Dairy Innovation—The Cold Case Is Getting Hot

From gourmet drinking chocolate, soft cheese snack bars, and flavored butters to muscle-building meal replacements and highly absorbable calcium milks based on nanotechnology, the world of dairy is alive with innovation.

Yogurt, for example, continues on its hot streak, with sales of $4.6 billion (+7.5%) for the year ended 6/10/12; Greek-style now accounts for one-third of the market, reports SymphonyIRI. Three-quarters (75%) of consumers eat spoonable yogurt, and 52% order frozen yogurt at resta…