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2025 US Championship Cheese Competition
- 1st Place 4% Cottage Cheese
- 2nd Place Low-fat Cottage Cheese
2025 Quality Chekd Awards
- Irving B. Weber Award for Total Quality Excellence Quality Chekd’s Most Prestigious Award
- Production Excellence Award – Cultured
- Production Excellence Award – Ice Cream
- Merit Award – Milk, Cultured, Ice Cream
2025 Fluid Milk & Ice Cream Sweepstakes Winner
- 1st Place 4% Cottage Cheese
- 1st Place Regular Sour Cream
- 1st Place Chocolate Ice Cream
- 1st Place Vanilla Ice Cream
- 2nd Place Chocolate Milk
- 2nd Place Buttermilk
- 2nd Place Strawberry Ice Cream
2025 United States Championship Cheese Contest
- Gold Medalist Cottage Cheese
2024 Quality Chekd Awards
- Irving B. Weber Award for Total Quality Excellence Quality Chekd’s Most Prestigious Award
- Production Excellence Award – Cultured
- Production Excellence Award – Ice Cream
- Merit Award – Milk, Cultured, Ice Cream
2024 World Dairy Expo
- 1st place/Grand Champion – Lemon Bar Ice Cream
- 1st place French Vanilla Ice Cream
- 1st place Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
- 1st place Sour Cream
- 3rd Cottage Cheese
2023 World Dairy Expo
- 1st place 2% Chocolate Milk
- 2nd place Low-fat Cottage Cheese
- 2nd place Vanilla Bean
- 2nd place Classic Lemon Bar
2023 Oregon Dairy Industries Awards
- 1st Place for Chocolate Ice Cream, Regular Cottage Cheese, and Buttermilk;
- Sweepstakes Award for Fluid Milk & Cream Products and (Runner UP)-Cultured Products.
- 2nd place Chocolate Milk, Eggnog
Gold Awards: Skim Milk, Reduced fat Milk, Whole Milk, Half & Half, Chocolate Milk, Egg Nog, Buttermilk, Sour Cream, Vanilla Ice Cream, Strawberry Ice Cream, and Chocolate Ice Cream.
2023 Quality Chekd Awards
- Irving B. Weber Award for Total Quality Excellence Quality Chekd’s Most Prestigious Award
- Production Excellence Award – Cultured
2022 Quality Chekd Awards
- Irving B. Weber Award for Total Quality Excellence Quality Chekd’s Most Prestigious Award
- Production Excellence Award – Cultured
- Merit Award – Milk, Ice Cream
- QCS Quality & Food Safety Plant Assessment Award
2022 World Dairy Expo
- 1st Place 2% Chocolate Milk
- 2nd Place Dutch Chocolate Milk
- 2nd Place Caramel Cold Brew Ice Cream
2022 Oregon Dairy Industries Annual Awards
- 1st Place Vanilla Ice Cream
- 1st Place Chocolate Ice Cream
- 2 Place Sweepstakes Ice Cream
- Cultured Division Sweepstakes Winner
- 1st Place Regular Cottage Cheese
- 2nd Place Sour Cream
- 1st Place Buttermilk
Gold Awards: 2% Milk, Skim Milk, Homogenized Milk, Half & Half, Chocolate Milk, Egg Nog, Buttermilk, Cottage Cheese, Sour Cream, Vanilla Ice Cream, Chocolate Ice Cream, Strawberry Ice Cream.
2021 Quality Chekd Awards
- Dairy Quality Excellence Award – Cultured Products Category
- Milk Merit Award – Excellence in Milk Quality
- Ice Cream Merit Award – Excellence in Ice Cream Quality
- Cultured Merit Award – Excellence in Cultured Products Quality
- Plant Assessment Excellence Award
- QCS Philanthropic Recognition
2021 World Dairy Expo
- 1st Place French Vanilla Ice Cream
- 2nd Place Classic Lemon Bar Ice Cream
2021 Oregon Dairy Industries Annual Awards
- Ice Cream Sweepstakes Winner
- 1st Place Vanilla Ice Cream
- 1st Place Chocolate Ice Cream
- 1st Place Chocolate Milk
- Cultured Division Sweepstakes Winner
- 1st Place Regular Cottage Cheese
- 1st Place Sour Cream
- 1st Place Buttermilk
- 1st Place Score Butter
Gold Awards: 2% Milk, Skim Milk, Homogenized Milk, Half and Half, Chocolate Milk, Eggnog, Buttermilk, Cottage Cheese, Sour Cream, Vanilla Ice Cream, Chocolate Ice Cream, Strawberry Ice Cream.
