A trip to France and a taste of small-batch yogurt inspired a Royston husband and wife to try their hand at producing their own yogurt using local, natural ingredients.
The result, Tree Island Gourmet Yogurt, will be in stores on November 1.
Unlike many other yogurts, Tree Island is made of whole, non-homogenized milk; no gelatin, no skim milk powder and no artificial sweeteners – just milk, bacterial cultures, local honey and vanilla beans. Tree Island is Vancouver Island's only small-batch yogurt producer.
Husband and wife team Scott DiGuistini and Merissa Myles were based in Greater Vancouver -DiGuistini was a PhD student in microbiology at the University of British Columbia, Myles was a development manager with the YWCA -when the birth of their first child prompted them to sit down and really think about how they wanted to live their lives. That was almost five years ago, and the couple decided they wanted to leave the big city behind and start their own business.
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