The city of Milwaukee has an interesting new take on making icy roads safe – cheese brines. The city’s Department of Public Works will go ahead this winter with a pilot program to determine whether cheese brine — a liquid waste product left over from cheesemaking — can be added to rock salt and applied directly to the street. There … Read More
Cheese PLant Expansion
Dairyfood USA, a Blue Mounds manufacturer of extended-shelf-life cheese, has started construction on a $5 million facility. The 17,000-square-foot addition to the existing site will house all of its processing equipment, according to Dairyfood USA president Dan Culligan. Dairyfood USA’s extended-shelf-life, or processed, cheeses include specialty spreads, bars, wedges and naturally smoked cheeses for gift-pack, airline, food service, snack and … Read More
Artisan Cheesemaker Conference Slated for Nov. 5
The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy has teamed up with Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association and the Dairy Practices Council to sponsor a food safety workshop for artisan cheesemakers on November 5, 2013, in Harrisburg, Pa. at the Holiday Inn East. More information on the 2013 Conference will be available on this page starting around September 1st.
American Cheese Society Competition Winners Announced
Winnimere from Cellars at Jasper Hill in Vermont was named “Best of Show” among 1,794 entries at the American Cheese Society’s (ACS) 2013 Judging & Competition. The results were announced in a ceremony on Friday, Aug. 2 at the 30th Anniversary ACS Conference in Madison, Wis. Grafton Village Cheese, also in Vermont, was awarded 2nd place overall for Bear Hill. … Read More
CWT Assists with Cheese and Butter Export Sales
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted 14 requests for export assistance from Bongards Creameries, Dairy Farmers of America, Land O’Lakes and Northwest Dairy Association (Darigold) to sell 1.206 million pounds (547 metric tons) of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese and 947,988 pounds (430 metric tons) of butter to customers in Asia, Central America, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. … Read More
Cheese Yield Estimator App
Cheese Yield Estimator is new app designed by Northwood Advisors to help those in the dairy industry to predict cheese yields with the industry-standard Van Slyke Cheese Yield Formula. The free app defaults to the classic cheddar version of the formula, but can be adjusted for other cheeses with simple changes to the constants for Fat Conversion Ratio, Casein Ratio, … Read More
Wegmans, Cornell Partner in Artisan Cheese
Wegmans Food Markets and Cornell University have partnered to put N.Y. on the map for artisanal and specialty cheesemaking. Products from five artisan cheesemakers have debuted at Wegmans’ Pittsford, N.Y. store. As part of the partnership, Wegmans is providing $360,000 in funding for a three-year pilot program at Cornell that includes the hire of an artisan cheese extension associate position … Read More
Kerrygold Sweet Cheddar to be Available in U.S.
The Irish Dairy Board has introduced Kerrygold Skellig, a sweet Cheddar cheese, to supermarkets and specialty stores across the U.S. A popular Cheddar variety in the U.K., Kerrygold’s sweet Cheddar is a complex cheese with a firm yet creamy texture, a distinct nuttiness and sweet apple notes. The cheese is not “sweet” as sugar is sweet, but describes an intensely … Read More
Joseph Farms Brings Home Awards
Third-generation, family-owned cheesemaker Joseph Gallo Farms closed out 2012 with a record 30 awards for its dairy products, including 17 gold medals, and a first place win at the World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Championship Contest. Joseph Gallo Farms, maker of Joseph Farms Cheese, was established in 1946 by Joseph Gallo and continues to produce cheese from its own dairies. … Read More
DFA Cheeses Recognized
Congratulations to Dairy Farmers of America’s (DFA) for having six of its cheese products earned recognition at the 2012 National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) Championship Cheese Contest in Orlando, Fla. NMPF’s contest serves as a platform for cooperatives from across the country to showcase their top products and recognize the individuals who make them. The annual event was the first … Read More