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Jude’s has announced the launch of its first handheld ice cream range, created using the brand's lower-calorie vanilla bean ice cream.

Häagen-Dazs has released a line of spirit-infused ice cream products, suitable for pairing with cocktails or enjoying on their own.

Nestlé and Loop, a new home delivery service for foods and household goods with reusable packaging, offering Häagen-Dazs in sustainable packaging through the service.

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On the first of this month, gay and lesbian couples across the state of Vermont gained the legal right of marriage. By way of celebration, Vermont ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's has renamed its well-known Chubby Hubby ice cream Hubby Hubby.

Esther Renfrew, dairy market intelligence manager at Zenith International, takes a look at the ice cream market around the globe.

Norwegian Dairy Cooperative Tine has acquired UK cheese maker Ilchester Cheese, which becomes part of Norseland, Tine’s wholly owned subsidiary in the UK.

Two important meetings have taken the Friesland Foods-Campina merger to completion, subject to a decision by the European Commission.

Next Proteins has entered into a sales agreement with Publix Super Markets, one of the fastest growing employee-owned grocery chains in the US.

US-based Well’s Dairy has unveiled several new products for the new ice cream season.

Friesland Foods and Campina have reached agreement on the merger proposal that will create a new dairy company, FrieslandCampina, and a new dairy cooperative, FrieslandCampina.

Experts warn that the anti-dairy trend, which saw nearly half of the UK cutting their intake of dairy during January 2008, is potentially detrimental to health and could actually mean that you lose less weight.