Cheryl Mitchell
Cheryl Mitchell is an American plant food scientist who created the HydroRelease milling process.[1] She is the chief scientist at Elmhurst Milked and the creator of a line of plant-based milks.
Mitchell started her career after getting her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University[2] specializing in carbohydrate chemistry by developing Rice Dream rice milk for natural foods company Imagine Foods. [3] In 2001, she left Imagine Foods,[4] bought a research facility in California and spent five years working for herself and developing a process for creating plant-based milk that equaled the protein level of dairy.[3] Her HydroRelease milling process allows anyone to separate the natural component of a grain, nut or seed before reassembling them into a beverage.[5]
In 2017, she partnered with Henry Schwartz,[6] owner of Elmhurst Dairy, to bring her technology to market[7] and create the plant-based beverage company Elmhurst 1925. She moved from California to Elma, New York to become the chief scientist of Elmhurst Milked[8] and her first four plant-based milks came to market in January 2017.[9] As of 2019, they had 11 varieties on the market.[8][10]
Mitchell's father, William A. Mitchell, was a food scientist as well and inventor.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ "Our Story". Elmhurst 1925. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
- ^ "Cheryl Mitchell - Our Member". Global HealthShare Initiative. University of California - Davis. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ a b "A Century-Old Dairy Ditches Cows For High-Tech Plant Milk". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
- ^ "New York Dairy Farm Goes Vegan With 100% Plant-Based Milks". Green Matters. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
- ^ Barkho, Gabriela. "Why New York's Elmhurst Dairy Farms Says Future of Milk is Plant-Based". Inverse. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
- ^ Do, Tiffany (2017-08-28). "Why Would A Big Dairy Company Go Totally Vegan?". Food Republic. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
- ^ Ettinger, Jill (2018-03-06). "Former Dairy Brand Elmhurst Expands Vegan Milk Across New York". LIVEKINDLY. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
- ^ a b Franklin-Wallis, Oliver (2019-01-29). "White gold: the unstoppable rise of alternative milks". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
- ^ "Episode 14: Cheryl Mitchell". Diffusion Network. 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
- ^ "Shuttered Dairy Company Launches Vegan Milk Line". VegNews.com. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
- ^ Stelyn, Mark (November 2004). "Tastemaker With a Sweet Tooth". The Atlantic. Retrieved 30 July 2020.