A new yogurt facility broke ground in Brattleboro, Vermont this week. Commonwealth Dairy yogurt ompany will make yogurt for other companies under private label and will sell its own all-natural “Mountainberry” brand product.
“This is an exciting and critical milestone in the evolution of our project” stated Dieter Dobousek, Commonwealth Dairy’s vice president and chief technical officer. “It has taken over two years to get to this point, and everyone involved in the project is excited to finally see some real activity on the site.”
The biggest selling point for Commonwealth Dairy’s yogurt is it will be branded with the Vermont Seal of Quality, said Dobousek, which means 85 percent of its milk will come from the Green Mountain State.
Though no contracts have yet been signed, Commonwealth expects to get its milk supply from St. Albans Cooperative Creamery and Agri-Mark.
Because Commonwealth will be purchasing a large amount of Class II milk, which is used to produce ice cream, frozen desserts, yogurt, eggnog, cottage cheese, and cream cheese, the demand should drive prices up for Vermont dairy farmers.
The new 40,000-square-foot building will have an output capacity of 50 million pounds — or 130 million cups — of yogurt annually. To do so, it will need 32.5 million pounds of skim milk and 400,000 pounds of butterfat annually.
To achieve that, the factory will need up to 24,000 gallons of milk every day from 3,000 cows.
Source: Brattleboro Reformer
3 Comments on “New Yogurt Plant Being Built in Vermont”
The prospect of a new business in Brattleboro is very exciting, I am wondering how one would go about seeking employment at this company. I haven’t been able to find any on-line applications. Thanks!
The prospect of a new business in Brattleboro is very exciting, I am wondering how one would go about seeking employment at this company. I haven’t been able to find any on-line applications. Thanks!
The prospect of a new business in Brattleboro is very exciting, I am wondering how one would go about seeking employment at this company. I haven’t been able to find any on-line applications. Thanks!