Month: July 2018

Specialty Food Association Summer Fancy Food Show Trends Emphasize Innovation Across The Industry

July 25, 2018 Specialty Food Association

Over 200,000 products awaited the Specialty Food Association Trendspotter Panel at the 64th Annual Summer Fancy Food Show. Held June 30 to July 2at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City, the show encompassed six football fields worth of specialty food and beverages. Members of the panel were armed with predictions from earlier in the year as they tasted their way through the show, confirming some current, and identifying new and emerging trends. …

Why Pennsylvania Milk Profits Are Being Skimmed

July 25, 2018 WHTM

The dairy industry is mother's milk to Pennsylvania's economy, generating $15 billion and an estimated 52,000 jobs. …

Got Milk? For 46% Of US Adults In Poll, Only If It’s From An Animal

July 25, 2018 Sam Sabin, Morning Consult

The Food and Drug Administration suggested last week it would begin enforcing the agency’s definition of milk, which references products that come from animals that lactate, posing a potential marketing challenge for makers of plant-based beverages that use the term. …

Straus Family Creamery Unveils Organic Extra Rich Barista Milk For Culinary Professionals

July 25, 2018 Straus Family Creamery

Straus Family Creamery introduces its Organic Extra Rich Barista® Milk for specialty coffee and tea industry professionals who care as much about the origin of their dairy as they do their coffee beans and tea leaves. The Extra Rich milk makes its debut ten years after Straus introduced the first organic Barista whole milk on the market. The new Extra Rich milk expands the company’s Organic Barista® Milk line to five products. …

Flowers Foods Recalls Captain John Derst’s Old Fashioned Bread

July 25, 2018 FDA

As a precautionary measure, Flowers Foods, Inc. is voluntarily recalling Swiss Rolls sold under the brand names Mrs. Freshley’s, Food Lion, H-E-B, Baker’s Treat, Market Square, and Great Value, distributed nationwide, and Captain John Derst’s Old Fashioned Bread distributed in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, due to the potential presence of Salmonella in an ingredient, whey powder. …