Dairy

Rutters Dairy has introduced Rutters-branded vanilla and strawberry milk pints to the consumer market. For years, the two flavors were available only as part of Rutters school milk program. The new pints sold in plastic bottles are the first new flavors of milk introduced by Rutters in a few years. …

Most of the milk from the dairy cows on South Pork Ranch ends up pasteurized heat-treated to reduce the chance that the people who drink it will get sick. But every month, 300 gallons of the milk are sold raw, much of it to about five dozen regular customers who arrive at the central Illinois farm toting their own containers to tap the creamy drink from a squat, stainless-steel vat in a room next to the milking stalls. …

The National Inflation Association today issued the following food inflation alert to its http://inflation.us members: The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today released their Producer Price Index (PPI) report for March 2010 and the latest numbers are shocking, with dairy products up 9.7%. …

On April 22, California’s Karoun Dairies, Inc., makers of natural handmade Mediterranean cheeses will travel to Madison, WI to collect their three awards from the 2010 World Championship Cheese Contest. Karoun Dairies, Inc. won two gold medals, one for the Mykonos Creamy Feta in the Feta category and another for the Panela in the Quesos Frescos category. The Basket Feta with Sundried Tomato & Thyme also took a bronze medal in the Flavored Feta category. …

The International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) has announced that Darigold Fresh magazine, Connecting our Farmers to our Customers, has claimed the top honor for Corporate Marketing Campaign of the Year in its Awards of Excellence program. …