Product launches with more than 30% fat content—such as high-fat dairy—are up, and butter sales have jumped, outpacing the growth of margarines and spreads by 360%.
Processors who take seriously the designing of better-for-you products to conform to these diet trends are finding cheese to be a viable, versatile, flavorful, and economic feature player.
When discussing healthful fats, it is more accurate to refer to the component fatty acids, the chains of carbon atoms that differ in both length and degree of saturation.