Month: February 2014

Lunch Bundles Looks To Vermont Farmstead Cheese Company For Cheese & Space

February 11, 2014 Vermont Farmstead Cheese Company

Lunch Bundles®, a Vermont based company that offers a healthy alternative to kid-themed Lunchables, has worked out an agreement with Vermont Farmstead Cheese Company to use VFCC's Artisan Cheddar in two of its healthy lunch options and will also include gluten free crisps and crackers from our Castleton Crackers line.  Lunch Bundles is also renting space in the VFCC Windsor location to accommodate their packaging and shipping needs. …

Chiriboga Blue, Unusual Cheese From Bavaria

February 11, 2014 Janet Fletcher, San Francisco Chronicle

We don't see many cheeses from Germany in this country, so a cheese from Bavaria easily drew my attention. Chiriboga Blue, made at a creamery in Bad Oberdorf, near the border with Austria, is unusual on several accounts. …

CFIA: Jensen Cheese Brand Old Cheddar Cheese Recalled Due To Listeria

February 11, 2014 Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

A.M. Jensen Ltd. is recalling Jensen Cheese brand Old Cheddar Cheese (white) from the marketplace due to possible Listeria contamination. …

New Research: Yogurt Consumption Reduces The Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes

February 11, 2014 Medical Research Council

New research shows that higher consumption of yoghurt, compared with no consumption, can reduce the risk of new-onset type 2 diabetes by 28 per cent. Scientists found that in fact higher consumption of low-fat fermented dairy products, which include all yoghurt varieties and some low-fat cheeses, also reduced the relative risk of diabetes by 24 per cent overall. …

Saputo Seeking More Global Acquisitions As Dairy Demand Gains

February 11, 2014 David Stringer, Bloomberg

Saputo Inc. (SAP), which won a three-way bidding battle for Australia’s oldest dairy producer, is seeking takeovers in the U.S., Brazil and New Zealand as it bets global demand for will continue to rise. …