2020 Quality Chekd Awards
- 2020 Production Excellence Award Culture (3rd year in a row)
- 2020 Irving B Weber Award Finalist
- Plant Assessment Excellence Award
- Merit Award of Excellence – Fluid Milk & Cultured Dairy categories
- Leadership Award Finalist
- Outstanding Marketing Award Finalist
2020 Oregon Dairy Industries Annual Awards
- Ice Cream Sweepstakes Winner
- 1st Place Vanilla Ice Cream
- 1st Place Chocolate Ice Cream
- 1st Place Chocolate Milk
- Cultured Division Sweepstakes Winner
- 1st Place Regular Cottage Cheese
- 1st Place Sour Cream
- 1st Place Buttermilk
- 1st Place Score Butter
Gold Awards: 2% Milk, Skim Milk, Homogenized Milk, Half and Half, Chocolate Milk, Buttermilk, Cottage Cheese, Sour Cream, Vanilla Ice Cream, Chocolate Ice Cream, Strawberry Ice Cream.
2019 Oregon Dairy Industries Annual Awards
- Ice Cream Sweepstakes Winner
- 1st Place Vanilla Ice Cream
- 1st Place Chocolate Milk
- 1st Place Regular Cottage Cheese
- 2nd Place Sour Cream
- 2nd Place Chocolate Ice Cream
Gold Awards: 2% Milk, Skim Milk, Homogenized Milk, Half and Half, Chocolate Milk, Eggnog, Buttermilk, Cottage Cheese, Sour Cream, Vanilla Ice Cream, Chocolate Ice Cream, Strawberry Ice Cream.
2019 Quality Chekd Dairies
- 2019 Irving B. Weber Award Finalist
- Production Excellence Award – Ice Cream (5th year in a row)
- Production Excellence Award – Cultured Products (2nd year in a row)
- Merit of Excellence Award – Ice Cream, Fluid Milk and Cultured Dairy categories
2019 World Dairy Expo
- 1st Place Sour Cream
- 1st Place Butter Toffee Crunch Ice Cream
2018 Quality Chekd Dairies
- 2018 Irving B. Weber Award Finalist
- Production Excellence Award – Ice Cream (4th year in a row)
- Production Excellence Award – Cultured Products
- Merit of Excellence Award – Ice Cream, Fluid Milk and Cultured Dairy categories
2018 World Dairy Expo
- 1st Place Sour Cream
- 1st Place Regular Cottage Cheese
- 3rd Place 2% Chocolate Milk
2018 Oregon Dairy Industries Annual Awards
- Ice Cream Sweepstakes Winner
- Cultured Products Sweepstakes Winner
- 1st Place Vanilla Ice Cream
- 1st Place Chocolate Ice Cream
- 1st Place Regular Cottage Cheese
- 1st Place Sour Cream
- 1st Place Buttermilk
- 2nd Place Chocolate Milk
Gold Awards: Skim Milk, Reduced Fat Milk, Homogenized Milk, Half and Half, Chocolate Milk, Egg Nog, Buttermilk, Vanilla Ice Cream, Chocolate Ice Cream, Strawberry Ice Cream.
2017 Quality Chekd Dairies
- 2017 Irving B. Weber Award Winner, Quality Chekd National Convention
- Production Excellence Award – Ice Cream
2017 Oregon Dairy Industries Annual Awards
- Ice Cream Sweepstakes Winner
- Cultured Products Sweepstakes Runner-Up
Gold Awards: Skim Milk, 2% Reduced Fat Milk, Whole Milk, Half & Half, Chocolate Milk, Egg Nog, Buttermilk, Cottage Cheese, Sour Cream, Score Butter, Vanilla Ice Cream, Chocolate Ice Cream, Strawberry Ice Cream. Division Awards: First Place: Chocolate Milk, Sour Cream, Vanilla Ice Cream, Chocolate Ice Cream. Second Place: Score Butter – Dan Bachmeier.
