Dorset Strained Yoghurt from The Dorset Dairy Co in Stalbridge has won the highest accolade in the Great Taste 2020 – three stars.

Judges described the whole milk yoghurt as: “Full, smooth, and creamy on the palate with tangy, lactic freshness bursting from every mouthful.”
It all started 60 years ago, when Dan Miller’s grandad moved to Crib House Farm, North Dorset, with just 20 cows. Today the farm is home to 200 free range Holstein Friesian milking cows, or ‘the girls,’ as Dan, who now manages the farm, calls them.

After meeting Alex Rawe, an unfulfilled London banker, and converting her to country life, Dan confided his dream of turning the farm’s milk into something special, and so, Dorset’s answer to Greek yoghurt was born.

Dorset Strained Yoghurt is made on the farm using milk straight from its high-welfare, free-range cows and nothing is added but live cultures.
It takes three litres of milk to make one kilo of yoghurt as the straining method filters out the water and lactose.

This technique results in a luxurious creamy texture – proper yoghurt, Dorset-style. Alex said: “By using traditional methods and hard work, we create a yoghurt that’s as unprocessed as can be with the added benefits of being low in sugar and packed with protein, vitamins and minerals.”

As sales have grown, so too has the amount of cream by- product from the fat free yoghurt and semi-skimmed milk, which is fermented into Dorset Cultured Cream and churned into Dorset Cultured Butter. Alex said: “We feed the whey and buttermilk by- products to the calves and pigs. We also run three milk vending machines and dozens of instore refill stations where you can fill up on farm fresh milk.”

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