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Dairy delights for all
by Fidelis Zvomuya
The 10th SA Cheese Festival that was held at Sandringham farm near Stellenbosch recently was described by many exhibitors and visitors as the most successful ever.
Johan Ehlers, CEO of Agri-Expo, the organisers of the event, says the new, more spacious venue enabled them to accommodate up to 10 000 people per day and tickets for Saturday and Sunday were sold out.
He says the move to Sandringham came at just the right time as this year’s festival was the biggest ever, with more cheese and other exhibitors than previous years. “The larger space kept the marquees from becoming uncomfortably full. Cheese lovers, exhibitors and sponsors unanimously agreed with us. Most of them acknowledged the brand new home of the SA Cheese Festival as simply perfect.”
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SA dairy products lauded
A cultured butter from Ladismith Cheese was crowned the 2011 Dairy Product of the Year at the Danisco Qualité Dinner of the South African Dairy Championships on Wednesday, 27 April, which coincided with the SA Cheese Festival. Altogether 14 superior dairy products received the coveted Qualité mark of excellence, while a total of 91 dairy products were lauded SA Champions.
The Qualité emblem serves to guarantee the dairy consumer of the utmost quality. This year only 14 products received this prestigious acclaim.
Parmalat, one of the country’s largest dairy manufacturers received no less than three Qualité awards for their Mature Cheddar, Simonsberg Extra Mature Cheddar and their Royalty Stracciatella Aylesbury ice cream. Lancewood Holdings and Ladismith Cheese followed closely on their heels with two Qualité awards each. Other Qualité winners include Clover SA, DairyBelle, Fair Cape Dairies, Honeydew Dairies, Marcel’s Frozen Yoghurt, Puglia Cheese and Stonelees.
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World dairy situation
Adriaan Krijger, editor of the IDF World Dairy Situation, gave his views on this topic in a newsletter published during the IDF World Dairy Summit in New Zealand last year: “The current state of the dairy market is good. Demand is firm and milk production development is moderate. As a consequence, prices are okay. Here in New Zealand, record producer prices are being paid, but higher milk prices will encourage milk production and the cycle will start again.”
Adriaan said that after a very depressing first half in 2009, the situation changed surprisingly during the second half. “It had much to do with the Chinese demand for whole milk powder. That was the key driver for rising dairy commodity prices and the recovery of the world dairy market.
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