Milk

Left to right: Humphreys, Bergin, Foster and GII chairman Liam Herlihy at the Virginia facility

Glanbia Ingredients Ireland opens milk protein plant

By Rod Addy

Glanbia Ingredients Ireland (GII) has opened its €7.8M (£6.2M) milk protein facility at its existing site at Virginia, County Cavan, which supplies the cream for Baileys liqueur among other products.

Investment in dairy processing capacity is needed

Life after milk quotas

By Michelle Knott

While milk prices may be low now, in the future that could change dramatically as global demand outstrips supply, predicts Michelle Knott

The EFRA committee is investigating the impact of price volatility for milk and dairy products

Dairy prices enquiry launched

By Rod Addy

An official enquiry into dairy prices has been launched by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee following the rapid plunge in milk prices in the past year.

Create more demand for dairy, Neil Parish urges

Dairy crisis

MP urges industry to drive dairy demand

By Nicholas Robinson

The UK’s food and drink industry must step up and support dairy farmers by driving consumer demand for milk and milk products with innovation, a prominent MP has urged.

Farmers have faced increasing pressure as prices paid for their milk have plummeted

DAIRY CRISIS

Dairy storm intensifies as protests loom

By Rod Addy

The dairy supply chain storm has intensified, with Müller appealing for planned protests over milk price cuts to be called off, while the dairy industry code faces increasing scrutiny.

Milk tank helps to preserve extended shelf-life

Milk tank helps to preserve extended shelf-life

Tetra Pak has launched an automated tank with constant temperature control, called 'Tetra Alsafe for ESL', which preserves extended shelf-life (ESL) milk product quality between processing and packaging.

Dairy Crest sources milk from dairy herds across the UK

Dairy Crest move puts 260 jobs at risk

By Rod Addy

Up to 260 jobs are threatened as Dairy Crest announces proposals to close two factories at Hanworth in West London and Chard in Somerset amid plans to ditch glass milk bottles.

Freedom Food ditches logo

Freedom Food ditches logo

By Nicholas Robinson

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) has ditched its original Freedom Food logo in a bid to attract more food businesses and consumers, the charity has revealed.

IDB Espana aims to provide 'expert cheese solutions for the pizza sector'

Irish Dairy Board snaps up pizza cheese factory

By Rod Addy

The Irish Dairy Board (IDB) has acquired the trade and assets of Telepizza subsidiary Luxtor, a Spanish pizza cheese and cheese blends plant, targeting cheese sales to foodservice customers.

Falling global demand and over-supply is putting severe downward pressure on milk prices

Campaigners slam retailers in fight for dairy industry

By Rod Addy

Farmers For Action (FFA) has lashed out at retailers for not allowing price increases as dairy farmers face plummeting milk prices and is pressing for government and European Commission (EC) support.

The new ArNoCo facility, which will produce whey protein and dry blend lactose

Arla Foods Ingredients plant starts production

By Rod Addy

Arla Foods Ingredients has begun production at its new dairy ingredients factory in Germany, the product of a joint venture with German cooperative Deutsches Milchkontor.

Dairy Crest posted 'a strong branded performance' in first quarter trading

Dairy Crest and Carr’s Milling: results at a glance

By Michael Stones

Dairy Crest has posted “a strong branded performance” in its first quarter trading ended June 30, while Carr’s Milling reported continued investment in a management statement for the 19 weeks ended July 12.

Severnside's Frijj line has benefitted from a £14M investment to double its output

Dairy Crest reveals its investment plans

By Nicholas Robinson

Capital investment is sexy and Dairy Crest has just come to the end of a four-year investment plan, which saw £75M spent across the company’s dairy operations.

The deal expands First Milk's agreement to supply milk for Nestlé's Kit Kat products

Dairy farmers to milk Nestlé Kit Kat deal

By Rod Addy

Nestlé has struck a deal with First Milk, expanding the dairy cooperative’s supply of fresh milk for its Kit Kat and Nescafé brands in the UK.

