Shatto Wins Nine Awards at International Dairy Competition

Shatto Milk Company was awarded nine awards, 3 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze, at the 2018 Los Angeles International Dairy Competition.  Gold awards were for:  Root Beer Milk, Honey Butter and Garlic Butter.  Silver awards were obtained for:  Chocolate Milk and Strawberry Milk.  Bronze awards were earned for:  Smith Fork Aged Cheddar Cheese, Winstead Reserve Havarti Cheese, Salted Butter and Plattsburg Aged Gouda.

The competition was held March 3 at Fairplex, home of the LA County Fair. Winners will be displayed at the Fair, Aug. 31-Sept. 23, and become part of the Fair’s annual dairy education program for Fair’s 1.3 million guests.

The competition used the Danish judging system, in which each entry is judged based on its own merit, and not against other entries. International entries hailed from Britain, France, Spain and the Netherlands.  Entries also came from such states as: California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin.