Utah State has won the dairy checkoff’s new product competition with its innovative dairy-based product, Athena’s Slice. The product is a personal pizza with a crust made from cottage cheese, mozzarella, Parmesan, and nonfat dry milk, topped with tzatziki-style sauce, gyro meat, feta cheese, mozzarella, spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, onions, and green bell peppers.
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Athena’s Slice delivers 30 grams of protein and 3 grams of fiber per serving. The students who developed the product said it was designed to meet growing consumer demand for protein-rich foods while demonstrating dairy’s versatility in unique applications.
The team members, Taelie Kennedy, Angalee Brinkerhoff, and Erynn Chidester, received DMI’s Platinum Dairy Innovator Award and a $10,000 prize. The competition provided valuable real-world product development experience that will help them prepare for careers in the food industry.
Original reporting: Appleton, WI News Feed (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
