From Yuzu Ice Cream to Camel Milk Feta and Rasmalai – Australia’s best dairy products announced.
Australia’s best dairy products have officially been crowned with the Sydney Royal Cheese & Dairy Produce Show announcing its 2025 champions and boasting its highest medal rating to date with over 91% of products receiving a gold, silver, or bronze medal.
According to Chair of Judges Tiffany Beer, Australian dairy producers have been focusing on techniques to create better textures and well-balanced flavour profiles.
“I congratulate our 2025 exhibitors on a fantastic Show! This year’s judging revealed some outstanding products, with many high-quality dairy products battling it out for the championship spots,” Beer said.
“This year’s results demonstrate that Australian dairy producers are putting quality first; with many utilising the feedback provided by our judges in 2024 and taking the time to refine their products and make the small tweaks that have delivered incredible outcomes.
“As a result, Australian consumers are getting world-class local dairy products right at their doorstep – they are the real winners here!”
For consumers, Beer suggests exploring the hard and white mould cheeses, and even giving some of the sheep, goat, and camel milk products on the market a taste.
“Hard cheeses were a standout class for our judges this year and we saw a huge increase in the quality of white mould cheeses available on the market,” Beer said.
Non-bovine classes also demonstrated a drastic improvement on previous years with 90% of sheep, goat, and camel milk products receiving a medal and almost half being awarded a gold medal.
“Now is the time to be curious about non-bovine products and more specifically camel milk products. For the first time, we have a gold-medal Marinated Persian Style Camel Milk Feta on our Perpetual Australian Cheeseboard, which is an impressive feat! It really is a marvellous product and a great way to taste a camel milk product for the first time.”
Another major trend noted by Beer is the better development and balance of complex flavours, particularly of Asian and Indian influence.
“Over the last few years, we have seen an increase in flavoured desserts and different flavours in ice cream and gelato such as matcha, green tea and black sesame but what was notable this year was the exploration and maturation of balanced flavour profiles such as Yuzu and sweet potato,” Beer said.
This year Champion Dessert was taken home by Shuddh Dairy for its Rasmalai, which Beer described “as utterly exquisite” while renowned gelato producer Cow & The Moon took home Champion low/reduced Ice Cream or Gelato with a White Chocolate Yuzu gelato.
The 2025 Sydney Royal Cheese & Dairy Produce Show results were announced at an awards night in Sydney tonight, with over fifteen champion awards announced for categories ranging from champion butter and cream to champion specialty cheese and flavoured milk.
Explore all 2025 winners by visiting www.rasnsw.com.au
