San Francisco symposium to highlight the latest trends in value-added dairy ingredients

The Ninth Annual Dairy Ingredients Symposium and Third International Spray Dried Milk Conference will be held February 26–28 at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco. Dairy ingredients marketers and manufacturers, food industry professionals who buy or use dairy ingredients and want to maximize their value are encouraged to attend.

Presenters will discuss the latest trends in the marketing, science, manufacturing technology and food applications of dairy ingredients that are affecting current and future work responsibilities. Experts in academia, government and the dairy industry will provide information on key developments in dairy ingredients that can affect decisions on manufacturing technology, quality management, marketing strategy, product development, and business development.

This year’s Ingredients Symposium program is being co-organized by Cal Poly’s Dairy Products Technology Center and Dairy Management Inc., as a joint meeting incorporating the Third International Spray Dried Milk Conference.

Discussion topics will include:
• Latest developments in technology for the manufacture of concentrated and dried milk and whey derived products
• New approaches to characterization of dairy ingredients
• Factors affecting the composition, sensory and functional properties of dairy ingredients
• Interactions of dairy ingredients with other food components and their implications
• Challenges and opportunities for innovative uses of dairy ingredients
• How emerging marketing and economic trends favor dairy ingredients

For more information on and to register for the Ninth Annual Dairy Ingredients Symposium and Third International Spray Dried Milk Conference, visit www.calpoly.edu/~dptc/symp07.html.  For more information on formulating and innovating with dairy ingredients, visit www.innovatewithdairy.com.