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Whitey’s Ice Cream maintains an old-fashioned commitment to premium ice cream

Quad Cities-based ice cream processor upgrades freezers and churns out 500,000 gallons of ice cream with little automation

Barbara Harfmann

May 22, 2023

Since its founding in 1933, Whitey’s Ice Cream has been bringing “a lick of joy and fun” to thousands of customers in the Quad Cities area (Rock Island and Moline in Illinois and Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa).

Moo-Ville Creamery is pushing the butterfat limits

The dairy processor relies on modern equipment and local ingredients to produce super-premium ice cream that’s between 16% and 17% butterfat.

Kathie Canning

April 25, 2022

Nashville, Tenn., is known as “Music City.” But another Nashville — one situated in the state of Michigan — could be referred to as “Ice Cream City.” After all, Moo-Ville Creamery produces 60 flavors of the cold, creamy treat in this tiny village of just over 1,600 residents.

HP Hood keeps a fresh approach as it celebrates 175 years

The company continues to innovate in order to weather changing marketplace conditions and stay relevant with the contemporary consumer.

Anna Boisseau

October 4, 2021

Whoever said you “can’t teach an old dog new tricks” has clearly never heard of Lynnfield, Mass.-based HP Hood LLC (Hood).

New meets old at HP Hood’s ice cream plant

HP Hood uses the latest in technology to flavor its ice cream the old-fashioned way at its Suffield, Conn., plant.

Anna Boisseau

September 28, 2021

With 175 years under its belt, dairy giant HP Hood LLC knows a thing or two about making dairy products. It operates 13 plants across New England to create its numerous product lines.

KanPak is a leader in shelf-stable dairy solutions

The company produces an extensive line of aseptically processed dairy-based and nondairy products for a wide array of customers.

Kathie Canning

May 6, 2021

With no brands of its own gracing retail shelves or foodservice counters, KanPak US might not be a household name among U.S. consumers. But make no mistake: The company is a dairy processing powerhouse, coming in at No. 88 in Dairy Foods' 2021 listing of the top 100 North American dairy processors (Dairy 100).

Tillamook County Creamery Association has high expectations

The cooperative’s rigorous quality standards extend to not only its own plant operations, but also its process for auditing suppliers and co-manufacturers.

February 17, 2021

Nestled along the Pacific coast in upper Oregon is the town of Tillamook. It’s the name given to not only the town itself, but also the surrounding bay, the county in which it’s located, the local high school and Tillamook County Creamery Association, a 112-year-old cooperative that calls the area home.

Tillamook County Creamery Association plays the long game to match its values

As a cooperative, Tillamook County Creamery Association prioritizes forward-thinking investments in product development and community initiatives.

Anna Boisseau

January 27, 2021

Last year was a monumental one for the world, and a newsworthy one for Tillamook County Creamery Association, too. The Tillamook, Ore.-based cooperative became a Certified B Corporation, donated $4 million dollars to a COVID-19 relief fund and partnered with the American Farmland Trust to help secure farmland for future generations.

Casper’s Ice Cream is 95 years old and growing strong

Family-owned Casper’s Ice Cream is counting on its product quality, differentiated brands and nimble but measured approach to see it through another 95 years.

Kathie Canning

September 30, 2020

Casper Merrill did not invent the frozen novelty. Christian Kent Nelson, a high school teacher who lived in Iowa, is credited with that achievement, creating a stickless product dubbed the “I Scream Bar” in 1920.

Graeter’s Ice Cream celebrates 150th Birthday with new ice cream flavor

Birthday Cake is a limited-edition offering

July 10, 2020

Graeter’s Ice Cream, a family-owned craft ice cream maker since 1870, is celebrating its 150th birthday with the creation of a special ice cream flavor.