New York Dairy Products Competition winners announced

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Stewart's Shops was named the top-scoring milk in New York, and Upstate Farms Buffalo came in second. Mikey Dubb's Frozen Custard from New Rochelle won the gold medal for vanilla ice cream, and Four Fat Fowl Creamery from Stephentown was named Grand Champion for its St. Stephens cheese.

The Dairy Products Competition is held annually to celebrate New York's dairy industry and its finest dairy producers and processors. This year, there were 197 entries across 26 categories, including fluid milk, various types of cheeses, sour cream, yogurt, dips, cottage cheese, and ice cream.

Other highlights from the competition include:

• Stewart's Shops also won gold in the Flavored Milk Category, while Dygert Farms from Palatine Bridge won gold in the Chocolate Milk category.

• Weissmann Farms from Roscoe won gold in the Small Processors Fluid Milk category.

• HP Hood (Arkport, Vernon and Lafargeville plants) earned the most medals overall, with a total of 14.

• Great Lakes Cheese from Adams won gold for its Cheddar, Aged Cheddar, and “Super” Aged Cheddar, earning a total of eight medals.

The winners of the competition will be honored during a special awards ceremony on Dairy Day at the Great New York State Fair. Dairy Day takes place on Thursday, Aug. 31, and includes milk tasting, a milkshake contest, a dairy day parade around Chevy Court, and more.

New York State Agriculture and Markets Commissioner Richard A. Ball congratulated all the winners and participants for their exemplary work feeding their communities and fueling the economy.

Stewart's Shops Senior Vice President Chad Kiesow said the company is honored to receive the awards and takes great pride providing fresh and local dairy products all year long.

Mikey Dubb's Frozen Custard Owner Michael Weissman said he is incredibly proud that his company has been selected as the first ever Ice Cream Competition winner for Vanilla Ice Cream at Dairy Day.

Four Fat Fowl Operations and Finance Director Josie Madison said the company is thrilled that St. Stephen has been recognized as the Grand Champion and CamemBertha as the silver winner in the artisan cheese category.