California Dairies, Inc.
Visalia, CA, United States
About
Founded in 1999, California Dairies, Inc. is a dairy industry manufacturer based in Visalia, United States selling ingredients & cultures, milk collection & cooling.
California Dairies, Inc. (CDI) is a farmer-owned dairy marketing and processing cooperative based in Visalia, California, co-owned by nearly 300 family dairy farms in the Central Valley and surrounding regions. Formed through the 1999 merger of three California dairy cooperatives, CDI manufactures butter, milk powders, nutritional milk powders, and processed fluid and aseptic milk products at facilities in Visalia, Tipton, Turlock, Fresno and Bakersfield. Its ingredient business supplies milk protein isolate, milk protein concentrate, buttermilk powder, skim milk, cream and condensed milk to food and beverage manufacturers, ice cream makers and bakeries, largely for domestic and export markets. CDI also operates the Innovation Center, a research and development facility with a test kitchen and pilot plant, and Sunrise Laboratories, a third-party dairy testing lab. The company brands its butter as Challenge and Danish Creamery through its subsidiary Challenge Dairy Products.
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Milk Protein Isolate (MPI)
Milk protein ingredient
Skim-milk-based ingredient filtered to 89.5% or more protein, used in infant nutrition, high-protein beverages and powder supplements.
Milk Protein Concentrate (MPC)
Milk protein ingredient
Ultra-filtered and spray-dried skim milk for sports nutrition, baked goods, bars, yogurt and ice cream.
Nutritional Buttermilk Powder
Nutritional milk powder
Buttermilk powder with high fat, protein and phospholipid content for infant nutrition, beverages and bars.
Nonfat Dry Milk Powder
Milk powder
Pasteurized, spray-dried Grade A milk powder with reconstitution solubility.
Skim Milk Powder
Milk powder
Spray-dried skim milk powder, optionally standardised with permeate or lactose.
Buttermilk Powder
Milk powder
Spray-dried powder made by condensing and drying buttermilk from butter churning.
Ultra-Filtered Milk
Fluid milk ingredient
Grade A milk with water and part of the lactose removed, sold in tanker loads for nutritional beverages and sports drinks.
Skim Milk
Fluid milk ingredient
Liquid skim milk sold in food-grade tanker trucks for bottling and cultured dairy products.
Grade A Sweet Cream
Cream
Pasteurized cream separated from Grade A milk for ice cream, sour cream and butter production.
Buttermilk
Liquid dairy ingredient
Pasteurized liquid buttermilk delivered in tankers to ice cream makers and bakeries.
Condensed Milk
Condensed milk
Evaporated and pasteurized Grade A milk for yogurt, cheese and ice cream processors.
Anhydrous Milkfat & Butter Oil
Milkfat
High-percentage milkfat with almost total removal of water and non-fat solids for industrial use.
Bulk Butter
Butter
Bulk butter in corrugated cases for foodservice, industrial and export sale.
Solid Butter
Butter
Pre-measured solid butter for foodservice, industrial and club pack sale.
Butter Quarters
Butter
Quarter-stick butter wrapped in wax paper for retail, club pack and export.
Whipped Butter
Butter
Whipped butter with tamper-evident seal for retail, foodservice and industrial sale.
Butter with Canola Oil
Butter blend
Spreadable butter blend of butter, canola oil and sea salt for retail and foodservice.
Custom Nutritional Powders
Custom ingredient
Customer-specific nutritional powder formulations developed at the Innovation Center, including milk protein crisps and reduced-lactose concentrates.
Mixes & Blends
Custom fluid milk blend
Custom fluid milk mixes and blends for ice cream manufacturers.
