Dole Packaged Foods has introduced a new container for their make-at-home yogurt smoothie which mimics a blender. Innovative! The need for a blender to make a smoothie at home was a big consumer complaint, said Paul Panza, director of marketing, based in Westlake Village, Calif. Panza told Dairy Foods that the solution lay in the packaging: consumers unscrew the cap, … Read More
U.S. Plant Planned for Yakult
Yakult, a drinkable probiotic yogurt brand, will be building a production plant in the U.S. This is the first American factory for the Tokyo-based Yakult Honsha Co. The plant is planned in Fountain Valley, Calif. The facility, which will produce around 250,000 bottles of Yakult per day, is expected to begin operations in 2012. “We are looking forward to the … Read More
Yogurt Snacking Grows
The good news – kids love yogurt, and are snacking on it in higher numbers! Grab a yogurt today! While fresh fruit remains the most-consumed kids snack, refrigerated yogurt showed the largest growth in number of units consumed per child last year as compared with 2008, according to a kids’ snack category growth ranking released by The NPD Group. Yogurt … Read More
New Yogurt Plant Being Built in Vermont
A new yogurt facility broke ground in Brattleboro, Vermont this week. Commonwealth Dairy yogurt ompany will make yogurt for other companies under private label and will sell its own all-natural “Mountainberry” brand product. “This is an exciting and critical milestone in the evolution of our project” stated Dieter Dobousek, Commonwealth Dairy’s vice president and chief technical officer. “It has taken … Read More
Yogurt is Top Trend
The Dairy Council of California is encouraging Americans are eating more of the food trend of the decade: yogurt! Yogurt was named the food trend of the decade by Harry Balzer, Vice President with the market research firm NPD Group. “It’s very convenient. It’s very individualized …” said Balzer of yogurt in a Jan. 1 interview with National Public Radio. … Read More
New Yogurt Parfait at Chick-fil-A
Chick-fil-A will introduce a yogurt parfait, right in time for all of those New Year’s resolutions to eat healthy! The new Yogurt Parfait includes slices of fresh strawberries, covered in creamy, vanilla yogurt topped with either Chick-fil-A’s own Harvest Nut Granola blend or Chocolate Cookie Crumbs. Topped with granola, the Yogurt Parfait has 240 calories and 5 grams of fat, … Read More
Dairy Probiotics Could be Used for Vaccinations
This newly released study has a huge potential for dairy products – what a great idea! Instead of a dreaded injection with a needle, someday getting vaccinated against disease may be as pleasant as drinking a yogurt smoothie. A researcher from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has developed a new oral vaccine using probiotics, the healthy bacteria that … Read More
Dairy Crest Sells Yogurt Portion
Dairy Crest has taken a big step in easing its debt position by selling its 49% stake in yogurt group Yoplait Dairy Crest for £63.5m. Following the sale, the dairy products group now expects its net debt at year end to be about £435m. Dairy Crest, whose brands include Country Life butter and Cathedral City cheese, said the sale was … Read More
Yoplait Yogurt to Change Key Ingredient
General Mills has announced that it will stop using milk from cows treated with rbST in its Yoplait yogurt by August of 2009. The company claims the move is motivated by consumers wanting the change. “While the safety of milk from cows treated with rBST is not at issue, our consumers were expressing a preference for milk from cows not … Read More
Yogurt Could Reduce Cancer
Scientists have found that eating yogurt every day could cut the risk of developing bladder cancer by up to 40 percent. The research showed that those who ate two servings a day were significantly less likely to go on to have the disease than those who ate yogurt only occasionally or not at all. No benefit was found from regularly … Read More