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Hilmar Whey Protein Medals in 2024 World Championship Cheese Contest
Hilmar, CA. April 30, 2024
Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc. was awarded two silver medals at the CheeseExpo banquet celebrating the World Championship Cheese Contest on April 18, 2024.
The World Championship Cheese Contest is the premier cheese and dairy competition hosted by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association biennially since 1957. This is this first year that Hilmar entered the contest after experiencing success in last year’s United States Championship Cheese Contest, joining the ring with over 3,300 entries from 25 countries.
Hilmar 9000 Whey Protein Isolate and Hilmar 9010 Instantized Whey Protein Isolate were both silver medalists in their respective categories. Hilmar 9000 is a 90% whey protein isolate with a neutral flavor and favorable mineral profile. It provides acid heat stability, high protein, low lactose and low fat content for use in bars and acidic beverages. With superior nutritive value, Hilmar 9000 is ideal for protein fortification.
Hilmar 9010 is an agglomerated instantized whey protein isolate derived from sweet dairy whey manufactured by a special cross-flow filtration process. While it shares many nutritional benefits and functional features with Hilmar 9000, it is designed for dry-mix applications to enhance dispersibility and quick hydration into solution.
Muthu Ramanathan, Hilmar’s Ingredients Technical Manager, proudly accepted the award on behalf of the Hilmar team and is pictured with Ben Smith, Hilmar’s Cheese Product Manager. Ben served as a technical judge for the cheese competition.
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Hilmar Launches HilmarConnect® Global
Hilmar’s B2B digital trading platform expands to global customers.
Hilmar, Calif. January 25, 2024. Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc., one of the world’s largest cheese manufacturers and a global supplier of high-quality whey ingredients, has expanded its HilmarConnect digital trading platform to give customers worldwide 24/7, real-time access to cheese availability, price and timing of shipments.
HilmarConnect Global, which provides 24/7 access to cheese availability and pricing transparency, is now accessible to Hilmar customers across the globe for 40 lb. block Cheddar sales. The intuitive digital platform offers flexibility to customers in pricing, volume and timing of shipments via its web-based desktop and mobile applications. Through live bidding events that occur every two weeks, we are bringing visibility to the real-time global supply and demand volatility of all customers. This allows customers to secure future Hilmar capacity now with the flexibility to adjust product variety closer to actual production dates to meet their unique business needs. It additionally presents improved price discovery and arbitrage opportunities, allowing customers to evaluate price and physical supply in a single event.
The platform has a track record of proven success for domestic customers who have already embraced the trading experience for opportunity cheese, which will continue. We are excited to add 40 lb block Cheddar Cheese Sales to the platform beginning today.
Investment in this platform, powered by Nui Markets, comes at a time when B2B buyers are asking for a digital purchasing experience. According to Wunderman Thompson Commerce, 49% of B2B purchases are now made online and 62% of B2B buyers would like to have dedicated smartphone apps through which they can purchase.1
“Hilmar is dedicated to our philosophy of flexibility and responsiveness to our customer relationships, and we’re excited to provide this solution,” stated Travis Coffey, Director of Sales.
Click here to learn more about HilmarConnect Global and access the platform. To register your account, get in touch with your Hilmar sales manager or contact us.
1 Lokschin, B. (2021, November 24). The Evolution of B2B Digital Commerce: From Siple to Sophisticated Selling. Forbes. The Evolution Of B2B Digital Commerce: From Simple To Sophisticated Selling (forbes.com)