YaÜ makes smooth, caramelized Vietnamese yogurt from fresh organic milk sourced from cows on small dairy farms. The company grew from Phuong and Fred’s search for a dairy option for their picky daughter, bringing a century-old family-rooted style of slow-cooking milk and sugar to cups with 100–110 calories each.
Yiamas Dairy Farms LLCYiamas Dairy Farms makes traditional Greek yogurt in the United States using 100% fresh milk and a family recipe brought over from Greece. Kostas, a third-generation Greek dairy family owner, drew on more than 65 years of his family’s experience in the Greek market and his grandfather’s original recipe to create Yiamas. The company uses milk selected from local farms and supplies its yogurt to restaurants, hotels, caterers, and homes.BAYSIDE, NY
Painterland SistersFourth-generation Pennsylvania dairy farmers Hayley and Stephanie Painter make organic, Icelandic-style skyr yogurt from milk produced on their family farm and neighboring farms. Their farmer-owned, family-operated company grew from a desire to sustain Painterland Farms while connecting shoppers more directly with American agriculture. The yogurt is USDA certified organic and made through regenerative, pasture-based farming practices.
La FermièreBorn in Provence in 1952, family-owned La Fermière makes creamy, all-natural yogurts and French desserts in its distinctive iconic pots. Since bringing its savoir-faire to the United States in 2017, the company has paired local milk and cream with carefully sourced ingredients and artisanal methods, including slowly oven-baked desserts and floral-infused yogurt flavors.BROOKLYN, NY
Erivan DairyFor more than 50 years, Erivan Dairy has carried an Armenian yogurt-making tradition into its Pennsylvania microdairy, where the cows have names rather than numbers. The family farm’s primarily grass-fed herd supplies milk for its traditionally made acidophilus yogurt and labneh, with the company emphasizing a simple process and no hormone treatments.ORELAND, PA