'Blue River Dairy' is a store and cafe hybrid in Invercargill, New Zealand that only features products made with sheep milks.
The cafe chose this theme due to sheep milk's nutritious nature, the fact that it is gentle on most people's digestive systems and because it contains much more than the amount of solids that can be found in either goat's milk or cow's milk. The cafe offers many products including various cheeses in the form of feta, pecorino, hallouimi and cheddar -- with the store offering gift packs containing some or many of these products. It also offers fresh sheep milks and milk powders.
This cafe's use of sheep milks ensures that health conscious consumers, as well as those with lactose sensitivities, have a nutritious alternative to cow's milk.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Sheep Milk Consumption
- Adding sheep milk products to menus and stores as a healthier, alternative dairy option for lactose sensitive individuals.
- Specialty Store and Cafe Hybrids
- Opening businesses that specialize in a specific food niche, such as sheep milk products, to cater to unique dietary needs of consumers.
- Alternative Cheese Production
- Increasing production of alternative and unique cheeses, such as pecorino and halloumi, made from sheep milk in order to offer new and exciting food options.
Where This Applies
- Food and Beverage
- Offering sheep milk products at cafes and specialty stores can provide a valuable niche market for the food and beverage industry.
- Health and Wellness
- Highlighting the health benefits of sheep milk as a nutritious and lactose-sensitive alternative to cow's milk can create new business opportunities in the health and wellness industry.
- Agriculture
- Increasing sheep milk production and developing new sheep milk products can create growth opportunities in the agriculture industry.
