Dairy

During the past 10 years yogurt sales have tripled, according to yogurt maker Fage, but Greek-style yogurt sales have increased 50 percent in the past year, according to information from the natural, organic and specialty food industry. …

The Federal Trade Commission announced it will conduct a follow-up study to its 2008 study of food marketing to children and adolescents. The FTC will gather information from 45 major food, beverage and quick-service restaurant companies that sell food in certain categories, including frozen and chilled desserts and dairy products. FTC is seeking comments regarding the information-collection process before taking further action. …

A review of the scientific data on rbST has said that rbST is one example of the kinds of efficient food production practices that will help feed the world in the future. Adding: The composition of all milk organic, rbST-free and conventional is indistinguishable. …

Inside, it may smell like a cave filled with aging sausage, and on the outside look like its been made since the days of Charlemagne, but in fact it is a modern creation, devised by a 15-year-old dairy in France’s Auvergne region. The taste: pretty wonderful. …