All Dairy articles – Page 217
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Sales up as public gets taste for long-life milk
Sales up as public gets taste for long-life milk: Sales of long-life milk are staging a dramatic recovery on the back of improved branding and packaging. UHT milk sales have risen steadily this year, and are currently at their highest point since December 2006, according to DairyCo. In the 52 ...
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Frico updates Edam design
Friesland Foods has repackaged its entire Frico brand cheese range. The Dutch company, which supplies 90% of Edam sold in the UK, said the new packaging emphasised the “heritage and unique craftsmanship” of Dutch cheese. “We have invested heavily in...
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School Milk Scheme to include more products
The EU has extended the Continent-wide School Milk Scheme to include a wider range of dairy products and a wider age group. Cheese and yoghurt will now be part of the scheme, as will buttermilk and other fermented milk products. Previously only milk...
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Dairy intolerants boost goats milk sales 16.5%
Sales of goats milk continue to soar as lactose-intolerant consumers start to wise up to its health and flavour benefits - sometimes at the expense of soya. Fresh goats milk sales have shot up 16.5% in the past year, with the retail...
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Omega-3 removed as Vitality is relaunched
Müller UK has signalled that the UK's obsession with brain boosting ingredient Omega-3 could be on the wane by removing it as an ingredient from its Vitality brand just three years after adding it. The company is relaunching its...
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Whatever next? How about some fruity butter?
Manufacturers in this category don't have it easy. They face satisfying shoppers who want to eat healthily but are unwilling to compromise on taste or convenience. They've already gone a long way to achieving the first by introducing low-fat and...
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Milk and more: goats get in on the act with tasty alternatives
The market for goats milk products continues to grow, spearheaded by fresh milk, which was up 16.5%% last year to £21.5m [Nielsen]. Growth has traditionally been fuelled by consumers who are intolerant to cows milk. However, according to...
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advertising watch: can Anchor campaign spread the feelgood factor?
Arla ploughed £10m into its Anchor brand last summer in a bid to reposition it as the only free-range option on the market. Relaunching the brand as The Free Range Butter Company, announced in May last year, and comprising television,...
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Rodda's appeals to what women want
Cornish clotted cream specialist Rodda's has launched its first-ever TV advertising campaign this week. The adverts, which will be aired in the ITV Central region over a five-week period, will feature the tagline Too Good for Words and...
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'I can't believe it's not cheaper'
Afry-up costs 13% more than it did a year ago, according to an article in the Daily Mirror last week. But the paper left out one ingredient synonymous with breakfast - and it's the one that would, certainly for some brands, have topped the list...
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Supermarkets deny milking rising costs
Supermarkets have denied profiteering from a period of unprecedented food inflation despite passing on £200m more to consumers in price increases since 2005 than they inherited from suppliers. A new study, published exclusively in The...
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What ever happened to... St Ivel Gold?
Dairy Crest axed St Ivel Gold this year following declining sales as shoppers switched to butter spreads.
The dairy giant, which has brands including Utterly Butterly, Clover and Country Life, said it stopped manufacturing the range from… -
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Functional & wellbeing
Unilever started its crusade to turn around the fortune of functional products at the beginning of this year when it pumped £15m into a marketing campaign for its Flora Pro-activ brand. The push was designed to tackle consumer confusion...
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Research Notes
Shoppers spent £952.7m on butters and spreads last year - a 10.5% increase over the year before. Rising shelf prices have driven this growth. To put it into context, while volume has remained fairly static year-on-year, sales were up just 0.7%...
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Spreadable
Spreadable butter seems able to do no wrong as it continues to tap into the hunger for natural yet convenient products. Almost all the big brands have launched spreadable versions in recent years followed by light, lighter, organic and unsalted...
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Milk Link defies costs to push up sales 2.8%
Milk Link has defied the cost pressure in the dairy industry to post a strong set of full year financial results. The farmer-owned processor this week reported a 2.8% increase in turnover to £523m for the year to 29 March, with EBITDA...
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There's a wealth of alternative choices
Sir; Cutting down on meat and milk has been little-disputed advice in the past few years and has stimulated redoubled campaigning. Goods rated meat-free, dairy-free, and cruelty-free combine interests in tackling obesity, waste, and...
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Going beyond liquid assets
Soya suppliers have spotted the potential beyond 'milk', and are turning to non-traditional soya products to develop interest, with considerable success. Sales of soya yoghurts are up 27% to £18.9m and they now form the second-biggest...