Blogs
Thoughts over coffee
I was drinking my morning coffee in my adorable AHDB travel mug on the school run.
Business & trade, Dairy processing, Dairy science, End products, Ingredients
What’s in your mug?
The news is that Fonterra is set to meet the demand for adventurous tea and coffee drinks around the world with Beverage House, a new channel within its global foodservice business.
Business & trade, Dairy processing, Dairy science, End products, Ingredients
How to customise customers
The news is that TOP from Wageningen in the Netherlands has introduced a new opportunity for entrepreneurial dairy farmers: the pasteurisation and packaging of milk from single cows.
Business & trade, Dairy processing, Dairy science, End products, Ingredients, Packaging, Regulatory, Sustainability
What World Milk Day means
Another World Milk Day has been and gone on 1 June, and a large selection of celebrations were underway globally, ranging from sports to schools.
Business & trade, Dairy processing, Dairy science, End products, Ingredients
Times change
I have been living in the UK for two decades, and time flies when you’re having fun, but I was reminded of how much things had changed when I went to visit two favourite restaurants in Paris last week.
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A 25 gram challenge
The World Health Organization (WHO) suggests that adults consume only 25 grams of sugar per day, but most people fall short of this number by overconsuming sugar.
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The expanding taste of cheese
I went along to a tasting day at a speciality food magazine, whose labels now adorn products throughout the UK.
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Food for thought in Ireland
As the UK swiftly winds out towards Brexit (who knew 2018 could go so fast?), the question of the Irish border continues to nag at the British government and similarly, the Republic of Ireland’s government.
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Riding the nostalgia wave
As part of our May Day worker celebrations (or bank holiday long weekend, as it is commonly known here in the UK), we took ourselves off to the last remaining outpost of what used to be a fairly widespread phenomenon, Fitzpatrick’s Temperance Bar in Rawtenstall.
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A matter of perspective
The news that the European Union and Mexico have reached a free trade agreement is of some concern in some quarters, particularly north of the Mexico-US border, but not here in Europe.
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Getting the message out
It’s always a challenge changing perceptions, as US cheese makers are discovering. US dairy is used worldwide, but often as a commodity base.
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The new craft brews
It had to happen in the US. Having spent 20 years turning the American beer scene into a plethora of good beer options, the artisanal cheese market is booming, with various milk cheeses from around the country showing up in the suburbs.
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Bigger and better
I’ve been in the US visiting friends and relatives this week, and enjoying the variety of weather on offer in April. Snow to start, and now it’s sunny.
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The search for a top person
Fonterra is a very large exporter in New Zealand, where the local market amounts amounts to around 4.7 million people and the local cows produce around 21.5 million metric tons of milk annually.
Business & trade, Dairy processing, Dairy science, End products, Ingredients, Regulatory, Sustainability