Tag: cheese

Ingredion adds new potato starches to cheese portfolio to improve functionality and choice

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USA - Ingredion Incorporated, a leading global provider of ingredient solutions to diversified industries, has added three functional potato starches to its processed cheese ingredient portfolio, giving manufacturers greater functionality and choice. According to the company, the CheeseApp 50, 70 and 80 enable recipe cost savings in processed analogue block cheeses while delivering the appealing…

Bel Group announces plans to build US$87m factory in Quebec

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CANADA - The Bel Group, a multinational cheese marketer, has announced that it is going to spend $87mn to build a factory to produce its Mini Babybel cheese snacks in Quebec. According to Food Drink & Franchise, the French cheese marketer said that the plant in Sorel-Tracey, Quebec, will be its first Canadian production facility.…

Glanbia Cheese announces plans to build new mozzarella manufacturing facility

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IRELAND - Glanbia Cheese, the Joint Venture business between Glanbia plc and Leprino Foods, has announced plans to build a new, world-class mozzarella cheese manufacturing facility in Portlaoise, Co Laois, Ireland. According to the company, a site for the new facility has been identified at the recently established Togher National Industrial Estate in Portlaoise. A…

Arla Foods acquires Yeo Valley Diaries to expand milk, butter and cheese market

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UK - Arla Foods Limited, an international dairy cooperative, will acquire Yeo Valley Dairies Limited, a subsidiary of the Yeo Valley Group Limited to expand milk, butter, spreads and cheese brands. According to the company, this transaction will give the farmer-owned dairy cooperative the rights to use the Yeo Valley brand in milk, butter, spreads…

Helene Gunnarson appointed new vice-chairman of Arla Foods

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DENMARK - Arla Foods amba board of directors have appointed former chairman of the Swedish Area Council and the Organic Committee, Helene Gunnarson as new vice-chairman of the corporative. She succeeds Jan Toft Norgaard who was appointed new chairman of Arla Foods amba in May. Helene, who has been a farmer since 1997, served as…

Chr. Hansen’s launches a new cheese starter that produces soft cheese

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DENMARK - Chr. Hansen A/S, a global bioscience company, has launched a new cheese starter that helps cheesemakers to produce soft cheese that maintains the desired taste and texture. According to the company, this new extension to the DVS SSC series is the latest addition to Chr. Hansen’s soft cheese starter culture range, consists of…

DSM launches new cheese ripening enzyme for clean label dairy

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NETHERLANDS - The global company active in health and nutrition has launched a benzoate-free cheese ripening enzyme, accelerating their clean label strategy through an innovative choice of ingredients. The new ingredient, Accelerzyme® CPG, allows cheesemakers to respond to growing consumer demand for dairy products with a clean and clear label. It eliminates the use of…

Chr. Hansen launches new starter cultures for rich flavor in white cheese

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DENMARK - The global bioscience company, Chr. Hansen has launched a new product, DVS WHITE FLORA, a series of three cultures that ensures rich and aromatic flavor notes in white cheese. The new product also enhances more flexibility, consistent cheese quality and high yields in white cheese manufacturing. According to Chr. Hansen, the white cheese…

China’s dairy market to reach US$54.9b with steady high value retail sales growth

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CHINA - China’s dairy market will grow at a 6.6% CAGR in value to reach US$54.91billion in 2022 led by yogurt and cheese markets which are experiencing steady high value retail sales growth, according to a new research from Mintel. The report indicates that yoghurt maintains an annual retail sales growth of over 20% since…

New York raw milk cheese company ordered to stop manufacture and sales

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NEW YORK - A New York raw milk cheese company whose products were linked to a multi-state outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes (L. mono), has been ordered by a federal court not to manufacture its ready-to-eat aged soft, semi-soft and hard cheeses until it complies with food safety regulations. The U.S. District Court for the Northern…