Dairy Crest's announcement is good news to analysts

Dairy Crest seals infant formula deal

By Nicholas Robinson

Dairy Crest’s confirmed strategic partnership with the infant formula company Fonterra yesterday (July 3), as well as an announced £20M investment in its Davidstow site to manufacture lactose-based prebiotics, is “good news” to analysts.  

Müller Wiseman Dairies aims to transfer distribution from Pensilva to Bridgwater

58 jobs hit as Müller Wiseman confirms depot closure

By Rod Addy

Müller Wiseman Dairies’ transfer of milk distribution to its Bridgwater site, and the resultant closure of its Pensilva depot, has been confirmed, with the company claiming 58 jobs could go.

Arla's Aylesbury dairy will employ up to 700 people and has created 90 apprenticeships

Arla’s giant Aylesbury dairy opens doors

By Rod Addy

Arla has officially opened the world’s largest fresh milk dairy, a £150M processing facility at Aston Clinton, Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, which will employ up to 700 staff.

R&R Ice Cream's products include Nestlé ice creams, such as Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles Lollies

Ice cream firm R&R buys Aussie business

By Rod Addy

R&R Ice Cream has bought Aussie ice cream business Peters Food Group from private equity group PEP fund IV, gaining brands such as Drumstick, Conoisseur, Peters Original and Maxibon.

Katharina Vogt: 'We are working to replicate food industry standards'

Cheshire college helping fill skills gap

By Nicholas Robinson

Katharina Vogt is making big steps in her mission to turn Reaseheath College’s Food Centre (RFC) into an educational institution with the highest quality food and drink standards known to the industry.

Jackson said investment is important to keep the business fresh and efficient

Meadow Foods invests £3.1M to boost efficiency

By Nicholas Robinson

Meadow Foods has been investing to raise its efficiency. It’s important to invest in a business to keep things fresh and efficient and we’ve had a lot of that here at our Peterborough site, where we produce cream and cream products for food manufacturers.

UK dairy industry must prepare to meet global demands, says Dairy UK chief executive Dr Judith Bryans

Dairy needs one message from government to grow

By Nicholas Robinson

Government must deliver one clear message on dairy if the sector is to contribute significantly to global demand for dairy products and compete with other nations, warned Dairy UK chief executive Judith Bryans.

The new Kerrygold production facility will have a capacity of 50,000t of butter

New €30M Kerrygold site to create 50 jobs

By Laurence Gibbons

The Irish Dairy Board (IDB) has invested €30M (£24.6M) in a new butter production and packaging facility for its Kerrygold brand, creating 50 jobs in Mitchelstown, County Cork.

Cheese ripening can take from three weeks to more than a year

Ripen faster to boost profit

Cheesemakers can reduce ripening times on continental and Cheddar-type cheeses without negatively impacting shelf-life or quality by using Arla Foods Ingredients’ new natural milk protein.

Campaigners are fighting dairy industry plans for expanding output

Welfare groups fight mega-dairy plans

By Nicholas Robinson

Compassion in World Farming (CiWF) chief executive Philip Lymbery has slammed UK dairy industry plans to drive up milk production to reduce the £1.2bn dairy deficit as “irresponsible” and “cruel”.

Breast milk has high concentrations of osteopontin for immunity

The quest for breast milk

Feeding babies with infant formula enriched with Arla Foods Ingredients’ Lacprodan OPN-10 supports their immune development, according to the results of a new trial.

Crediton is working with Elopak to tailor the new line to to new carton sizes and designs

Crediton Dairy plans milk NPD after £2.2M investment

By Rod Addy

Crediton Dairyvs new £2.2M filling line will build on demand for extended shelf-life (ESL) flavoured and functional milk drinks, enabling it to target the category with new launches, the firm claimed.

Clare Cheney, director general, Provision Trade Federation

Government’s smart swaps aren't so smart

I was going to write about sugar being the new salt for the healthy diet campaigners. But I changed my mind when I looked at the government’s Change4Life so-called Smart Swaps online. What a muddle!

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