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Bradburys uses flowrapper for MAP cheese packs

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Bradburys uses flowrapper for MAP cheese packs

By Rick Pendrous

Bradburys Cheese, based at Buxton in Derbyshire, has launched a new range of mini-portion cheeses with the help of customised, high-speed Artic flowrapping technology from Ulma Packaging. 

A vegan ad critical of the dairy industry has been given the OK by the ASA

Vegan ‘inhumane’ milk ad passed by watchdog

By Gwen Ridler

An advert that criticised dairy practices as ‘inhumane’ has escaped being banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), despite complaints from workers in the dairy industry. 

Plans for a £14M cheese factory will create 30 new jobs

New creamery will create up to 30 jobs

By Gwen Ridler

Plans to build a £14M cheese factory in Bangor, north Wales, which will create up to 30 jobs have been recommended for approval by councillors.

Cheese blender: Melvin Glynn bought Windyridge in 2012

ME AND MY FACTORY

Cheese blending boss on exclusive Guinness deal

By Noli Dinkovski

A cheese blending boss has claimed a new factory and an exclusive Guinness deal is likely to double the turnover of his business by the end of the year.

Wyke Farms agreed to extend its partnership with The Organic Milk Suppliers Cooperative

Wyke Farms grows organic cheddar cheese deal

By Matt Atherton

Wyke Farms has agreed a deal to extend its partnership with The Organic Milk Suppliers Cooperative (OMSCo), to become what it claims to be the EU’s largest producer of organic cheddar cheese.

Processed food debate panellists: (l to r) Tamar Haspel, historian Rachel Laudan, Yoni Freedhoff, Chris Mallett and Richard Black

Reports from IFT17

Firms encouraged to ‘invest in healthier products’

By Michael Stones

Risk-averse food manufacturers need encouragement to invest in healthier products, a nutrition consultant and industry insider told a seminar dedicated to processed food at the US Institute of Food Technology (IFT) Annual Meeting and Food Expo.

EU health claim studies must show improvement in a healthy group of people: Bush

EU health claims for probiotics ‘nearly impossible’

By Noli Dinkovski

Attempts to secure an EU 13.5 health claim for probiotics are being hindered because it’s “nearly impossible” to design a digestive study that demonstrates improvement in a healthy group of people, according to a leading figure in the field.

Advertising watchdog ASA has banned an ad for Arla organic milk

‘Misleading’ Arla milk ad banned

By Gwen Ridler

An advert for Arla organic farm milk has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), after it ruled the advert contained misleading environmental claims.

The Dairy Council launched its Milk Manifesto yesterday (June 1)

Milk Manifesto: nutritionists fight dairy ‘myths’

By Matt Atherton

Dairy foods’ nutrition and health benefits must be recognised and celebrated, according to The Dairy Council, as it launches its Milk Manifesto, backed by nutritionists and academics.

Organic milk now outperforms conventional milk in iodine content, OMSCo says

Organic milk in iodine level boost

By Noli Dinkovski

Iodine levels in organic milk are now ahead of conventional milk for the first time since testing began, according to a study by a farmers’ co-operative.

Beechdean Group has acquired 50% of ice cream manufacturer Lovingtons

Beechdean scoops up ice cream firm

By Gwen Ridler

Beechdean Group has acquired 50% of ice cream manufacturer Lovingtons, in a joint venture designed to grow investment and boost the manufacturing capabilities of the company. 

Satiety could be improved by increasing calcium in the diet, say researchers

Calcium can help solve obesity crisis

By Matt Atherton

Increasing calcium in our diets could reduce the prevalence of obesity, by “mimicking the effect of bariatric [weight loss] surgery” and suppressing appetite, a dairy scientist has claimed.

Dairy Crest announced its full year results this week

Dairy Crest posts £2.9M profit growth

By Gwen Ridler

Dairy Crest has posted a £2.9M rise in adjusted profits to £60.6M in its first full tax year since selling its dairies business, while sales for the company fell.

Millions of young adults are putting their health at risk by cutting dairy from their diets, claims the National Osteoporosis Society

Not eating dairy puts young adults’ health at risk

By Gwen Ridler

Up to 3M young adults are putting their future health at risk by cutting dairy from their diet, warned The National Osteoporosis Society (NOS), as the number of children drinking milk in schools falls.

Advice to reduce dairy in the daily diet from 15% to 8% has been challenged

Dairy sector fights back against ‘demonisation’

By Matt Atherton


The dairy sector is being unfairly targeted by the recommendations of public health bodies, as they attempt to reduce the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes, according to The Dairy Council.

Food start-ups are competing for a chance for business mentorship at Rabobank's F&A Next conference

Food start-up competition attracts 120 firms

By Gwen Ridler

More than 120 global food and agriculture start-up firms are competing for a place at the agribusiness bank Rabobank’s business mentorship scheme competition, Foodbytes. 

Probiotics are defined as live micro-organisms that benefit their host

First health claim in sight for vitamin B12 probiotic

By Noli Dinkovski

The first probiotic to gain a health claim from the EU has moved a step nearer, after a Dutch firm claimed it had managed to modify bacteria to produce substantial amounts of vitamin B12.

Dairy does not contribute to obesity, The Dairy Council claimed

Dairy foods can ‘break the obesity cycle’

By Matt Atherton

Consuming milk, yogurt or cheese does not contribute to obesity, and the dairy sector is “too often targeted in public health campaigns tackling obesity”, The Dairy Council has claimed.

Polman: Unilever is to offload its spreads business and combine its food and beverages units

Unilever to put Spreads business up for sale

By Rick Pendrous

Unilever is to sell off or demerge its Spreads business and combine its Foods and Refreshment activities into one organisation based in the Netherlands, as a result of a structural review just completed.

UK food exports to the EU face costly border checks after Brexit

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Food exports face border delays after Brexit

By Rick Pendrous

The UK’s food industry faces severe delays and rising costs of exporting and importing foodstuff to and from the EU following Brexit, if the government fails to negotiate a favourable deal to ensure “frictionless” border controls.

Quick check for dairy pasteurisation effectiveness

Laboratory equipment spotlight

Quick check for dairy pasteurisation effectiveness

By Rick Pendrous

Milk pasteurisation efficacy is typically monitored by checking for the presence of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) – an enzyme present in raw milk – thus ensuring a product is safe for consumption.

Errington Cheese's Dunsyre Blue was the source of last year's E.coli outbreak, a report alleged

Errington Cheese ‘the source’ of fatal E.coli outbreak

By Matt Atherton

The source of the Scottish E.coli O157 outbreak last year was Errington Cheese’s Dunsyre Blue raw cheese, a Health Protection Scotland (HPS) report has concluded, but the cheesemaker insists more evidence is needed.

Arla's sales of added-value milk hit £95M last year

Arla boosts added-value milk by £95M

By Gwen Ridler

Arla Foods UK’s added-value milk sales hit £95M last year, as 1.5M consumers chose its branded products over standard fresh milk.

More than 500 UK suppliers have entered Morrisons’ search for the best British food

More than 500 suppliers apply to Morrisons

By Gwen Ridler

Hundreds of food producers from across the UK have responded to Morrisons’ search for the best local food, in a bid to boost British supply on shelves across the retailer’s 491 stores. 

Unilever chief executive Paul Polman abandons its sustainability credentials at his peril, suggests one City analyst

Unilever review likely to lead to food disposals

By Rick Pendrous

Unilever’s top-to-bottom review of its business following the rejection of the £115bn bid from US Kraft Heinz earlier this week is likely to lead to the Anglo-Dutch company disposing of some of its underperforming food business, according to City analysts.

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