Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection handed out 19 grants this year, totaling $400,000.

The state-of-the-art, 500,000-square foot facility has a capital investment of more than $518 million.

Terms of the agreement Sargento signed to purchase the well known cheese string manufacturer were not disclosed.

It is more difficult to automate at fluid dairy plants, but it appears cheese processors want to automate as much as possible.

The brand's cheese bites now are available in 1,800 Kroger stores nationwide.

The brand first introduced the flavor as a prototype in 2021 after customers consistently requested it.

The requirements met through the process are related to aseptic sampling products, systems and services for the liquid food industry.

MaryAnne Drake, Ph. D, is a distinguished professor at North Carolina State University's Southeast Dairy Foods Research Center.

Both the inside and outside layers on the new cartons, as well as the caps, from Tetra Pak come from sugarcane.

The milk chocolate flavor combines chocolate-coated peanut butter cups and peanut butter cookie dough.