Business & trade
Mintel reveals the world’s cheesiest nations
To get an understanding of just how popular cheese is around the world in 2024, industry analysts Mintel has collated data to explore and analyse which nations love cheese the most.
Japan and UK trade protected product statuses
Japan and the UK have completed the process to grant special protected status to iconic British food and drink products including Cornish clotted cream and traditional Welsh Caerphilly cheese to safeguard against imitation.
Anuga FoodTec adds insights programmes
Under the main theme of ‘responsibility’, Anuga FoodTec, which will be held in Cologne, Germany, 19-22 March, has a collection of programmes, tours and seminars for the food and drink industries.
IDF launches the 3rd annual IDF Dairy Innovation Awards, sponsored by Tetra Pak
The IDF World Dairy Innovation Awards 2024 are open for entries from today, 21 February until 1 June 2024.
Business & trade, Dairy processing, Dairy Production, Dairy science
Arla Foods’ 2024 outlook
Arla Foods managed to adapt to a tough dairy market by returning to strong branded growth in the second half of 2023, and thereby reaffirming a positive outlook for the first half of 2024, it says.
Signposts for 2024 for US exports
The US Dairy Export Council has flagged the key issues that its analysts will be looking at for the next year for dairy import demand and trade, in a blog published online.
First Milk buys BV Dairy in UK
First Milk has completed the acquisition of BV Dairy (Blackmore Vale Farm Cream Limited), the company says.
Danone opens oat-based plant in France
The dairy giant Danone’s site conversion to plant-based makes it a new reference point in Europe for the production of oat-based drinks for the Alpro brand, the company says.
Farmgate price up at Fonterra
Fonterra Co-operative Group has increased its 2023/24 season forecast farmgate milk price, with the midpoint lifting by 30 cents to NZ$7.80 per kgMS, up from $7.50 per kgMS.
US cheese production tops 14.1 billion pounds
US cheese has now reached a high for the past 32 years, according to the Cheese Reporter.
Connecting the dots
Multiple dairy projects have been launched with the goal of bringing the industry together and encouraging collaboration and shared success.
Ornua appoints Conor Galvin as CEO
Conor Galvin will take up his new role in May.
Digital Dairy chain gains momentum across northern UK
The Digital Dairy Chain, a UK Research & Innovation-funded project, has brought together partners from across the supply chain to find solutions to the technology challenges they identified together.
On-Pack Recycling Label programme selects interim MD
OPRL (On-Pack Recycling Label) in the UK has appointed Jude Allan as interim MD, to cover Dr Margaret Bates’ secondment to Defra.