AtlantaFresh Artisan Creamery, a two-year-old Atlanta based small batch producer of hand made Greek Yogurt has begun selling its full line of “World Class” Greek Yogurts in the Chattanooga market.
Initially, Green Life/Whole Foods Market will be the exclusive source of AtlantaFresh Greek yogurt in Chattanooga. AtlantaFresh was awarded its interstate dairy license by the FDA allowing the Georgia based company to sell their yogurt nationwide.
AtlantaFresh is the first and only local Southeastern creamery supplying Chattanooga with local Greek Yogurt.
"Everything we make is in small batches by hand," said AtlantaFresh founder and "Big Cheese" Ron Marks. “For fresh dairy products, great milk and getting your products to market as soon as they're made is the key to quality. AtlantaFresh yogurt is a real treat. You can taste the quality difference."
AtlantaFresh is the only producer of Greek Yogurt in the Southeast and prides itself on using only local milk from nearby Georgia dairy farms with humanely treated fully pastured grass fed cows. AtlantaFresh receives milk from its partner dairy farmers the same day the milk is milked from the cow and within a few days is sending artisan Greek yogurt out to Nashville and other Southeastern markets.
Commercial dairies produce yogurt in a fully automated process, thousands of gallons at a time. AtlantaFresh makes their yogurt in a low-tech old world style in 100 gallon batches.
"We turn AtlantaFresh yogurt around in a few days, using an extremely traditional European style, relatively unique among yogurts in the States," explained Mr. Marks. "Most yogurts are 'cup-set'. Ours is batch pasteurized, naturally cultured, and then has most of the whey strained off for a remarkably smooth and full-flavored yogurt. As a true traditional Greek style yogurt, our tart and tangy full flavor is the result of fresh culturing every batch to a lower acidity. It takes us three gallons of milk to make one gallon of finished yogurt."
AtlantaFresh yogurt comes in unique flavors, honoring international taste combinations. Tropical Sweet Heat, for example, pairs sweet and spicy flavors, as Caribbean, Indian and Middle Eastern cuisines do. “Wildflower Honey” which is the classic pairing from Greece, Chocolate Rocket is a Mexico City style chocolate, dark, rich with hints of cinnamon and Ancho Chile, Vanilla Caramel, Mixed Berry, Peach & Ginger, Black Cherry & Port Wine and simple Vanilla or Plain.