Barbara Harfmann

3 weeks ago | dairyfoods.com | Barbara Harfmann

InnovationDairy Foods & BeveragesCheese When Dairy Foods headed off to Green Bay, Wis., on a snowy Tuesday in early March, I couldn’t envision how much fun I’d have attending my first cheese contest which was held March 4-6 at the Resch Expo.  adjacent to Lambeau Field.

1 month ago | dairyfoods.com | Barbara Harfmann

Ingredients for Dairy ProcessorsColors/Flavors The flavor gates are open wide and beckoning. While classic flavors like vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, and coffee will forever anchor the category, flavors that spark curiosity, spicy-sweet flavors, and floral, botanical, and fruit profiles with a twist along with new “it” flavors like pistachio, matcha, and lemon-blueberry are surging in popularity. Morgan Dunnegan, food technologist at St. Louis-based International Food Products Corp.

1 month ago | dairyfoods.com | Barbara Harfmann

InnovationIngredients for Dairy Processors When it comes to ingredients, protein is one of the most important ingredients naturally found in dairy foods like milk, cheese, cottage cheese and yogurt. Yet, to capitalize on consumers’ obsession with protein, many dairy brands along with food and beverage companies are adding more protein to bars, yogurts, ready-to-drink (RTD) shakes and smoothies, sports nutrition drinks/powders and new products.

1 month ago | dairyfoods.com | Barbara Harfmann

Becky Rasdall Vargas, senior vice president of trade and workforce policy at the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), joins us for Episode 52 of the “Let’s Talk Dairy” podcast to discuss “Tariffs and Supply Chain Challenges.” Based in Washington, D.C., the IDFA, since 1990, represents the dairy manufacturing industry, including cheese, milk, and ice cream processors.

2 months ago | dairyfoods.com | Barbara Harfmann

Dairy Foods recently went Inside the Plant at Westby Cooperative Creamery, which manufacturers 132 SKUs across cottage cheese, sour cream and bulk yogurt from its 55,000-square-foot headquarters and distribution center at 615 North Main in Westby, Wis., with the manufacturing plant located just one mile down the road.