22 May 2023

Taranaki business finds recipe for success

From Morning Report, 7:55 am on 22 May 2023
Ross Bolton with some of his skyr.

Ross Bolton with some of his skyr. Photo: Robin Martin / RNZ

A Taranaki business has become the first in the Southern Hemisphere to make a super food to a unique Icelandic recipe said to have fuelled the Vikings on their travels more than 1000 years ago.

Skyr is a fresh sour milk cheese, similar to curd cheese which is consumed like yoghurt.

Our Taranaki-Whanganui reporter Robin Martin went to see what all the fuss is about.