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    Home » Best New Products of 2012

    Best New Products of 2012

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    Dairy Foods editors, Sarah Kennedy and Jim Carper, reviewed all the new products published in Dairy Foods magazine and on dairyfoods.com in 2012. From the hundreds of products, we nominated 25 dairy foods and beverages. Then we picked our 10 favorites, based on originality, packaging and taste.

    Website visitors voted for their favorites from among 25 nominations. The top 10 are presented below. 

    Babybel cheese
    Bel Brands Babybel mozzarella cheese
    Kraft milk bites
    Kraft MilkBites
    Ilios Butter
    Ilios Greek yogurt butter
    Land O'Lakes flavored butter
    Land O'Lakes Saute Express flavored butter
    White Wave Iced Coffee
    International Delight iced coffee
    IBEX drink
    Skyland Foods Ibex drinkable yogurt
    Kaurina's kefir
    Kaurina's kulfi bars
    Yasso frozen Greek yogurt bars
    Yasso frozen Greek yogurt bars
    Kraft seasoned cheddar cheese
    Kraft FreshTake
    Yosicle
    Yosicle frozen yogurt

     

    The Top 10 People’s Choice

    Lifeway-Coconut-Chia
    1. Lifeway coconut-chia kefir
    Kaurina's kulfi bars

    2. Kaurina’s kulfi bars

    Lucerne chocolate whipping cream
    3. Lucerne chocolate whipping cream
    Organic Valley organic American cheese singles
    4. Organic Valley organic American cheese singles
    New Land O'Lakes Saute Express flavored butter
    5. New Land O'Lakes Saute Express flavored butter
    Yoplait Greek 100 yogurt
    6. Yoplait Greek 100 yogurt
    Twisted Foods' flavored butters
    7. Twisted Foods' flavored butters
    Heluva Good Black Bean Queso sour cream
    8. Heluva Good Black Bean Queso sour cream
    Skyland Foods Ibex drinkable yogurt
    9. Skyland Foods Ibex drinkable yogurt
    East Well Enjoy Life hummus with Greek yogurt

    10. East Well Enjoy Life hummus with Greek yogurt

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