All Dairy articles – Page 182
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Focus On Functional Foods: The case for fortification
The debate about whether to make it mandatory to add folic acid to bread illustrates the complexities of legislation on functional food.
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Second Opinion: And what of baby milk, Nestlé?
It’s caved in on palm oil, but its baby formula is also controversial, notes Joanna Blythman
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Focus On Functional Foods: Athletic antioxidants
Antioxidants have been big news of late, with celebrities and dieticians proclaiming the health benefits of a host of berries, including blueberries, goji and acai berries.
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McCutcheon TV ads send Activia sales soaring 22%
It's a debate that divides men the length of the nation, but in yoghurt at least, brunette has triumphed over blonde.Martine McCutcheon's ads for Activia have been credited with driving 22.3% sales growth for the brand to £219.8m [IRI...
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NewsCritical Eye... on the low-fat food gods
First we had the ghastly BNP twinning itself with the nation's favourite Marmite in that Party Political Broadcast. Now we have Family Food Fight with Flora.
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Cathedral City’s drive to stay the favourite
Cathedral City is kicking off the second stage of its £10m relaunch to consolidate its position as category leader with new TV and radio ads, a major on-pack competition and a new website. The 'Britain's Got Favourites' on-pack push...
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Godminster boosted by Daisy & Co
Organic cheese supplier Godminster has bolstered its portfolio with the acquisition of fellow Somerset cheesemaker Daisy & Co.
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Wiseman and Dairy Crest announce profit growth
Improved prices for bulk cream and volume gains on fresh milk have boosted profits at Robert Wiseman Dairies and Dairy Crest.Robert Wiseman this week announced a 59.9% uplift in pre-tax profits to £49.2m for the year to 3 April. It also...
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Müller goes Greek in latest extension to Corner portfolio
Müller is to kick off a £9m overhaul of its Corner portfolio with the launch of a new Greek-style sub-range.
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New milk brand from Medina
Medina Dairy has launched a new milk brand out of its recently acquired former DFB Blaydon Dairy site.Simply Milk was a more premium-looking product, designed to show customers that Medina was now a bigger player, said processing...
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Laughing Cow leaps ahead on calcium
Bel UK is targeting mums by almost doubling the amount of calcium in its Laughing Cow Original cheese triangles. The recipe has been reformulated so it now contains 600mg of calcium per 100g serving, up from 340mg previously. The move...
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Switch & Save rolls on despite wrath of Sainsbury’s suppliers
Sainsbury's is pressing on with its own-label Switch & Save campaign despite ongoing criticism from the big brands. Own-label sales in the soft cheese, tomato ketchup and corn flakes categories were "ticking up significantly" as a...
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First Milk appoints advisers in run-up to boardroom reshuffle
A new advisory group has been set up by dairy supplier First Milk as part of plans to galvanise the company's management board.Seven First Milk members have been appointed to the group and were selected for their range of commercial...
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Cheddar cheese set to soar 10% in price this year
The price of Cheddar will rise by at least 10% over the next six months in reaction to a major tightening of milk supply, manufacturers have warned.Wet weather during the crucial spring flush has resulted in lower-than-expected milk...
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M&S links retail and farmers’ milk prices
M&S has amended its dairy farmers' milk payment scheme to link the price they receive directly to the retail price of M&S milk for the first time. The new Milk Pledge Plus scheme builds on M&S's Milk Pledge scheme, launched...
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Focus On Soft Drinks: Milk drinks shake it up
Flavoured milk drinks clearly have the white stuff to succeed at the moment: their 6.6% volume growth outstripping the growth of their high-profile soft drink counterparts [Nielsen 52w/e 20 March].
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First Milk and Anglia Farmers partner up
First Milk's procurement arm First Milk Direct has agreed a tie-up with Anglia Farmers in a move aimed at reducing input costs.Anglia Farmers will administrate and extend a number of the services First Milk Direct offers farmer members....
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RH Amar increases warehouse space and plans to improve IT
Fine foods distributor RH Amar has increased its warehouse space 65% to 80,000 sq ft to accommodate the extra business generated by four new clients and growing sales with existing accounts. Last year it added Bertolli, Del Monte,...
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Kerry adds olive variant to Pure range
Kerry Foods has added a Mediterranean olive oil variant to its Pure dairy-free range.
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NewsChief exec promotion for First Milk’s Allum
Kate Allum has been appointed as the new chief executive of First Milk.