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Milk Specialties Global (MSG), a protein and food ingredients manufacturer, has completed a new production facility in Jerome, Idaho, US.

The Canadian division of Lactalis Group has agreed to purchase dessert manufacturer Marie Morin Canada for an undisclosed sum.

Lactalis UK & Ireland has announced it is “reinventing” the cheese burger with its latest addition, Seriously Cheese Burgers.

Nestlé has posted organic sales growth of 8.7% for the first half of 2023, after the food giant again raised prices to cope with higher input costs.

Japanese probiotic beverage company, Yakult, will build a new $305m beverage production facility in Bartow County, Georgia.

Technical staff at Brazil's antitrust watchdog, CADE, has advised the regulator to block the sale of DPA Brazil from Nestlé and Fonterra to Lactalis.

Danone has reported a “solid” first half of the year, recording €14.17bn in net sales, up 8.4% on a like-for-like (LFL) basis.

American rapper Snoop Dogg, in collaboration with consumer packaged goods company Happi Co, has launched a new line of ice cream pints.

Lactalis Australia has been fined AUD 950,000 (approx. $641,993) in penalties for breaching the dairy code of conduct in relation to the 20/21 milk season.

Spanish ice cream company La Menorquina has partnered with Chupa Chups to bring a crunchy, strawberry-cream ice cream cone.

Nestlé Lindahls, the high-protein dairy brand from Lactalis Nestlé, has continued the extension of its Pro+ protein range with the launch of a new flavour.

Beverage giant Britvic has announced the acquisition of UK-based ready-to-drink iced coffee brand Jimmy’s Iced Coffee.