Month: November 2018

Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland recently conducted a study, published in the British Journal of Nutrition, to determine the link between risk of cardiac arrest and fermented and non-fermented dairy products. Fermented dairy products include buttermilk, sour cream and cheese, and non-fermented dairy products include milk. …

Dairy farms with more than 1,000 cows now comprise nearly 50 percent of the dairy industry, up from only 29 percent the decade prior, showing consolidation of dairy operations has increased significantly. These larger dairy operations have taken advantage of economies of scale to survive the price cycles the dairy industry has come to know. Now, the dominance of these larger dairies has led to a structural shift, which may mute the price cycles in the years ahead and lead to longer periods of lower prices, according to a new report from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange Division. …

Sovos Brands, a food and beverage company backed by Advent International, announced that it has signed a merger agreement under which noosa yoghurt, LLC, a fast-growing premium yoghurt manufacturer also backed by Advent, will expand Sovos Brands into the yoghurt category. …