In the Whipping Cream and Heaving Whipping Cream category, Granite City’s Heavy Whipping Cream came in second with a near-perfect score of 99.99. Hiland Dairy earned third with Toasted Onion Dip in the Sour Cream Based Dips – Onion category. Hiland Dairy scored second and third place with Sassy Salsa and Jalapeno Fiesta Dips in the Sour Cream Based Dips – Southwest category. In the Open Sour Cream Based Dips category, Prairie Farms took first place with Veggie Ranch Dip. Prairie Farms took second place with Lowfat Sour Cream in the same category. Hiland Dairy captured first place wins with Regular Sour Cream and Lite Sour Cream in the Sour Cream and Lowfat Sour Cream categories. More strong showings from the World Dairy Expo came for Prairie Farms in the Yogurt, Sour Cream, Dips, and Whipping Cream categories, including a first place finish for Whole Milk Vanilla Yogurt out of Quincy in the Vanilla Yogurt category and a first place win for Quincy’s 3% Whole Milk Peach Yogurt in the Open Class Yogurt category.

Prairie Farms UHT Salted Caramel Milk from Battle Creek secured a solid second place in the Open Class Flavored Milk category. Hiland Dairy won first place with White Milk in the White Milk category. Prairie Farms also took first place with Whole Buttermilk in the Cultured Milk category, first place with 2% Chocolate Milk in the Lowfat Chocolate Milk 2% category, and third place for Whole Chocolate Milk in the Whole Chocolate Milk category. It was a sweeping win for Prairie Farms in the UHT Milk & Aseptic Milk category with first, second, and third place awards for Whole Milk, and 2% Milk from its plants in Granite City, Illinois, and Battle Creek, Michigan. Lowfat 2% Cottage Cheese from Hiland Dairy’s Chandler, Oklahoma plant took second place in the same category. Small Curd Lowfat Cottage Cheese from Carbondale also took first place in the Lowfat and No Fat Cottage Cheese category. Prairie Farms 4% Cottage Cheese from the Quincy, Illinois plant was close behind, earning second place in the category. Prairie Farms made several strong showings, including Small Curd Cottage Cheese from its Carbondale, Illinois plant winning first place and a grand championship in the Regular Cottage Cheese category. “We surpassed the number of WDE awards we brought home in 2019 by 52%, and we’re excited to share our success with our customers.” Our consistent commitment to excellence has positioned our farmer-owned cooperative as an industry leader for 83 years,” said Rebecca Leinenbach, Prairie Farms’ VP of Marketing/Communications. The awards are indicative of the tireless efforts of our 700+ farm families and 7,800 team members to produce the highest quality dairy products available. “Earning the right to market our products as ‘Best of the Best’ is an important recognition.

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