CNN.com recently posted the following article with the title “Fad-free advice: Hormones or no, keep drinking milk.” Regardless of the consumer’s choice, the key take-away is that they continue to consume milk and dairy products, so overall, this is a positive article for the industry. When Wal-Mart announced last week that its private label milk would be produced exclusively from … Read More
Issues a Call for Judges
The Wisconsin Dairy Products Association (WDPA) is looking for a few good judges for their annual World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Contest. The contest, held in conjunction with the World Dairy Expo, is in its sixth year. Do you have what it takes to be a judge? Then be sure to get your resume to the WDPA by May … 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
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
SMI to Close Altanta Plant
Southeast Milk Inc. (SMI), a Florida-based milk cooperative has announced that it will close its Atlanta Dairy facility. SMI’s decision to close the facility was announced to employees on March 10. According to Calvin Covington, Chief Executive Officer, SMI anticipated operating the facility through May 9, 2008, but a recent tornado in the Atlanta area forced them to accelerate plans … Read More