Louis Trauth Dairy was founded in 1920 by the senior Louis Trauth. It was based in Newport, Kentucky, USA. It began from a plant and competed with 54 other dairies in the Greater Cincinnati area. It had a modern facility covering five city blocks. There had been three multimillion-dollar expansions since 1985 to provide more efficient production and distribution of dairy products. Trauth Dairy was one of the first dairies in the area to vacuum pasteurize milk, and the first in

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to introduce tamper-evident packaging for

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cottage cheese Cottage cheese is a curdled milk product with a mild flavor and a creamy, non-homogeneous, soupy texture. It is made from skimmed milk by draining the cheese, as opposed to pressing it to make cheese curd—retaining some of the whey and keeping ...

and dips. Trauth Dairy was the sole manufacturer of Fat Free plus a/B milk. In 1997, the company was sold to Suiza Food Corp for an undisclosed price. It came under the

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brand in 2001 after the company merged with Suiza Food. In 2011, the dairy closed after 91 years in business.Trauth Dairy plant closes after more than 90 years of business
WCPO. 26 August 2011.

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