UConn Creamery

The UConn Department of Animal Science Creamery is located in the George White Building.  All of the ice cream sold in the UConn Dairy Bar is produced in the Creamery with fresh milk from UConn’s Kellogg Dairy Center.  The Creamery is used for Dairy Foods research, outreach, and teaching activities.  Dr. Dennis D’Amico, Assistant Professor of Dairy Foods, has been recently hired to conduct research and teaching labs in the facility.  Twenty-four regular flavors, two seasonal flavors, and the occasional limited edition flavors are produced in this facility.  The Creamery’s ice cream has won awards year after year – their most recent being the Readers' Choice Best Ice Cream from the Chronicle and Yankee Magazine's “Best of New England – Editors' Choice Award".  In addition to ice cream, both cheddar and juustolieapa cheeses are produced at the UConn Creamery. 

Production can viewed from the observation window in the UConn Dairy Bar.  For questions about ice cream production, contact Bill Sciturro, Creamery Manager, at (860) 486-0569. 

Learn more about dairy food product research at UConn on Dr. D'Amico's Lab Website.
 

UConn Creamery staff, Ben Honer and Bill Sciturro, removing Queso Blanco from the press and preparing to package the cheese.

Creamery News

• UConn ice cream selected as Best Ice Cream in the Chronicle's Best of 2019 Readers' Choice Awards
• "Dairy Technology Class Developing Yogurt with Superfood Berry"
• "Cruisin’ Connecticut – Ice Cream Week: UCONN Dairy Bar"- News 8
• "A summer visit to the UCONN Dairy Bar includes animals, technology, and tasty treats"- Fox 61
• UConn Cheese Wins at 2016 American Cheese Society Judging and Competition
• "Universities invest in campus creameries for the future"
• UConn Cheese Wins at Big E Cheese Competition
• "Triple Champion Chunk" featured in USA Today
• UConn Cheese Takes Top Prize
• Connecticut Magazine - UConn Dairy Bar Best of Connecticut 2013
• "UConn Creamery Relaunches Cheese Production"
• "UConn Creamery Excited to Return to Cheese Production"

UConn Creamery staff producing yogurt April 2018 (photos courtesy of University Communications)