A high-tech, mid-tier dairy, specializing in co-manufacturing cultured dairy products
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Reykjavik Creamery is a 30,000 sq ft. facility in Pennsylvania, located on a 400-acre organic dairy farm in the scenic Cumberland Valley, just north of Newville and about 25 minutes from Carlisle. Reykjavik is a high-tech dairy manufacturing facility, specializing in contract manufacturing premium cultured artisan dairy products. Our spec
Reykjavik Creamery is a 30,000 sq ft. facility in Pennsylvania, located on a 400-acre organic dairy farm in the scenic Cumberland Valley, just north of Newville and about 25 minutes from Carlisle. Reykjavik is a high-tech dairy manufacturing facility, specializing in contract manufacturing premium cultured artisan dairy products. Our specialty is strained yogurt, called Skyr otherwise known as Icelandic Style Yogurt.
Skyr is a high protein fermented dairy product, originated in Iceland, and is today made with custom designed Ultrafiltration technology, which ensures, higher protein yield, better mouthfeel and more flexibility for a given milk fat than is possible with most conventional, centrifugal separators. By using this technology, no solids are lost, except for lactose.
WHAT IS ULTRAFILTRATION?
Ultrafiltration is the natural way to optimize the value of dairy products. The technology is used for creating fermented products such as skyr and Greek yogurt and other similar highly viscous fermented products.
Fermented milk contains a number of dissolved or dispersed components of different molecular or particle sizes. By using membranes with pores of different sizes, it is possible to separate exactly the components you wish into separate liquid streams. Membrane filtration is a technology that separates a liquid into two streams using a semi-permeable membrane.
A difference in pressure forces the components that are smaller than the membrane pores through the membrane as “permeate”. The remaining components are retained as “retentate”. A substantial flow moving parallel to the membrane prevents the membrane surface from blocking during the process. This is known as crossflow filtration.
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The Reykjavik Creamery saga began in Iceland and Denmark. It then proceeded to California but eventually settled in Pennsylvania. A journey that was initially about finding a suitable co-packer here in the US to make skyr for Reykjavik Creamery as a wholesaler, evolved into Reykjavik Creamery becoming a co-packer.
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The Reykjavik Creamery saga began in Iceland and Denmark. It then proceeded to California but eventually settled in Pennsylvania. A journey that was initially about finding a suitable co-packer here in the US to make skyr for Reykjavik Creamery as a wholesaler, evolved into Reykjavik Creamery becoming a co-packer.
Reykjavik Creamery wants to be an incubator for dairy entrepreneurs, by offering access to new and innovative technologies as well as flexibility with regards to production minimums.
Our skyr products are today sold in most major retail stores nationwide, under various brand names owned by skilled entrepreneurs.
Reykjavik Creamery has ambitious plans for the future and will be investing considerably in additional equipment and automation in 2023 and 2024, with the aim of being able to produce enough of high protein skyr products - the Icelandic way, for the growing number of health-conscious American consumers.
ICELANDIC FOUNDER
Gunnar, a father of three and previously the CFO for the Coca-Cola bottling facility in Iceland, – is an Icelandic entrepreneur, mountain runner and confessed foodie with passion for skyr. He founded Reykjavik Creamery to expand the production of skyr in the United States so that Americans could benefit from this nutritious Icelandic staple and fuel their active lifestyles. Skyr is an integral part of the Icelandic culture, and has kept the Icelandic peoples satiated for more than 1000 years in the land of Fire and Ice.
Our Products and service
Our Products and service
Our Products and service
Reykjavik Creamery offers reasonable volume minimums and filling capability for most commonly used yogurt cup sizes in the US, from 4 to 32 oz, both as blended and fruit on the bottom. Reykjavik is also able to bulk fill in pails from 5 - 25 lbs as well as 275 gallon totes for food service.
Reykjavik Creamery can produce various cultured
Reykjavik Creamery offers reasonable volume minimums and filling capability for most commonly used yogurt cup sizes in the US, from 4 to 32 oz, both as blended and fruit on the bottom. Reykjavik is also able to bulk fill in pails from 5 - 25 lbs as well as 275 gallon totes for food service.
Reykjavik Creamery can produce various cultured dairy products like Greek Yogurt and Quark in addition to the Icelandic-Style Skyr.
Milk fat in the products can vary from 0 - 10%.
Reykjavik Creamery supports new and existing yogurt brands as well as private-label production for retail chains. Reykjavik also offers complete pilot-project services to US companies of various sizes, and has established relationships with many of the largest dairy industry suppliers.
MILK
Reykjavik Creamery has the capability to receive and process conventional, non-GMO and organic milk.
Cream for food service or ice cream production is available for sale in 275 gallon totes.
CERTIFICATIONS
Reykjavik Creamery is Non-GMO Project Verified, Gluten-Free, PCO Organic Certified, Kosher and SQF Certified.
ARTISAN QUALITY - NORDIC SIMPLICITY
Our mission is to be a high-tech, mid-tier dairy processor that specializes in producing premium cultured artisan dairy products, in an efficient manner.