Remilk Is the First Precision Fermentation Dairy Approval In Israel
The Rehovot-based Remilk can now bring its non-animal dairy products to market, says the Israeli Ministry of Health. The approval follows Remilk’s regulatory approval from the Singapore Food Authority (SFA) and a “no questions letter” from the U.S. FDA earlier this year. ‘A defining moment’ “This is a defining moment, not only for Remilk but for the…
Feed experiment aims to reduce impact of dairy cow burps
A pivotal experiment to address the impact of livestock on climate change is taking place in our backyard, as a farm in the North Bay gets closer to becoming carbon neutral. Scientists and farmers are working together to reduce the harmful gasses cows produce. When cows munch for lunch, the amount of methane emitted – primarily…
Redefining Dairy and Alternatives Through Innovation
The dairy products and alternatives industry, excluding baby food, was valued at USD568 billion in 2022, growth of 8% in current terms despite a 0.6% decrease in volume. This dynamic was primarily caused by price hikes, the main factor driving the industry’s value growth. Innovation is crucial to reverse the volume decline and to build…
French dairy group Lactalis says profit falls as costs rise
Lactalis, the world’s largest dairy producer, said on Thursday its sales had risen by 28.4% in 2022 to 28.3 billion euros ($30.95 billion), but higher costs had pushed its annual net profit down by 14% to 384 million euros. A spike in food prices, partly linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year, has created tensions…
Soaring price of milk tells us about Britain’s greedflation problem
How much is a pint of milk? It’s a question that has long been used by journalists to test whether politicians have any sense of the budgetary constraints of the people they govern. If you know the price of milk then you have had to think, at some point, about whether you can afford it….
A Fresh History of Lactose Intolerance
Six decades ago, Pedro Cuatrecasas, a fledgling resident at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, was studying the lives of impoverished residents of Baltimore when he noticed an unsettling trend. In interviews, a number of his Black patients would confess that they found milk repellent. The consistency of their laments alarmed Cuatrecasas. He suspected, after…
GDT bounce, but gains seen fragile on weak fundamentals
Global dairy prices rebounded in Wednesday’s auction, but a sustained recovery in rates that have tumbled by a third over the past year is not on the cards due to abundant supply and reduced buying by top importer China, analysts said. The Global Dairy Trade price index, which is underpinned by prices from the auction…
Dairy prices rose, volumes fell at auction – GDT Surprises
International milk prices rose while volumes fell at this month’s Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction on Tuesday. The GDT Price Index was up 3.2%, with an average selling price of $3,362 per tonne. The index was down 4.7% at the previous auction held on April 4, with an average selling price of $3,227, according to…
Plastic pollution. ‘Biotransform’ plastic back to earth
How long will your plastic grocery bag take to disintegrate fully? Two hundred years? Five hundred? Try asking Polymateria CEO Niall Dunne and you’ll get his honest answer: No one knows for sure. “We know that plastics break down into micro plastic and nano plastic very quickly. Do nano plastics last in our biological cycles…
Plastic pollution. ‘Biotransform’ plastic back to earth
How long will your plastic grocery bag take to disintegrate fully? Two hundred years? Five hundred? Try asking Polymateria CEO Niall Dunne and you’ll get his honest answer: No one knows for sure. “We know that plastics break down into micro plastic and nano plastic very quickly. Do nano plastics last in our biological cycles…