Each year, Dairy Foods and the Elmhurst, Ill.-based American Dairy Products Institute (ADPI) honor one deserving ADPI member company with the Breakthrough Award for Dairy Ingredient Innovation. The award celebrates achievements and innovations in one or more of four categories:
For 2019, the winner of the Breakthrough Award for Dairy Ingredient Innovation is California Dairies Inc. (CDI), a Visalia, Calif.-based cooperative that produces 42% of California’s milk. CDI entered the competition under the first of the above-mentioned categories.