Pilot Facility
The Creamery also accommodates both a wet and dry pilot plant facility. Its modern processing equipment enables the Creamery to serve as a laboratory for food science faculty and students conducting dairy research and for dairy industry professionals testing solutions to technical problems. Researchers use the Creamery's facilities to study the effects of processing and storage on a dairy product's microbiological makeup, nutritional value, and flavor.
The Creamery supports Pennsylvania's dairy industry by holding workshops and short courses and by working with the industry to solve problems that affect the manufacturing and processing of dairy products. Each semester the Creamery provides internships to give students practical experience in areas of food science. Besides learning how to make specific foods, they practice product development and marketing, using the salesroom to test consumer reaction. The Creamery cooperates with the Food Science Department in offering courses and workshops in dairy processing, sanitation, and the chemical and microbiological analysis of food. It also offers the world-renowned Ice Cream Short Course.
We also support a lab for students.
