The new headquarters also features a state-of-the-art conversion facility for cupping, bagging, wedging, shredding and crumbling cheeses for numerous brands.

The trade association announced its Global Ingredients Summit will merge the Global Cheese Technology Forum with the Dairy Ingredients Technical Symposium.

Chilies get their heat from capsicum, a crystalline chemical compound that stimulates nerve endings in the mouth and skin. Other forms of “heat” include allyl isothiocyanate, a compound found in mustard, horseradish and wasabi, and gingerol, the aromatic in ginger root.