Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) has realigned its Ingredients division, including dairy powders, dairy food ingredients, DairiConcepts and Berkshire Dairy, to form DFA Ingredient Solutions. DFA said this new group offers a vast portfolio of award-winning, dairy-based ingredients: cheese, sweetened condensed milk, butter solutions, milk and nutritional powders, seasoning blends, dairy concentrates and flavors, along with custom solutions.

DFA Ingredient Solutions leverages a team of scientists, risk management, customer service and logistics professionals to provide the right solutions for DFA's customers — from chefs to food manufacturers — that seamlessly integrate into their production processes and end products.

"Through our division, we are connecting our family farm-owners to consumers around the world through our portfolio of diverse dairy-based ingredients," said Martin Bates, senior vice president and chief operating officer for DFA Ingredient Solutions. "Working as one team allows us to be customer focused and provide them with a seamless, efficient experience."

DFA, the largest dairy cooperative in the U.S., has 6,000 employees, 40-plus manufacturing facilities and more than 14,000 farmer-members. It markets approximately 30% of the fluid milk the U.S. dairy industry produces.