Partners

Daisy Brand specializes in making high quality sour cream and cottage cheese products. Their iconic blue and white packages are a favorite among households across the country. Daisy has partnered with BUILD Dairy and the Dairy NutriSols team to develop novel software solutions for improving the quality of their products through inline monitoring. Near infrared spectroscopy can be used to monitor the protein quality of milk during the production of Daisy’s products. Through the use of AI and specialized software development, the Dairy NutriSols team is working with Daisy to improve inline quality monitoring. The goal is to improve process efficiency which means that more product can run through the plant with greater and more efficient quality control. Daisy Brand serves as a pioneer and early adopter of this novel software solution.

Agropur is a multinational, long-standing dairy brand. Founded in 1938, their US division specialize in a variety of dairy ingredient solutions including protein powders. These powders are used as protein-rich ingredients throughout the world in products such as infant formula, medical foods and protein supplements. Agropur is working with the Dairy NutriSol’s team to pilot new methods of dairy protein spray drying to improve protein quality and shelf-life.

Glanbia Nutritionals is a science-led provider of innovative nutrition solutions. With an R&D facility located in Twin Falls, Idaho, the company is ideally situated and equipped to work with the Dairy NutriSols team on the formulation of innovative protein-rich dairy ingredients. Extrusion technology has the ability to encapsulate dairy proteins into a variety of products. Imagine a bag of protein-rich crispies and you are on the right track. These ingredients, when added to foods, can boost the nutritional value and add unique texture (i.e., bars and other snacks). As we face a growing and increasingly hungry world, access to high quality protein is vital to improving global nutrition security. Dairy + Extrusion = innovative solutions.

Dairy West works on behalf of regional dairy farmers to demonstrate how the dairy community can be a positive change-maker. Through education and promotion about the value dairy foods bring to the human diet and the importance of dairy farming as part of the local economy and solution to environmental sustainability, Dairy West thrives in partnerships. Dairy West’s BUILD Dairy program offers a unique and highly successful solution for matching real-world dairy processing questions with faculty expertise. By funding students to work on these projects, Dairy West is helping educate a future workforce. Dairy NutriSols works closely with Dairy West and the BUILD Dairy program in order to understand the needs of the dairy industry, develop key relationships and ensure that the team is focused on priority projects that will have the most impact. Dairy West helps Dairy NutriSols maximize its resources by complementing other work and research going on throughout the industry.

The dairy industry is constantly challenged to redefine its manufacturing by-products. Instead of viewing manure, acid whey or permeate as waste, technology solutions and a little science can help turn these products into valuable nutrient-rich ingredients with a viable market. Upcycling contributes to a circular economy and offers solutions for manufacturing sustainability. Chobani is a major manufacturer of consumer yogurt products, and the company defines itself as a modern food maker committed to producing high-quality, nutritious and accessible foods. Chobani has partnered with the Dairy NutriSols team to develop solutions for the acid whey that is produced as a by-product of making Greek yogurt. Solutions can help Chobani and the dairy industry achieve its sustainability goals.