Let's face it. Not everyone's nuts about nuts. That's why Smith Dairy Products Co., Orrville, Ohio, developed new Ruggles "Just Dipped" Cones without the traditional peanut topping.
Despite a recessionary climate, U.S. sales of ice cream and related frozen desserts (including frozen yogurt and frozen novelties) increased 2 percent to reach $25 billion in 2009.
Cheese, appetizer and ingredients processor Sargento Foods Inc., Plymouth, Wis., said it promoted Louie Gentine to president and chief customer officer.
Canadian dairy cooperative Agropur, Longueuil, Quebec, said its U.S. subsidiary,Trega Foods, purchased Green Meadows Foods, a cheese processor in Hull, Iowa.
Talk about getting into the spirit of the season. Lifeway Foods,
Morton Grove, Ill., is introducing its first seasonal flavor: Cranberry
Creme Brulee Kefir.
'Tis the season! Regional processor Smith Dairy Products Company, Orrville, Ohio, said it has begun shipping its Ruggles Candy Cane Holiday Edition premium ice cream.
Talk about the best of both worlds. A new all-natural probiotic yogurt line from Lowell International Foods, Franklin Park, Ill., combines nature-ripened European fruits with farm-fresh rBST-free milk from Wisconsin.