China dairy giant Mengniu buying Kirin's Australia assets for $419 million
China Mengniu Dairy Co. has agreed to buy Kirin Holdings Co.'s Australian beverage unit Lion Dairy & Drinks for about ¥45.6 billion, the Chinese dairy giant's latest foray into the continent. Mengniu will pick up Lion's milk, yogurt and juice products, while Kirin will keep ...
Ready-to-drink baby formula enjoying strong sales across Japan
Liquid baby formula has been enjoying strong sales in Japan since it hit the shelves in March, according to the companies selling it. Japan lifted a ban on the production and sale of liquid baby formula products last August. Currently, Ezaki Glico and Meiji are ...
Japanese food-maker Ezaki Glico Co. on Tuesday released a liquid baby formula product, the first of its kind in the country. Liquid baby formula is useful in the event of disasters as it can be stored at room temperature for a long time and does ...
Top China milk brand and Canadian rival interested in buying Kirin's Australian dairy arm
Kirin Holdings Co.'s sale of its Australian dairy unit has attracted interest from China's top milk producer as well as Canadian rival Saputo Inc., according to sources. Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co., China's biggest dairy company, and Saputo have each spoken with investment banks ...
Japan's de facto ban on liquid baby formula may be lifted by summer
The government is expected to lift a de facto ban on the production and sale of liquid baby formula — possibly in the summer — following the health ministry's unveiling Monday of draft safety rules governing the product. While liquid formula is widely used abroad ...
Putting dairy cows to pasture makes for healthy soil, delicious milk
Milk production, which was essentially nil during the Edo Period (1603-1868), did not begin in Japan until the Meiji Era (1868-1912). But by 1975, there was already one dairy cow for every 62 Japanese people, and milk had been a standard part of school lunches ...
The Ibaraki Prefectural Board of Education said Tuesday that 379 students at 61 schools in the prefecture felt sick after drinking milk served during lunchtime at school the previous day. Two of them went to the hospital, but all of them are recovering, board officials ...
Butter makers agree to whip up supply to avert Christmas shortage
Four major butter makers agree to boost output at the request of the farm ministry to meet surging demand for the annual Christmas cake rush.
Abe needs to butter up dairy industry as weakening yen wreaks havoc
Japan's dairies and cake lovers just cannot seem to catch a break. The weakening yen is making it more expensive for farmers to import the U.S. corn their cows eat at a time when record crops have reduced livestock-feeding costs around the world. And while ...
Debating milk, names and workplace blues
Milk — liquid innocence. If milk lets you down, what won't? It looks healthy, tastes healthy — surely it is healthy? Appearances, we know, are deceiving; still, this particular illusion dies hard. Whose earliest childhood memories do not include a parent admonishing, "Drink your milk ...
Chocolate milk regarded as next great sports drink
Remember the "Saturday Night Live" skit from the '90s that introduced us to the Gatorade of the future, Cookie Dough Sport? Turns out, it might not have been that far off. A new campaign by the National Dairy Council seeks to educate athletes about the ...
