Berry On Dairy

3 weeks ago | berryondairy.blogspot.com | Donna Berry

They are not going to like where things are going with staples that rely on imports. Cooking oil, for example, is projected to cost nearly double what it was in 2020 when it’s 2030. For the most part, shoppers, while frustrated with the price of eggs in recent months, understood why they were expensive. There was a shortage because the hens got sick. Many also recognize why chocolate is pricey. There’s a cocoa shortage. But cooking oil? That’s a man-made inflation.

1 month ago | berryondairy.blogspot.com | Donna Berry

The Dairy Processor List will be a recurring Friday blog topic as we try to navigate the chaos taking place in Washington, DC. It will highlight the good, the bad and the ugly. Welcome to the second edition, which covers: Shopping habits, SNAP, sugar is poison, reformulation plans need to be accelerated, but most important, highlights from the 101st Collegiate Dairy Products Evaluation Contest.

1 month ago | berryondairy.blogspot.com | Donna Berry

If the name Helm rings a bell, it’s because she is the former Chief Food and Nutrition Strategist for Weber Shandwick, who helped turn milk from a commodity to a brand with the iconic got milk? and milk mustache campaigns. At the CFBN breakfast, she identified six movements taking place in food and beverage that are gaining momentum. For starters, she said that the growth in tools to identify ultra-processed (UP) foods will add more to the confusion.

1 month ago | berryondairy.blogspot.com | Donna Berry

If the name Helm rings a bell, it’s because she is the former Chief Food and Nutrition Strategist for Weber Shandwick, who helped turn milk from a commodity to a brand with the iconic got milk? and milk mustache campaigns. At the CFBN breakfast, she identified six movements taking place in food and beverage that are gaining momentum. For starters, she said that the growth in tools to identify ultra-processed (UP) foods will add more to the confusion.

1 month ago | berryondairy.blogspot.com | Donna Berry

The Dairy Processor List will be a recurring Friday blog topic as we try to navigate the chaos taking place in Washington, DC. It will highlight the good, the bad and the ugly. Welcome to the first edition.  1. Food Safety. The industry needs to ensure consumers that the products it manufactures are safe, and will continue to be safe. Headlines like the following—"FDA Suspends Milk Quality Testing Program for Job Cuts” and “Is Your Milk Still Safe?