World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Contest announces Grand Champion winners
This year’s contest saw a record number of entries.
The Wisconsin Dairy Products Association (WDPA), Middleton, Wis., announced the Grand Champion Winners in the 2019 World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Contest. A gouda cheese wheel made by Babcock Hall Dairy (University of Wisconsin–Madison) was selected as the Cheese and Butter Grand Champion. A 2% low-fat cottage cheese made by Prairie Farms Dairy, Carbondale, Ill., was named the Grade A Grand Champion, while Sweet Me Lemon Bar ice cream produced by Kemps, Cedarburg, Wis., was selected as the Ice Cream Grand Champion.
This year’s contest, sponsored by WDPA, received a record number of entries — 1,536 — for cheese, butter, fluid milk, yogurt, cottage cheese, ice cream, sour cream, sherbet, cultured milk, sour cream dips, whipping cream, whey and creative/innovative products from dairy processors throughout North America.