2016 Quality Chekd Dairies
- Production Excellence Award for Culture Products Division
- Production Excellence Award for Ice Cream Products Division
- Production Merit Awards – Fluid Milk, Culture Products and Ice Cream Products
- Finalist Outstanding Marketing Achievements Award – Best Single Product Campaign Category
2016 World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Competition
- First Place Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
- First Place Sour Cream Cheese
2016 Oregon Dairy Industries Annual Conference
- Sweepstakes Winner – Cultured Products
This is the 6th straight year winning this top award at the Oregon Dairy Industries Annual Conference. - Sweepstakes Runner-Up for Ice Cream Division
Gold Awards: Skim Milk, 2% Reduced Fat Milk, Whole Milk, Half & Half, Buttermilk, Cottage Cheese, Sour Cream, Vanilla Ice Cream, Chocolate Ice Cream, Strawberry Ice Cream. Division Awards: First Place: Cottage Cheese. Second Place: Sour Cream, Vanilla Ice Cream, Chocolate Ice Cream.
2015 Quality Chekd Dairies
- Production Excellence Award for Culture Products
- Production Excellence Award for Ice Cream Products Division
- Outstanding Marketing Achievement Award for Single Product Campaign; POW, Cottage Cheese
- Judges Award Best of Show Sour Cream
- Finalist Irving B. Weber Award for Total Quality Excellence
Quality Chekd’s Most Prestigious Award - Production Merit Awards – Fluid Milk, Culture Products and Ice Cream Products Quality
2015 Oregon Dairy Industries Annual Conference
- Sweepstakes Trifecta Winners:
Winner for Fluid Milk Products; Sweepstakes Winner for Cultured Products; Sweepstakes Winner for Ice Cream at the Oregon Dairy Industries Annual Conference.
No company in the 104 year history of ODI has ever taken all 3 Sweepstakes Awards in the same year.
Gold Awards: Skim Milk, 2% Reduced Fat Milk, Whole Milk, Half & Half, Buttermilk, Cottage Cheese, Sour Cream, Vanilla Ice Cream, Chocolate Ice Cream, Strawberry Ice Cream and Score Butter. Division Awards: First Place: Buttermilk, Sour Cream, Vanilla Ice Cream, Chocolate Ice Cream.
2014 Quality Chekd Dairies
- Irving B. Weber Award for Total Quality Excellence
Quality Chekd’s Most Prestigious Award - 2014 Judges Award Best of Show Vanilla Ice Cream (back to back win)
- Plant Assessment Excellence Award
- Production Merit Awards – Fluid Milk, Culture Products and Ice Cream Products Quality
2014 Sweepstakes Winner for Cultured Products at the Oregon Dairy Industries Annual Conference
(This is the fourth year in a row Umpqua Dairy has won the top honors for our cultured products)
2014 Oregon Dairy Industries Annual Awards
Gold Awards: Skim Milk, 2% Reduced Fat Milk, Whole Milk, Half & Half, Buttermilk, Cottage Cheese, Sour Cream, Vanilla Ice Cream, Chocolate Ice Cream and Strawberry Ice Cream. Division Awards: First Place: Buttermilk; First Place Cottage Cheese; First Place: Vanilla Ice Cream; First Place: Chocolate Ice Cream; Second Place: Sour Cream.
2013 World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Competition
- First Place Cottage Cheese
2013 Quality Chekd Dairies
- Excellence in Production Award
Recognizes a single plant for Dairy Production Quality Excellence - Judges Award Best of Show Cottage Cheese
- Judges Award Best of Show Vanilla Ice Cream
- Production Merit Awards – Fluid Milk, Culture Products and Ice Cream Products Quality
- National Marketing Merit Awards:
- Best Quality Chekd Promotional Tag Line, Yeah, It’s that Good!
- Best Quality Chekd Radio Commercial – Ice Cream, The Original Social Network
- Best New Quality Chekd Package Design – Cultured, “Natural Lowfat Cottage Cheese”
- Best Quality Chekd Radio Commercial – Milk, “Let’s talk about Milk, Yeah, it’s that Good!”
- Best Quality Chekd Radio Commercial – Cultured, “Let’s talk about Cottage Cheese, Yeah, it’s that Good!”
- Best Quality Chekd Point of Sales Material – Cultured, “It’s New, It’s Natural, it’s Umpqua Natural!”
- Best New Quality Chekd Package Design – Other, “Pumpkin Flavored Egg Nog”
- Best Quality Chekd Product Line Campaign, “Yeah, it’s that Good!”
- Best Quality Chekd Television Commercial – Ice Cream, “The Original Social Network, Bring Your Own Bowl!”
