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New whey protein factory
Arla Foods Ingredients is investing €38 million in a new factory in Denmark to meet booming demand for whey protein hydrolysates. The investment will further strengthen the company’s position as a global leader in natural whey ingredients. The manufacturing plant is to be located next to Arla Foods Ingredients’ existing whey protein facility in Videbæk, […]
Whey and lactose site in motion
Production has begun at a new whey and lactose production facility that is a joint venture between Denmark’s Arla Foods Ingredients and German dairy co-operative Deutsches Milchkontor (DMK). The factory, which cost more than €50 million to build, is operated by ArNoCo, an organisation created by the two companies to produce ingredients for the food […]
Greek yogurt process promises an end to 1 million tons of acid whey
Greek yogurt manufacturers could cut their acid whey output by a collective 1 million tons a year simply by converting it into value-added dairy products, according to Arla Foods Ingredients. Arla Foods Ingredients has developed a processing solution – based on a Nutrilac protein derived from milk – that enables producers of Greek yogurt to use their acid […]
Schur Flexibles to take over Danapak Flexibles
Austrian company Schur Flexibles Group is set to take over Arla Food’s subsidiary packaging company, Danapak Flexibles. Subject to approval by the relevant competition authorities the move is expected to take effect by July 1st. Danapak Flexibles supplies packaging for companies in the pharma, dairy, and food industries, Arla took over the full ownership of […]
UK’s new Food Engineering Degree meets industry support target
The UK’s first-ever Food Engineering Degree has reached a major milestone with over 40 leading food and drink businesses now pledging practical industry support to students. The National Skills Academy for Food & Drink, which has partnered with the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) and Sheffield Hallam University to create the new MEng degree, today […]
Arla Foods launches Nutrilac FastRipe
Arla Foods Ingredients is launching Nutrilac FastRipe, a natural milk protein that enables cheese-makers to reduce ripening times. Ripening is a key stage in the production of continental and Cheddar-type cheese and typically takes from three weeks to a year. Nutrilac FastRipe enables manufacturers to speed up the maturation process by anything from one to […]
Greek is the word for yogurt protein solution
Arla Foods Ingredients has launched a protein solution that it says will enable yogurt manufacturers to produce Greek-style yogurts on their existing plant, with dramatically reduced levels of wastage. Sales of Greek and Greek-style yoghurts are soaring globally, says Arla, but the specialist equipment usually needed to make them, and the low yields per kilogram of […]
Egg replacer sales set to double, says ingredients firm
Arla Foods Ingredients is forecasting a 100 per cent increase in sales of its egg replacers this year, as a result of egg shortages caused by new European animal welfare legislation. In 2011, the Denmark-based company – the ingredients division of dairy firm Arla Foods – helped to replace the equivalent of 20,000 tonnes of […]
Pressing ahead with Danish biogas project
A project to establish a new biogas plant to supply Arla’s production plant at Videbæk, Denmark, is now entering a new phase. Arla Foods amba and Xergi say they have established a basis for decisions for the construction of a biogas plant, which is to supply the processes at Danmarks Protein (DP) and Arinco with […]