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1 week ago | 
dairyfoods.com | Brian Berk
Symrise on April 10 celebrated World Vanilla Day with a plethora of vanilla taste tests and a keynote speech from author Paula Limena. The event, taking place on New York City’s Park Avenue, is in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the discovery of vanillin in 1874. Last year, the first celebration took place in Germany. The four-hour party continued in the United States this year, with more celebrations planned globally, Allison Scowden, Symrise marketing director.
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2 weeks ago | 
dairyfoods.com | Brian Berk
Overall, it has been a strong past 52 weeks for cheese, especially when looking at the natural cheese category. There were some pockets of weakness however, mainly the processed cheese and grated cheese subcategories, according to Chicago-based market research firm Circana’s data for the 52 weeks ending Jan. 26.
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3 weeks ago | 
dairyfoods.com | Brian Berk
It is of course anecdotal, but I have noticed a major shift in consumer trends toward dairy products in the last several months. This is definitely something for the dairy industry to capitalize on. Gone are the days when consumers painted dairy products with an “unhealthy” brush, and has been replaced with a growing perception that dairy is a “super food.” Most publicized has been cottage cheese’s great year-over-year sales growth, according to Circana data.
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3 weeks ago | 
dairyfoods.com | Brian Berk
Catherine Bayard, global product manager of Plant Attitude at Givaudan, joins us for Episode 51 of the “Let’s Talk Dairy” podcast. Bayard manages the dairy and cheese alternatives category globally at Switzerland-based Givaudan, helping to create food experiences intended to do good and feel good for body, mind and planet. Bayard has more than 20 years of expertise in senior marketing and category management roles in diverse food and beverage categories.
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1 month ago | 
dairyfoods.com | Brian Berk
Ingredients for Dairy Processors Sugar reduction is not only top of mind for many consumers, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as well. In January, the FDA proposed a front-of-package (FOP) nutrition label for most packaged foods.
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1 month ago | 
dairyfoods.com | Brian Berk
As spring is finally arriving, the dairy industry can look forward to heading to Madison, Wis., for CheeseCon, set to take place from April 15 to 17 at the Alliant Energy Center. Presented by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA) and the Center for Dairy Research (CDR), CheeseCon features seminars, networking, a 75,000-square-foot tabletop exhibit floor, energetic celebrations of industry excellence, and more.
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1 month ago | 
dairyfoods.com | Brian Berk
During the past several years, the phrase “a win is a win” has been uttered by many athletes, often in reference to winning a game or a match without a dominant performance. The phrase can be aptly applied to the overall frozen novelty category. The novelties category pulled off a “win” for the 52-week period ending Dec. 29, according to Chicago-based market research firm Circana, but it was certainly not a dominant victory. However, when it comes to sales, up is definitely good.
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1 month ago | 
dairyfoods.com | Brian Berk
During the past several years, the phrase “a win is a win” has been uttered by many athletes, often in reference to winning a game or a match without a dominant performance. The phrase can be aptly applied to the overall frozen novelty category. The novelties category pulled off a “win” for the 52-week period ending Dec. 29, according to Chicago-based market research firm Circana, but it was certainly not a dominant victory. However, when it comes to sales, up is definitely good.
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1 month ago | 
dairyfoods.com | Brian Berk
The dairy industry always takes on its fair share of competition. Whether it is plant-based products, marketing campaigns claiming dairy is “unhealthy,” H5N1 bird flu, labor challenges and more, dairy is really holding up well. I am not going to dig too deep into the statistics in this column, as our November State of the Industry reports and Market Trends articles offer that information in full.
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1 month ago | 
dairyfoods.com | Brian Berk
Katie Brown, EdD, RDN, president of the National Dairy Council (NDC), a nonprofit education organization founded by U.S. dairy farmers with a vision of a healthy, sustainable world with science as its foundation, joins Dairy Foods for Episode 50 of the “Let’s Talk Dairy” podcast.
