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Study says organic milk more uniform than other types
Scientists at the University of Newcastle in the UK have found that organic milk generally contained less saturated fat and more good fatty acids than milk produced at intensive commercial dairy farms. Its health giving properties were also much less likely to be affected by changes in the weather, the report in the Journal of […]
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Kenyan dairy hub opens with Tetra Pak help
Tetra Pak Eastern Africa has partnered with New KCC and the East African Dairy Development project (EADD) to launch a dairy hub at Metkei, Kenya. The hub is aimed at developing the dairy value chain and creating a more sustainable source of milk in the district. It brings together over 2,000 registered farmers from Metkei, […]
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Nestlé invests in Sri Lanka
Swiss dairy giant Nestle is investing in a new chilling centre in Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka, to expand the dairy industry there. This will be followed by eight more cooling centres by the end of this year. The centre is the first to be opened in the area in 30 years in the northern province of […]
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Tetra Pak provide right formula for Laverstoke Park Farm
Tetra Pak CPS has installed a fully bespoke dairy plant at former Formula One racing champion Jody Scheckter’s award winning Laverstoke Park Farm (UK) for processing of its range of buffalo milk products. The Sherborne based company managed the process engineering from start to finish. The completely automated system comprises equipment for producing mozzarella, ice […]
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Cooling tanks in Pakistan
Pakistan Dairy Development Company (PDDC) is planning to establish over 6,000 cooling tanks under its cooling tank program. Under the program, the PDDC has facilitated setting up of its 1,000th cooling tank in less than two years. Geoff Walker, CEO of PDDC, notes that prior to it, the dairy sector had around 1,500 cooling tanks […]
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Nestlé stays on track
Nestle is also on track to meet full year expectations, having posted nine-month sales up 9% and strong organic growth of 7.2%. The Swiss group enjoyed sales of CHF 78.7bn (€47 bn). In its Milk Products and Ice Cream business unit, nine month sales totalled CHF 15.7 billion (€9.4 bn), up 1.8% in terms of […]
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Indian Heritage Foods buys Vikram Dairy
Leading Indian dairy producer Heritage Foods India has acquired the assets of Vikram Dairy in order to expand its operations in the State of Maharashtra. The acquisition includes a dairy plant with a processing and packaging capacity of 50,000 litres per day, a chilling plant with a capacity of 12,000 litres per day, and seven […]
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Nestlé and Lactalis create new yogurt giant
A turnover of some €1.5 billion is expected from the first year of business of a Nestle-Lactalis daughter, formed to specialise in the production and marketing of yogurts and dairy desserts. From its HQ in Swiss Vevey, the world’s largest food group announced that it is to have a 40% share in the new organisation […]
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Milk looking cool thanks to celebrities
UK – Almost two-thirds of Scottish children now believe that milk is ‘cool’, according to independent research by MRUK Scotland. This coincides with the recent The White Stuff milk moustache campaign launched in the country, which featured celebrities such as Atomic Kitten and Nell McAndrew sporting milk moustaches. The research found that 62% of children […]
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Top ice cream maker installs Carlisle equipment
UK – Mackie’s, one of Scotland’s leading luxury ice cream makers, has streamlined production thanks to Carlisle Process Systems, a specialist in dairy equipment manufacture. Carlisle designed and built a milk chilling and routing system and storage tanks at its Sherborne headquarters, before transporting it to Aberdeenshire where it cools the milk yield of 500 […]
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Britvic’s dairy drink failing
UK – Britvic, the soft drink manufacturer, is seeing sales of its new Freekee Soda milk drink falter, according to market analyst Datamonitor. The drink is aimed at ‘tweenage’ ten to13 year-old consumers, a market particularly difficult to crack, according to Datamonitor. The company said that disappointing sales performance is causing retailers to review the […]
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Sun’s rays cool milk
SPAIN – Research carried out at Spain’s Public University of Navarre has produced a prototype for cooling milk using solar energy. The system involves one cylindrical tank, which acts as a cooling chamber for milk within a tank of frozen water allowing the milk to be cooled without using a pumping system. The energy produced […]
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Lakeland reports disappointing 2001
Dairy co-operative Lakeland Dairies has blamed foot and mouth disease for its 26% slide in pre-tax profit in 2001. The company saw turnover down from E219.9 million in 2000 to E217.8 million in 2001. In a statement, the company said that the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Northern Ireland and the Cooley Peninsula […]
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Going is good for the global dairy giants
Four of the world’s leading dairy companies – Kraft, Nestle, Unilever and Danone – have released their results for the three months to 31 March. All four companies saw key dairy brands help to deliver strong performances. French group Danone posted particularly good results, with sales for its fresh dairy products division up 6.7% on […]
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