Westby Cooperative Creamery has won the Grade-A Grand Champion award at the 2014 World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Products Contest, organized by the Wisconsin Dairy Products Association. The Grand Champion product, receiving a perfect score of 100 points, is Westby brand Grade-A Cultured French Onion Dip, made with sour cream as a dairy-based dip.
According to Brad Legreid, executive director of the Wisconsin Dairy Products Association, the winning entry was one of 400 entries in Grade-A product categories including fluid milk, yogurts, sour creams, dairy dips, cottage cheeses, butter, whipping creams and ice creams. Each product category is initially judged for a first-place winner, which then moves on to overall Grade-A Grand Champion judging.
“The judging is just like Olympics scoring,” Legreid said, “with product scoring that can be in tenths of a point. For a product to earn a perfect score of 100 points is rare, especially when competition is broad across the Grade-A product categories, and our judges are so experienced and knowledgeable. With over 35 judges from across North America, the products were well evaluated on all technical and sensual aspects of quality.”
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