The newest value-added dairy product on the market is from Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA). The company has introduced Borden Essentials™, a cheese containing protective antioxidants, which help support a healthy immune system. Borden is among the first packaged cheese to provide consumers with a source of antioxidants. DFA responded to consumers’ desire to increase antioxidants in their diets. … Read More
Pa. Plant to Close
The Fairmont Products dairy plant in Belleville, Pa. will be closing it’s doors in October, causing 80 people to lose their jobs. The plant is owned by Dean Foods Co. and produces mostly cottage cheese and ice cream. The plants closure will also affect local dairy farmers who supply milk to the plant. The company is owned by Dallas-based Dean … Read More
New Milk is an Einstein
Stremicks Heritage Foods, based in California, is partnering with Disney Consumer Products to launch a new milk beverage line based on one of its popular animated TV series, “Little Einsteins.” Disney Little Einsteins Milk is made with 32mg of omega-3 DHA per serving to support brain and eye development and heart health. It is the first Disney-branded refrigerated dairy beverage … Read More
Wis. Dairy Labels Milk 'Humanely Produced'
A Wisconsin based dairy, Red Barn Farms, is marketing a new milk with the term “humanely produced” on the label. The milk will be sold at the Sendik’s Food Markets in near Milwaukee, Wis. The price for this specially labeled milk is expected to be more than conventional milk but less than organic milk. The milk from Appleton-based Red Barn … Read More
Chocolate Milk Fortified with Omega-3s
Chocolate milk has been a hot topic lately, and with the addition of an omega-3 fortified version produced by Omega Farms, even more press could be coming its way. According to the company, Omega Farms Low-Fat Chocolate Milk provides kids the added benefits of Omega-3s needed for brain development and athletes the perfect combination of carbohydrates and protein needed for … Read More
Good Night Milk
There’s a new milk on the production line, one to help your baby settle down for a good night’s sleep. Called Good Night Milk, it is marketed by Cow & Gate, a company based in the UK. Suitable for bottle-fed babies from six months onwards, Cow & Gate Good Night Milk is a nutritionally tailored milk which contains a special … Read More
Michigan Dairy Provides Kosher Milk
Vreba-Hoff Dairy, located in Hudson, Michigan, has announced it will be providing kosher milk to an Israeli food distributor. The dairy will ship 9.5 million pounds (1.15 million gallons) of whole milk to a kosher processing facility in Kentucky, which will convert the milk into powder and then ship to Israel. Once there, the powder will be used in kosher … Read More
Alaska Welcomes New Plant
Alaska has a new processing plant, Matanuska Creamery, that will turn 1,100 gallons of local Alaskan milk into cheddar cheese. This marks the first time residents in the Matanuska Valley will have access to cheese made with local milk. Matanuska Creamery CEO Kyle Beus has worked diligently since December to get this business off the ground. “We have, as a … Read More
Grilled Cheese Memories
Break out the tomato soup – April is National Grilled Cheese month, and Kraft Cheese is celebrating! Submit your favorite grilled cheese memory on April 16, and you may receive a coupon for a free package of Kraft Singles. The first 1,000 people who submit their favorite grilled cheese memory on April 16 will receive a coupon for one free … Read More
Shamrock Farms in Teeter Dairy Case
Shamrock Farms milk is now be available nation-wide in the grocery store Harris Teeter. The store will sell Shamrock Farms 12-ounce varieties of chocolate milk, whole milk, and 2% white milk, as well as “Shamrockers(R), individual 8-ounce milks. “Across the country, people are discovering that milk is a great-tasting, healthy beverage option they can feel good about drinking,” said Sandy … Read More