose cheese from their school cafeteria more than three times as often during the program. The effort was designed to increase cheese sales and consumption while educating students about the health benefits of cheese. To … Read More
Scotland's Seriously Cheese to Sell in U.S.
Scotland’s biggest cheese maker, the Caledonian Cheese Company, has announced that they will begin selling their leading product, “Seriously” in the U.S. There are four varieties of the Seriously cheese, vintage, strong, mild red and mild white. They are marketed by Lactalis McLelland. The launch, expected in the coming week, follows interest drummed up at a major food exhibition in … Read More
Exploring How it Got There
As experts in the agricultural industry, we know better than most how the food we eat each day made it to our plate. For those who don’t have a knowledge of agriculture, there is a new show on the Food Network called “How’d That Get On My Plate?” One recent episode featured milk being made into mint chocolate chip ice … Read More
Wis. Schreiber Plant to Close
Schreiber Foods says it plans to close its processed cheese plant in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. at the end of September and shift production to Missouri. Schreiber Foods is a $3 billion global enterprise and the world’s largest customer-brand dairy company. They provide products to the biggest names in fast food and are the world’s largest supplier of private-label dairy products … Read More