Anto Baghdassarian, the founder and CEO of Karoun Dairies, San Fernando, Calif., has built a growing business that produces cheeses and cultured dairy products in different styles for various ethnic markets.
At its plant in Turlock, Calif. (see Dairy Foods, March 2014), the cheesemaker produces feta, hand-braided string cheese, yanni (a cheese for grilling), paneer, Mexican-style cheeses (including queso fresco, queso blanco and cotija), plain yogurt (whole milk, low-fat and nonfat), labne (kefir cheese), sour cream, flavored yogurt drinks and kefir.