Stewart's Reps Upstate New York with 3 Wins at World Dairy Expo

Stewart's Does It Again

Shout out to Stewart’s Shops, which won three first-place awards recently for their ice cream and sherbert at the prestigious World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin.

According to Stewart's Corporation, they took home top honors for the Best Strawberry Milk, Mint Ice Cream, and Sherbet at the 2024 World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin, an annual competition open to dairy producers worldwide.

Photo: World Dairy Expo Facebook

All counted, Stewart’s milk, half & half, ice cream, and sherbet finished in the top three in seven categories of the World Dairy Expo, just one month after Stewart's scored some big wins at the New York State Fair. During that competition, Stewart's won Best Milk, Chocolate Milk, and Best Flavored Milk at the 2024 New York State Fair.

"Pride Ourselves on Quality Products"

“Stewart’s prides itself on making quality products, and the World Dairy Expo recognition is a testament to the dedication of our dairy team and the 20 family farms who supply us with fresh, quality milk every day of the year,” said Chad Kiesow, chief operating officer of Stewart’s Shops.

In addition to first place for Best Strawberry Milk, Stewart’s took down top honors for their delectable Mint Cookie Crumble Ice Cream and won 1st place in the Sherbet category with a perfect score for their Mango Dragon Fruit Sherbet.

Other Worthwhile Awards

In the Cookies and Cookie Dough Ice Cream category, Stewart’s won 2nd place with our Campfire S’Mores Ice Cream, missing a 1st place award by 0.01 points.

In the Peanut Butter Ice Cream category, Stewart’s won 2nd place for Peanut Butter Pandemonium Ice Cream, while Bark in the Dark Ice Cream took 2nd place in the Best Dark Chocolate Ice Cream category.

Stewart’s Shops French Vanilla Half & Half won 3rd place in the Dairy Creamer category.

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