We stubbornly made a flavor that tastes like Cincinnati itself — and it turns out, a whole lot of you agree. Skyline Spice was just named the 2025 Product of the Year by Dairy Foods Magazine, a first-of-its-kind reader-voted award that put our flavor up against 13 other nominees. When the votes were counted, Skyline Spice had earned 42% of 8,205 total votes — a landslide by any measure.
An inaugural award, an unmistakable flavor
This wasn't a panel of judges quietly deliberating behind closed doors. Dairy Foods opened the vote to its readers, the people who eat, scoop, and think about dairy products for a living. And out of every new product launched across the industry, they chose Skyline Spice.
It's the kind of validation that means something different than a trophy on a shelf. It means the people who know good dairy craft when they taste it picked ours.
A flavor that could only come from Cincinnati
Skyline Spice was born from something deeply local — the warm, unmistakable spice notes that Cincinnati has loved for generations. We've been stubborn about our hometown since 1870, and this flavor is our way of packing a little bit of that civic pride into every pint.
It's not a gimmick. It's a genuine nod to the flavors this city has cherished for decades, reimagined the only way we know how: with superior ingredients and zero shortcuts.
The craft behind the win
An award like this doesn't happen by accident, and it definitely doesn't happen by cutting corners. Every batch of Skyline Spice still goes through our 155-year-old French Pot process, made just 2.5 gallons at a time. That slow, deliberate method is what gives our ice cream its signature dense, velvety texture — the kind that lets a bold flavor like this one actually shine instead of getting lost in a sea of air and shortcuts.
- French Pot process: Small batches churned slowly for a richer, denser texture.
- Superior ingredients: No compromises, ever — it's the only way we've done it since 1870.
- Hand packed with joy: Every pint packed by hand, the same way it's always been.
We've said it before and we'll say it again: quality isn't a marketing line for us. It's the reason a flavor like Skyline Spice can go toe-to-toe with 13 other nominees and come out on top.
Loved by generations, now recognized by an industry
Skyline Spice sits at the intersection of everything we're proud of — family, craft, and a stubborn refusal to be anything less than the best. It's a flavor built for the people who grew up on Cincinnati chili spice and never forgot it, and now, thanks to an entire industry of dairy readers, it's officially recognized as one of the best new products in the country.
That kind of honor doesn't change how we make it. We'll keep hand packing it 2.5 gallons at a time, exactly the way we always have.
Try the award-winning scoop for yourself
If you haven't tried Skyline Spice yet, now's a pretty good excuse. Stop by a Graeter's scoop shop near you, or order online and have it delivered straight to your door. Once you taste it, you'll understand exactly why 8,205 voters couldn't stop talking about it.
Taste the Graetest, one spoonful at a time.
