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Yoplait sugar reduction: Yoplait has reduced the sugar content in two of its kids' yoghurt brands. Petits Filous now contains 8.9g per 100g, compared to 9.3g of sugar previously. Frubes [...]

Byline: Dean Best Lifeway Foods has maintained the shareholder agreement the company has with investor - and suitor - Danone is 'invalid'. The kefir maker, a takeover target for Danone, [...]

Byline: Grace Duncan Yet again, interest in low-fat yoghurt is thinning - and it's Muller Light that's borne the brunt. It's the only top 10 yoghurt brand to have shed [...]

Byline: Vishnu Priyan Lifeway Foods has rejected Danone’s latest takeover offer, arguing the bid “substantially undervalues” the US kefir company. Last week, the French dairy giant raised its offer to [...]

Byline: Shivam Mishra Danone has increased its bid to buy US-based kefir and fermented probiotic products maker Lifeway Foods outright. The French giant, which is already a minority shareholder in [...]

Arla Foods has launched a raof new products across its branded yoghurt range. The dairy giant has expanded its Lactofree, Skyr and Protein brands as part of new investment into [...]

Byline: Vishnu Priyan Campbell Soup Company has struck a deal to offload its Noosa yogurt brand to US desserts and dips maker Lakeview Farms. Financial terms were not disclosed. Campbell [...]

Byline: Andy Coyne The news this week that US kefir drinks and cheese maker Lifeway Foods has rejected a takeover offer from Danone may have raised a few eyebrows. And [...]

Retro yoghurts: Muller Corner has relaunched two retro flavours, Apple Crumble and Cherry Bakewell, with a campaign that takes inspiration from 1994 earworm Let's Get Ready to Rhumble by PJ [...]

Byline: Kevin White The Collective has continued its NPD drive with a move into potted kids' yoghurts - rivalling the likes of Yeo Valley's Little Yeos and Yoplait's Petits Filous. [...]

When you first enter the label industry, you have some revelations. The first one, of course, is realizing that narrow web labeling is, in fact, a comprehensive industry in and [...]

Byline: Andy Coyne French dairy major Danone has indicated it plans to return to selling dairy products in India. Danone has announced investment plans for the market that include the [...]

Danone has expanded its Actimel range with an Actimel+ Triple Action variant fortified with essential vitamins. The NPD contains added vitamins D and B6 to support the normal function of [...]

Byline: Andy Coyne Danone and Japan-based food manufacturer Ajinomoto Group have joined forces to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the French giant’s milk collection network. The Activia and Actimel [...]

General Mills announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to sell its North American Yogurt business to Lactalis and Sodiaal, two French dairy companies, in cash transactions valued at [...]

Byline: Henry Mathieu General Mills has sold its US and Canadian yogurt business to Lactalis and Sodiaal respectively. The deal was struck for a total of $2.1bn, General Mills revealed [...]

Byline: Fiona Holland Danone has relocated part of its production of YoPro drinkable high-protein yogurts to a plant in Bucharest, Romania. The Tetra Pak format of the YoPro drinks is [...]

Byline: Henry Mathieu Meiji Holdings is set to close three yogurt factories in Japan and replace them with a new site. The Japanese food group is to invest around Y40bn [...]

Kiddylicious has launched its first babyfood pouches. The lineup includes Simply Pear, Prune & Apple, Apple & Sweet Potato and Strawberry, Spinach & Apple flavours. It is completed by two [...]

Activia has launched a kefir range made with 16 live culture strains. The Danone brand has launched both drinkable and spoonable formats to provide a 'delicious gut health experience' into [...]

Danone North America, White Plains, N.Y., and Broomfield, Colo., introduced its REMIX collection, a series of new, better-for-you snacks across each of three core brands: Light + Fit, Oikos, and [...]

YOGHURT OVERHAUL Yoghurt is an overlooked superfood, but we want to change this and make it a go-to healthier snack choice - Tor Hunt-Taylor, The [...]

Frubes goes golden: Frubes has unveiled a 'Golden Ticket' onpack promotion to drive back-toschool sales. The promo offers PS450,000 in cash prizes available from the end of August until 30 [...]

By LISA MAXBAUER The diet landscape is littered with red flags and green flags signaling us to “Try this…don’t try that.” And the FDA just waved a big green flag [...]

Muller adds NaviLens: In a rst for the UK dairy industry, Muller Yogurt & Desserts will roll out NaviLens codes across all its branded products, increasing accessibility for blind and [...]

The Coconut Collab has launched a yoghurt packing 10g of protein. Its new Protein Yog (rsp: PS2.75/350g), described as 'thick and creamy' and 'plantpowered', is available in Tesco and Ocado. [...]

Byline: Simon Harvey Danone is 'back in the game' on market-share-boosting investment as the French giant aims for volume-led sales growth and improved margins. CEO Antoine de Saint-Affrique laid out [...]

Muller Yogurt & Desserts is relaunching its Muller Light brand after a longrunning decline. Due to hit retailers from 20 June, the product has been reformulated to include added vitamins [...]

Byline: Simon Harvey Campbell Soup Co. has confirmed that its Noosa yogurt business will be disposed of, despite the fact its acquisition of Sovos Brands has given the company a [...]

ReposiTrak is preparing to welcome 20 new dairy companies into the ReposiTrak Traceability Network( RTN. These new members will efficiently exchange intricate, FDA-required Key Data Elements or KDEs for each [...]

Alpro has added six new dairy-free lines to its chilled portfolio. The Danone brand has launched two plantbased protein drinks, two yoghurt alternatives a new 500ml pack size for two [...]

Lovebiotics, LLC, Ogden, Utah, extended its Coconut Cult plant-based probiotic yogurt Line with a new Orange Dreamsicle flavor. Co-Founder Noah Simon-Waddell says Coconut Cult's yogurts are made with organic, soy-free, [...]

Nounos Creamery, West Babylon, N.Y., said its new 16oz probiotic strained yogurt is 'packed with protein and billions of probiotics, including BB-12[R].' Available in classic plain and vanilla bean flavors, [...]

General Mills is exploring a sale of its North America yogurt business in a deal that could be worth more than $2B, Abigail Summerville of Reuters reports, citing people familiar [...]

Yeo Valley Organic has launched a range of snack-size, protein-rich Greek Recipe Fruited strained yoghurts. The yoghurts launch in Sainsbury's this month in three flavours: Lemon; Peach & Raspberry; and [...]

Is there a place for dairy in the 'macro-trend' playing out in gut health? Biotiful Gut Health, the manufacturer of fermented, probiotic kefir drinks and live culture yogurts, argues there [...]

Yogurt CALMS ROSACEA FLARES Adding yogurt to a daily smoothie can tame the red, inflamed skin that’s a hallmark of rosacea, say scientists at Baylor College of Medicine. They credit [...]

Activia overhaul: Activia has announced a major brand overhaul with new recipes and updated packs, playing up its gut health credentials. The new recipes are set to be rolled out [...]

Byline: Kevin White The war on sugar has wrongly 'put yoghurt in the crosshairs' and could be encouraging children and their parents to dump 'healthier' yoghurts for junk foods, a [...]

Byline: Henry Mathieu President Vladimir Putin has reportedly removed Danone's Russian business from temporary state administration, amid rumours of a sale. The move to halt the seizure of Danone's Russian [...]