Yogurt/​dessert innovation – December 09/​January 10

Fairly Nuts is a new flavour of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream created by the ‘Do the World a Flavour’ competition winner Toni Gunnison. The ice cream contains Fairtrade praline almonds, caramel ice cream and caramel sauce.

Ja is the name of a new low fat (0.3%), low sugar yogurt from Tine Dairy in Norway. It comes in 0.5 litre tubs and smaller four-​pack formats in three flavours: vanilla …

… and strawberry.

… raspberry boysenberry …

Danone has launched a single pot version of its popular fat free Activia brand. It is available in 165g pots in four flavours: raspberry …

… strawberry …

… cherry …

… and peach.

German dairy company Frischli has launched a 30^th anniversary special edition product – a vanilla 6x50g family pack. The pack includes a competition for consumers to win one of 30 Gold Talers – celebratory gold coins.

Japan’s Meiji Dairies and France’s Yoplait Group have formed a partnership and announced the launch of new yogurt products in March 2010. The products will include a fruit yogurt in a tube, available in a single flavour two-​pack …

… a six-​pack containing two flavours …

… and a range of mild yogurts in single serve cups.

Hiland Dairy in the US has expanded its yogurt line to include Health Wise probiotic yogurts. They are available in multi-​packs of four 4oz cups in four flavours: vanilla, pomegranate cherry, strawberry and pomegranate blueberry.

Mullerlight, from Muller UK, has a new flavour to add to its Limited Edition fat free yogurt range – Lemon Cheesecake.

Mullerlight has also added Vanilla with Chocolate sprinkles and a Black Cherry underlayer to its full range of Mullerlight yogurts. This flavour was previously only available as part of a variety six-​pack.

The cream yogurt Florian, from Czech dairy company Olma, is now available in K2 cups from Greiner Packaging that will emphasise the freshness and quality of the product.

FrieslandCampina has added two new seasonal cream pudding varieties to its 150g Landliebe dairy product range in Germany: Baked Apple and Spekulatius – a popular cinnamon, almond and ginger butter cookie.

Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream has launched Slow Churned Hot Cocoa – sweet and fluffy marshmallows swirled into a light creamy chocolate ice cream. It contains half the fat and a third less calories than regular ice cream.

Carte D’Or has launched a range of frozen desserts presented in patisserie boxes framed by a gold strip to promote the premium positioning of the new products. The desserts include Chocolate Truffle and Raspberry Torte …

… Madagascan Vanilla and Chocolate Cheesecake …

… and Madagascan Vanilla and Raspberry Cheesecake.