- Best Quality Chekd Television Commercial – Cultured, “Naturally Delicious”
- Best Quality Chekd Television Commercial – Milk, “Yeah, it’s that Good!”
- Best Quality Chekd Print Ad, “Holiday Falalalavor”
- Judges Pick Special Mention, “The Original Social Network, Diversity-TV Spot”
- Finalist Irving B. Weber Award for Total Quality Excellence
- Finalist Excellence in Production Award
Recognizes a single plant for Dairy Production Quality Excellence. - Finalist Excellence in Marketing Award
Recognizes the best overall marketing achievement by a dairy.
2013 Oregon Dairy Industries Annual Awards
- Sweepstakes Winner for Cultured Products
This is the third year in a row Umpqua Dairy has won the top honors for our cultured products. - Sweepstakes Winner for Ice Cream
Gold Awards: Skim Milk, 2% Reduced Fat Milk, Whole Milk, Buttermilk, Cottage Cheese, Sour Cream, Score Butter, Vanilla Ice Cream, Chocolate Ice Cream and Strawberry Ice Cream. Division Awards: First Place: Sour Cream; First Place: Vanilla Ice Cream; Second Place: Buttermilk; Second Place: Strawberry Ice Cream.
2012 Oregon Dairy Industries Annual Awards
- Sweepstakes Winner for Culture Products at Oregon Dairy Industries Annual Conference
- Sweepstakes Runner Up for Fluid Milk
Gold Awards: 1% Low Fat Milk, 2% Reduced Fat Milk, Whole Milk, Skim Milk, Butter, Score Butter, Buttermilk, Cottage Cheese, Sour Cream, Vanilla Ice Cream, Chocolate Ice Cream and Strawberry Ice Cream. Buttermilk, Second Place. Cottage Cheese, First Place. Vanilla Ice Cream, First Place.
2012 Quality Chekd Dairies
- Judges Award Best Sour Cream in the Nation
- Plant Assessment Excellence Award
- Production Merit Awards – Fluid Milk, Culture Products and Ice Cream Products Quality
- National Marketing Merit Awards:
- Best Point of Sale Material – “Celebrating 80 Years”
- Best Ice Cream Print Ad – “Go Ducks! Rose Bowl Ad”
- Best New Package Design – “Husky Tracks and Cougar Tracks Ice Cream”
- Finalist Irving B. Weber Award for Total Quality Excellence
- Finalist Excellence in Production Award
Recognizes a single plant for Dairy Production Quality Excellence.
2011 Quality Chekd Dairies
- Merit Awards in Fluid Milk, Culture Products and Ice Cream Products
- National Marketing Award for Best TV Commercial – Dairy for our ‘Thank You’ campaign
2011 Oregon Dairy Industries Annual Awards
- Best Ice Cream and Culture Products in the Northwest
- Sweepstakes Winner for Ice Cream
- Sweepstakes Winner for Culture Products at Oregon Dairy Industries
Awards: 1st Place Sour Cream, 1st Place Cottage Cheese, 1st Place Chocolate Ice Cream, 1st Place Vanilla Ice Cream, 1st Place Strawberry Ice Cream. Gold Awards for Quality in 2% Reduced Fat Milk, Whole Milk, Half & Half, Vanilla Ice Cream, Chocolate Ice Cream, Strawberry Ice Cream, Buttermilk, Cottage Cheese, Sour Cream, Retail Butter and Score Butter.
2010 Quality Chekd Dairies
- 3 National Marketing Awards
- Judges Award Best Cottage Cheese in the Nation
- Judges Award Best Chocolate Ice Cream in the Nation
- Merit Awards in Culture Products and Ice Cream Products Quality
2011 Oregon Dairy Industries Annual Awards
1st Place Sour Cream, 1st Place Cottage Cheese, 2nd Place Chocolate Ice Cream, 2nd Place Vanilla Ice Cream. Cultured Products Runner-Up Sweepstakes. Gold Awards for Quality in Skim Milk, 2% Reduced Fat Milk, Whole Milk, Half & Half, Vanilla Ice Cream, Chocolate Ice Cream, Buttermilk, Cottage Cheese, Sour Cream, Retail Butter and Score Butter.
2010 Quality Chekd Dairies
- 3 National Marketing Awards
- Judges Award Best Cottage Cheese in the Nation
- Judges Award Best Chocolate Ice Cream in the Nation
- Merit Awards in Culture Products and Ice Cream Products Quality