2019 Dairy Products Competition
148 Stocking Hall, Cornell University
August 5-8, 2019
Competition Winners
Class 1- Current Cheddar
Company Entry Name Score Gold Great Lakes Cheese of NYS Cheddar Cheese 96 NY Silver Great Lakes Cheese of NYS Cheddar Cheese 95 NY Award of Excellence McCadam Cheese Medium Cheddar #47 94 Cooperative Award of Excellence Great Lakes Cheese of NYS Cheddar Cheese 94 NY
Class 2- Aged Cheddar
Company Entry Name Score Gold DFA Pavilion Sharp Cheddar Cheese 98.5 Silver Great Lakes Cheese of NYS Cheddar Cheese 98.0 NY Award of Excellence Great Lakes Cheese of NYS Cheddar Cheese 97.0 NY
Class 3- “Super” Aged Cheddar
Company Entry Name Score Gold Great Lakes Cheese of NYS Cheddar Cheese 96.5 NY Silver Great Lakes Cheese of NYS Cheddar Cheese 96.0 NY Award of Excellence McCadam Extra Sharp Select #9 95
Class 4- Cottage Cheese Full Fat
Company Entry Name Score Gold Saputo Friendship Full Fat Cottage Cheese 99.5 Silver Saputo Friendship Full Fat Cottage Cheese 99.0 Award of Excellence HP Hood, LLC Large Curd Cottage 98.5 Lafargeville Cheese
Class 5- Lowfat Cottage Cheese
Company Entry Name Score Gold Saputo Friendship Reduced Fat Cottage 99.5 Cheese Silver Saputo Friendship Reduced Fat Cottage 97.5 Cheese Award of Excellence Upstate Niagara 1% Milkfat Large Curd 97.0 Cooperative, Inc West Seneca Facility
Class 6- Nonfat Cottage Cheese
Company Entry Name Score Gold Saputo Friendship Non Fat Cottage 99.5 Cheese Silver Saputo Friendship Non Fat Cottage 98.0 Cheese Award of Excellence HP Hood, LLC Non Fat Cottage 97.5 Lafargeville Cheese
Class 7- Cream Cheese
Company Entry Name Score Gold Kraft Heinz Lowville Temptee Cream 100 Cheese Silver Kraft Heinz Lowville Philadelphia 97 Neufchatel Award of Excellence Kraft Heinz Lowville Philadelphia Cream 96 Cheese
Class 8- Low Moisture Mozzarella
Company Entry Name Score Gold Lactalis American Whole Milk Low 96.5 Group, Inc Moisture Mozzarella Silver Lactalis American Whole Milk Low 94.5 Group, Inc Moisture Mozzarella Award of Excellence Empire Cheese, Inc Low Moisture Part 94.0 Skim Mozzarella Loaf
Class 9- Mozzarella, Non-pizza
Company Entry Name Score Gold Upstate Farms Cheese Low Moisture Part 98.5 Skim String Cheese Silver Kraft Heinz Lowville Low Moisture Part 98.0 Skim Mozzarella String Cheese Award of Excellence Upstate Farms Cheese Whole Milk String 97.0 Cheese
Class 10- Ricotta
Company Entry Name Score Gold Upstate Farms Ricottone 99.0 Cooperative, Inc Silver Lactalis American Whole Milk Ricotta 98.5 Group, Inc Cheese Award of Excellence Lactalis American Whole Milk Ricotta 98.0 Group, Inc
Class 11- Provolone
Company Entry Name Score Gold Empire Cheese, Inc Unsmoked Provolone 98.0 Silver Empire Cheese, Inc Smoked Provolone 97.5 Award of Excellence Empire Cheese, Inc Unsmoked Provolone 97.0
Class 12- Processed Cheese/ Cold Pack Cheese
Company Entry Name Score Gold Original Herkimer Blue Cheese Cold Pack 97.0 County Cheese Silver Original Herkimer Sharp Cold Pack 96.5 County Cheese Cheese Award of Excellence Original Herkimer Chutter 96 County Cheese
Class 13- Flavored Natural Cheese
Company Entry Name Score Gold McCadam Cheese Horseradish Cheddar 98.5 Cooperative Silver McCadam Cheese Pepper Jack Cheese 98.0 Cooperative Award of Excellence McCadam Cheese Smokey Bacon Cheddar 97.5 Cooperative Class 14- Open Class
Company Entry Name Score Gold Yanceys Fancy, Inc Chastinet 99.5 Silver Old Chatham Nancy’s Camembert 99.0 Award of Excellence Yanceys Fancy, Inc Bergenost 98.5
Class 15- Farmstead Open Class
Company Entry Name Score Gold Old Chatham Ledyard 98.0 Silver Nettle Meadow Briar Summit 97.5 Award of Excellence Nettle Meadow Kunik 97.0
Class 16 and Class 17 Combined- Farmstead Goat/Sheep Cheese
Company Entry Name Score Gold Acorn Hill Farm, LLC Whole Goat Milk 98.5 Ricotta Silver Old Chatham Desert Rose 98.0 Award of Excellence Nettle Meadow Simply Sheep 97.5
Class 18 &19 Combined- Farmstead/Artisan Cows Milk Soft Cheese
Company Entry Name Score Gold East Hill Creamery Silver Lake 98.5 Silver Daniel Meier Cows Milk Gruyere 98.0 Award of Excellence Reverie Luna 96.0
Class 20- Sour Cream
Company Entry Name Score Gold Saputo Friendship Sour Cream 99.5 Silver HP Hood, LLC 18% Sour Cream 99.0 Lafargeville Award of Excellence HP Hood, LLC Arkport Sour Cream 98.5
Class 21- Buttermilk
Company Entry Name Score Gold Saputo Friendship Reduced Fat No Salt 100 Buttermilk Silver HP Hood, LLC Arkport Lowfat Buttermilk 98.5 Award of Excellence Upstate Niagara Lowfat Buttermilk 97.5 Cooperative, Inc Buffalo Fluid Facility
Class 22- Dairy Dips
Company Entry Name Score Gold Upstate Niagara Buffalo Ranch 99 Cooperative, Inc West Seneca Silver HP Hood, LLC Arkport French Onion 97.5 Award of Excellence Argyle Cheese Maple Mustard Cheese 97 and Yogurt Dip
Class 23- Plain Yogurt
Company Entry Name Score Gold Upstate Niagara 5% Milkfat Greek 99.5 Cooperative North Yogurt Country Dairy Facility Silver Upstate Niagara Organic Whole Milk 99.0 Cooperative West Cup set Yogurt Seneca Facility Award of Excellence HP Hood, LLC Vernon Whole Milk Plain 98.5 Yogurt
Class 24- Flavored Yogurt
Company Entry Name Score Gold Byrne Hollow Farm Pineapple 0% Greek 100 Yogurt Silver HP Hood, LLC Vernon Whole Milk Vanilla 99.5 Greek Yogurt Award of Excellence North Country Dairy 2% Milkfat Greek 99.0 Coconut
Class 25- Fluid Milk
Company Gold Garelick Farms Dean Foods Silver Byrne Dairy
Class 26- Fluid Milk Small Processor
Company Gold Trinity Valley
2019 Dairy Products Competition Grand Champion
Yanceys Fancy, Inc
Chastinet