Dairy Processing

DEBUTING IN APRIL 2021. Dairy Processing addresses the challenges and prospects faced by nearly all dairy processors across North America. It serves the needs of current industry leaders and future decision-makers in the thriving multi-billion-dollar dairy sector, making it essential reading for anyone in the dairy profession.

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Pet Food Processing Exchange to return in fall

2 days ago | dairyprocessing.com | Nicole Kerwin

KANSAS CITY, MO. — Following the success of the inaugural Pet Food Processing Exchange, an annual educational and networking event held in Kansas City, Mo., Pet Food Processing magazine and Sosland Publishing Company announce the 2025 edition will be held Oct. 19 to 21. Thanks to positive feedback and anticipated growth, this fall’s Exchange will be held at a larger venue — Kansas City Marriott Downtown.
Specialty and flavored cheese manufacturer sold

1 week ago | dairyprocessing.com | Brooke Just

NEW YORK — The Gellert Global Group, which owns specialty cheese subsidiary Atalanta Corp., has acquired Wisconsin-based Heartisan Foods, a manufacturer and distributor of branded and private label specialty and flavored cheese products, from Ronin Equity Partners and Landon Capital Partners. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Snacking trends: Combining flavors and freestyling

1 week ago | dairyprocessing.com | Andy Nelson

If you thought the worldwide snack attack was about to let up, think again. Take, for example, the Specialty Food Association’s (SFA) trendspotter panel’s annual list of what to look for. Snacking, under the heading Girl Dinner 2.0, takes the top spot. Snacking is here to stay, according to the panel, with “freestyle format and flavor combinations infusing new energy into the red-hot category.”“Consumers will become even more flexible with how they eat,” said trendspotter Melanie Bartelme.
Heat and Control leaders honored

1 week ago | dairyprocessing.com | Lucas Cuni-Mertz

ORLANDO, FLA. — Heat and Control founder Andy Caridis and his son Tony Caridis, president of the company, received SNAC International’s Circle of Honor Award at SNAXPO25, held March 30-April 1. Nominated by industry peers and voted on by SNAC International’s board of directors, Circle of Honor awardees are recognized for their outstanding commitment to the snack industry, innovation and growth.
Climate-smart program canceled by USDA

1 week ago | dairyprocessing.com | Rachael Oatman

WASHINGTON — The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is cancelling its Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities (PCSC) program, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced April 14. “The Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities initiative was largely built to advance the green new scam at the benefit of NGOs, not American farmers,” Rollins said. “The concerns of farmers took a backseat during the Biden administration.
Walmart expects to manage way through tariff conditions

1 week ago | dairyprocessing.com | Russell Redman

BENTONVILLE, ARK. — At Walmart’s investor day event, top executives said they expect the retail giant to meet its growth expectations despite having to navigate a tariff-clouded global trade environment. The Walmart Investor Community Meeting, held April 9 at the company’s Bentonville headquarters, came on the same day that the Trump administration ordered a 90-day pause on US retaliatory tariffs of 10% to 49% on more than 50 nations, which had been in effect since midnight.
Senators seek HPAI plan for dairy cows, other animals

1 week ago | dairyprocessing.com | Rachael Oatman

WASHINGTON — Four senators directed a letter to US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, asking that the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) plan to combat highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) encompasses not only chickens but also turkeys and dairy cattle. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) sent the letter on April 9, a little more than a month after Rollins rolled out the USDA’s $1 billion bird flu mitigation plan.
Cheese manufacturers recognize popularity of feta

2 weeks ago | dairyprocessing.com | Andy Nelson

Feta – it’s not just for salads anymore. New from Emmi Roth in the feta category is Athenos Feta Cheese with Tajin. Amie Wentz, Emmi Roth’s director of brand management, called the collaboration a “best-in-class pairing of the No. 1 feta brand and a trending spice brand for an exciting flavor combination.”Athenos Feta Cheese with Tajín’s Classico Chili Lime Seasoning is perfect, Wentz said, for taco night made easy — and delicious.
Specialty cheeses benefit from cooking trends

2 weeks ago | dairyprocessing.com | Andy Nelson

TikTok and other social media platforms have played a huge role in recent years in raising the profiles of different cooking cheeses, said Rachel Shemirani, senior vice president of Poway, Calif.-based retailer Barons Market. Boursin and feta (remember the feta, tomato and pasta craze?) are among the cheeses people are learning about via social that are easy to translate into delicious weeknight dinners everyone, even kids, love, she said.
Tariffs impact top cocoa producers

2 weeks ago | dairyprocessing.com | Crystal Futrell

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s April 2 tariffs announcement may have brought more chaos into the turbulent world of cocoa. The world’s top suppliers of cocoa beans, the Ivory Coast and Ghana, were slapped with retaliatory tariffs of 21% and 10%, respectively, for all imports brought into the United States. The two countries were part of a long list of other US trading partners assigned at least a baseline 10% duty, with several countries receiving higher levies.