Today’s health-conscious consumers are trying to live their best lives. As a result, they're reading labels and discovering that cheese, yogurt, drinkable yogurt, kefir, and other fermented dairy products not only provide satiety but are proven to benefit digestive health.

Nothing says versatility like cheese. With a plethora of flavors, types, and textures, cheese resonates with consumers because it can be eaten alone as a snack, paired with crackers and sausage on a charcuterie board, used as a topping on pizza, as slices on char-grilled hamburgers, layered in lasagna and much more.

Lisa Jackson, Director of Marketing at FlavorSum, joins Dairy Foods for Episode 41 of the “Let’s Talk Dairy” podcast and discusses the wide range of ingredients and flavors creating “buzz” on social media and beyond.

From a spicy new cheese flavor, Creamy Jalapeño, The Laughing Cow’s first new wedge variety in five years, to Danone North America’s snackable REMIX line of yogurts with epic toppings and mix-ins, today’s dairy cases feature All-American flavors along with spicy-sweet flavors, fruit flavors and botanicals plucked from nature. 

We’ve all heard the mantra: “Eat your protein to build a strong body” or “Milk, it does a body good.”

We’ve all heard the mantra: “Eat your protein to build a strong body” or “Milk, it does a body good.” When one thinks of protein, perhaps a thick steak or chicken comes to mind along with eggs, salmon, and tofu.

From a small 5,000-square-foot plant in Springfield, Ill., solely focused on making ice cream mixes, to a large, 126,000-square-foot plant in Dubuque, Iowa, that processes nearly 40 million pounds of fluid milk a month, Prairie Farms Dairy boasts a wide range of manufacturing operations.

One of the first things Matt McClelland, CEO and executive vice president of Prairie Farms Dairy, proudly tells Dairy Foods during a visit to its Edwardsville, Ill.-based headquarters is, “I work for a bunch of dairy farmers. 

Darin Copeland, Public Relations Manager at Prairie Farms Dairy in Edwardsville,Ill., joins Dairy Foods for a wide-ranging conversation on several trends impacting the dairy industry. 

Wisconsin’s reputation as “America’s Dairyland” remains a point of pride in a state where cows not only serve as the lead brand ambassadors but the primary engines of the economy.