Meet our panel of dairy entrepreneurs

The FoodNavigator-USA Dairy Innovation Forum​​ featured five entrepreneurs aiming to disrupt the dairy case (pictured left to right):  

• JESSE MERRILL​- Co-founder, good culture​​ (organic cottage cheese in single serve pots that work well as a standalone snack (120-130 calories) or with crackers, bread, nuts or other things as a mini-meal, and contain probiotics, chia seeds, fruit and veggie purees and no hydrocolloids, artificial stabilizers, preservatives, colors or flavors. A new brand that debuted at Expo West, good culture is rolling out in the natural channel in August).
• SMÁRI ÁSMUNDSSON -​ Founder, Smári Organics​​ (Icelandic high-protein yogurt (skyr) - launched in 2013).
• DREW HARRINGTON​- Co-founder, Yasso​​ (Yasso was the first to market with frozen Greek yogurt bars in 2011, and is now in more than 14,000 stores).
• WINSTON LEE​ - Founder, Tarte Foods​​ (French-Vietnamese-style yogurt with a light creamy texture and the tart flavor of frozen yogurt, in which the sugar is added to the milk before it is cultured. It was launched in 2013, and is now in 700+ stores).
• JIM SMITH​- Director of marketing, the a2 Milk Company​​ (tummy-friendly a2 milk - which is rolling out in California now - is from cows that only produce A2 beta casein protein, and is targeted at people who have problems digesting milk, but do not have lactose intolerance or a milk protein allergy).  

Register HERE​​ to watch the 60-minute session on demand, which attracted almost 700 delegates.