Coming to a vending machine near you? (Back Page).According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report in Aluminum Now, the Dairy Farmers of America Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) is an agricultural marketing cooperative owned by about 19,514 members (dairy farmers) representing 11,306 farms in the United States representing one-third of the US milk supply. In 2006 it had $7,898,824,000 in sales. (DFA DFA - Deterministic Finite-state Automaton. See Finite State Machine. ) and Coca-Cola are now offering canned chocolate milk drinks with longer shelf lives. DFA's National brand chocolate milk and Choglit, a chocolate-flavored dairy drink developed by Coca-Cola and Nestle, can be stored longer than milk in traditional packaging or at room temperature. According to Aluminum Now, published by the Aluminum Association, Washington, the DFA is marketing its product in a two-piece aluminum can that holds 11 ounces. Once filled, the cans are pressurized pres·sur·ize tr.v. pres·sur·ized, pres·sur·iz·ing, pres·sur·iz·es 1. To maintain normal air pressure in (an enclosure, as an aircraft or submarine). 2. with liquid nitrogen Noun 1. liquid nitrogen - nitrogen in a liquid state atomic number 7, N, nitrogen - a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living gas and closed with 202-sized aluminum ends before being heated to 260-degrees Fahrenheit. The DFA is test marketing National Milk in vending machines at hotels and hospitals for $1 to $1.50 per can. Choglit is sold in a 12-ounce can. The product is Coca-Cola's first in the $20 billion U.S. milk market. According to the DFA, milk with a longer shelf life reduces burdens on distribution centers and the return of expired products while enabling new distribution channels to be opened. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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