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Chobani is an American food company specializing in strained yogurt.The company was founded in 2005 by Hamdi Ulukaya, [2] [3] a Kurdish businessman. [4] [5] [6] Chobani sells thick, Greek yogurt with a higher protein content than traditional yogurt and is one of the main companies to popularize this style of yogurt in the US. [7]
In December 2012 the company opened the world's largest yogurt factory in Twin Falls, Idaho, a $450 million investment. [36] In 2012 Chobani had more than $1 billion in annual sales, [37] [38] and in 2012 it became the world's leading yogurt brand. [12] By 2017, Chobani reached a US market share of Greek yogurt of over 50%. [39]
Later they switched over to Breyers yogurt, and the plant employed about 55 workers. In December 2004, Kraft announced that the plant would close on April 8, 2005. Following its closure, the plant was bought by the company Agro Farma under Turkish entrepreneur Hamdi Ulukaya. In 2007, it launched the Chobani brand of Greek yogurt. Thanks to the ...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Craft beer pioneer Anchor Brewing Co. — maker of its famous Anchor Steam and Christmas Ale beer —has been purchased by Chobani yogurt founder and billionaire Hamdi Ulukaya.
Strained yogurt is made by straining the liquid out of yogurt until it takes on a consistency similar to a soft cheese. Strained yogurt is known as labneh or labaneh (labna, labni, labne, lebni, or labani; Arabic: لبنة, Hebrew: לאבנה) in the countries of the Levant, Armenia, Egypt, and the Arabian Peninsula.
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