Based in Brooklyn, Biolife makes natural probiotic dairy products, using milk from healthy animals to produce cultured favorites such as kefir and farmer cheese. The company says its dairy undergoes controlled natural fermentation in a facility operated to international standards, with production, sales, and distribution reaching customers worldwide.
Lifeway Foods, IncLifeway Foods, Inc. makes kefir and other cultured dairy foods, a business Michael and Ludmila Smolyansky began in their Skokie, Illinois home in 1986. The company describes itself as the largest kefir manufacturer in the United States and has expanded its product line to include farmer cheese, probiotic smoothies, and kefir butter.PHILADELPHIA, PA
Culture An American Yogurt CompanyCulture An American Yogurt Company makes and strains fresh yogurt on site, then serves it fresh or as frozen yogurt in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Founded around a culinary approach to yogurt-making, the company draws on pastry chef Jenny’s training at the Institute of Culinary Education and experience at Bouchon Bakery to create its toppings and flavors. Its yogurt is cultivated with live cultures and made with milk sourced from Hudson Valley Fresh and Organic Valley.NEW YORK, NY
North Country CreameryOverlooking Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains, North Country Creamery is a small-scale Keeseville dairy producing farmstead cheese, cream-line yogurt, and raw milk from its own 100% grass-fed herd. Owners Ashlee Kleinhammer and Steven Googin run the 115-acre, first-generation farm, where Jersey and heritage Milking Shorthorn cows are rotationally grazed and milked once a day. The creamery is Animal Welfare Approved, Non-GMO, NYS Grown & Certified, and sells its products through the Clover Mead Cafe & Farmstore and regional outlets.KEESEVILLE, NY
Canastota Dairy Products LLCFarmer-owned Canastota Dairy Products makes bulk milk and cream ingredients alongside small-batch sour cream and yogurt at its Canastota, New York plant. Using milk from New York farms, the company supplies processors and manufacturers across the Northeast while also offering private-label and co-manufacturing programs for branded dairy products. Its products carry NYS Grown & Certified, OU Kosher, gluten-free, and rBST-free designations.CANASTOTA, NY