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Farms to help fill this void. We have also engaged Fromagex, a cheese making expertise solutions company to help with our efforts. Their team has extensive experience in making paneer cheese and pride themselves with helping processors of all sizes with automation. The estimated volume opportunity is about 1M+ lbs in conventional and another 750k lbs in organic paneer per year. Cheese Dip Project Update: The majority of cheese dips on the market today are made using American Cheese as a base, which inherently uses cheese from out of state. Processor Partnerships has been exploring a few different ways to come up with a California based cheese dip but it starts with the American cheese loaf formulation. We have been working with Pacific Cheese, Ornua, Homemade Ravioli Company, Glass Onion, Rumiano and Lakeview to come up with a California based “American style” loaf for use in dip recipes. One brand marketer (Arbo’s) was a finalist in last year’s Excelerator competition so we have been proactively working on this project to bring a CA based cheese for use in their cheese dip. We are still developing this solution and aim to have a solution in the next 2 months. Retail Request for Proposals (RFP’s) Processor Partnerships has been engaged with a number of retailers to ensure our processors are included in category and innovation business awards. We are actively sending our processor contacts to retailers such as Albertsons, Sprouts, Amazon, Aldi’s, SaveMart, Gelson’s, and others to engage in the review process. Categories include ice cream, ice cream novelties, fluid milk, yogurt, cream, butter and many others. We are continuing to work closely with retailers who are looking for sourcing solutions for their category needs. Processor Partnerships made 26+ E-Introductions for our processors since May. Notable introductions include: • CA Ice Cream processors with major retailers • Cheesemakers with Carl’s Jr • Beverage plant utilizing Alta Dena milk with brand marketers Built and Don’t Quit • Cream nozzle supplier with Saputo to make aerosol whipping cream • Cheese Dip Brand Marketer Arbo’s with cheese processors E-Introductions: TruJoy is a new CMAB RCM partner. The brand specializes in Frozen Greek Yogurt, made with simple ingredients. The product contains live and active probiotic cultures, naturally high in protein, and is sweetened naturally. Charlie Gentry is the founder of TruJoy Yogurt and based out of Austin, Texas. He is currently using Scott Bros ice cream mix for his line of frozen greek yogurts. Insymmetry LLC is a new beverage plant based out of Yorba Linda, CA. This plant specializes in various single serve beverage formats from 2oz, 8oz, 12oz, 16oz in aluminum and plastic bottle formats. This plant is uniquely positioned to support small and medium New Partners: