Dairy Foods

Bring a smile to dairy processors and consumers with great texturizers and ingredient systems.

     
Market Trends

Number of new product launches in 2008 by food industry globally that include "Starch" on the label.

Sub-Category Number of
Variants 
Spoonable Yogurt    452
Cheese    270
Drinking Yogurts &
Liquid Cultured Milk
   188
Flavored Milk    61
Cream & Creamers    48
Butter     13
Soy Yogurt    14
Soy Based Drinks    9
Rice/Nut/Grain &
Seed Based Drinks
   9
White Milk    8
Liquid Dairy Other    4
 Total    1076
(information provided by Mintel GNPD)

 

New Products 

Our continual efforts in new product development are driven by market needs and the unique requirements of our customers. One of the big benefits of starch is its versatility. Our specialty starches enable you to make improvements to your products without changing the “starch” label that appears on your ingredients list.

Explore the range of texture solutions our N-DULGE™ series of
Co-Texturizers™ deliver for a wide range of dairy applications, including dairy beverages, by  clicking here to see our newest brochure.  Learn about ULTRA-TEX® 8 for Instant applications, such as pastry fillings and Bavarian Creams; INSTANT PURITY SMR skim milk replacement for ice cream and frozen desserts; NUTRIOSE soluble fiber a valuable tool for adding fiber and probiotics, and for reducing fat and sugar.

 

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IFT - July 18 - 20 Chicago, IL
 
AACC - October 24 - 27 Savannah, GA

 

FDA changes Yogurt Standard of Identitiy

 

 
Dairy Foods

Consumers always check out the Dairy aisle to find the latest in product innovation. Nutrition, Indulgence & Convenience are the 3 main drivers behind these new developments, which perfectly complement the inherent goodness of dairy products. More than 1100 new product launches with starch as a texturizing ingredient in Dairy applications worldwide are just one way to capture the dynamic and creativity in the marketplace. It showcases how starch is repeatedly the ingredient of choice to formulate to meet market needs. The most new product introductions happened in the Dairy Beverages and Yogurt category. In the US alone the Yogurt category alone captured more than 3 Billion $ up 6.2% in $ value.

  Texture - Crafting the right dairy texture through a combination of consumer insights, category appraisal and the new Texture Center of Excellence expertise to create winners on the supermarket shelf. Ask for our N-DULGE™ Dairy Texturizers brochure.  
  Dairy ingredient optimization - Unique products, services and techniques to get the most out of your dairy ingredients when costs threaten the bottom line.  Check out our Cost Optimization Guide to learn how you can tighten the belt on ingredient cost.
Fiber fortification - NUTRIOSE®, an easy-to-add prebiotic fiber... with no digestive discomfort delivers numerous health benefits.  Ask for our new brochure Fiber 2.0: Easy, Invisible, Prebiotic Fiber With No Digestive Discomfort!
Clean label/organic - The clean label space is still growing.  Our NOVATION® functional native and organic starches allow dairy processors to simply put "starch" on their labels without sacrificing process and shelf stability.
Instant gratification - Working on an instant dairy application or looking to cut processing steps and save energy?  ULTRA-TEX® 8 and our range of instant starches deliver great texture and performance in an instant.

 

Products & Services 

Need to fine tune you dairy texture?  You will be amazed what our N-DULGE™ series can do for you.  Many of our customers have turned to our NOVATION product range to clean up their labels with a consumer friendly STARCH label.  Working on an INSTANT dairy application- not a problem- check out how ULTRA-TEX® 8 and our range of instant starches let’s you stay cool. Are you challenged to control your ingredient costs? Check out our range of products that offer great cost saving opportunities- from GEL N MELT in Imitation cheese to Instant Purity SMR in Ice cream or of course the industry benchmark THERMTEX. Make sure you get your hand on our Dairy Replacement guide to find out more. 
Like your product but need to spice up you label?  NUTRIOSE will deliver you the FIBER claim without changing the product.

Our 100+ starches and starch based systems combined with our dairy capabilities – from the pilot plant to trained sensory panels make you hit your target faster and more successful.

 

Applications

Tap into our vast capabilities – from our consumer insight research, new product development support, and formulating and sensory knowledge, to our technical service trouble shooting skills – to create winning products in the following areas:

  • Yogurt & Sour cream
  • Puddings/dairy desserts
  • Dairy Beverages
  • Fresh Cheese (e.g. Ricotta, Cottage cheese)
  • Cheese and cheese analogues (e.g., pizza cheese)
  • Ice cream/frozen novelties Soy & Rice based dairy alternatives
  • Soy & Rice-based Dairy Alternatives 

 

Challenges 

We are the experts at solving challenges in the following areas:

  • Consumer enchanting textures
  • Clean label formulations
  • All-natural and organic formulations
  • Better-for-you products  no fat/ low fat products- low sugar no sugar
  • Soy or rice based dairy alternatives
  • Nutritional requirements, allowing health claims
  • Fiber fortification without negatively impacting sensory characteristics
  • Texture concepts such as mousses, dual textures 
  • Dairy ingredient replacement for cost control
  • Instant product development
  • Shelf-stable textures
  • Compatibility with various processing conditions