Yogurt/​dessert innovation – Feb/​March 2010

Bauer has added three Stracciatella curd cream products to its range. The products include fine grated chocolate pieces and are available in three flavours — Stracciatella, Stracciatella cherry and Stracciatella strawberry.

Müller Dairy (UK) has launched a new Müller Vitality yogurt four pack, available in: Strawberry, Raspberry, Cherry, and Peach & Passionfruit. The packaging states that Müller Vitality ‘helps maintain the natural balance of a healthy digestive system’.

Müller Vitality yogurt drinks are now fully recyclable. Following the removal of the non-​recyclable shrink film from the bottle, all component parts of the yogurt drink bottle, the six pack sleeve and the shelf-​ready tray are now 100% recyclable.

After consumer requests, UK organic company Yeo Valley has brought back its Wholemilk Plum yogurt. The product forms part of Yeo Valley’s new Special Edition collection, which will also include a Toffee Caramel variant.

Rachel’s has created a limited edition Pineapple and Grapefruit yogurt. Available in a 450g pot, the new yogurt has less than 2% fat.

Dr Oetker has added new flavours to its Onken range in Germany and the UK. In Germany it has launched an apple yogurt containing 1.5% fat, while in the UK it has launched three new flavours to its Fat Free range: Pink Grapefruit, Vanilla and Strawberry is

The popularity of the Easter themed Cadbury Mini Eggs Twin Pots last year has led Müller Dairy to reintroduce the line. The Twin Pots feature a chocolate dessert and Cadbury’s solid milk chocolate mini eggs.

Müller in Germany is featuring cartoon dog Snoopy, as well as other characters from the Peanuts comic strip, on the packaging of its DoppelDecker pudding — a dark chocolate pudding with cream.

Carte D’Or, the ice cream dessert brand from Unilever, has launched three new flavours for 2010 — Rum & Raisin, Raspberry Cheesecake and Coconut. The new flavours are being supported by a £3 million marketing campaign.

R&R Ice Cream has unveiled several new products based on Nestlé’s biggest and most popular confectionery brands — including Aero Double Bubble, Aero Bubbleball, Caramac Ice Cream Bar, Nesquik Lollies and Kit Kat Cone Pack.