Culture Cottage Corp.

Name

Culture Cottage Corp.

Legal name

Good Culture LLC

Website

https://goodculture.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Packaged Cultured Dairy Products

NAICS

Dairy Product Manufacturing (3115), Dairy Product (except Frozen) Manufacturing (31151)

SIC

Dairy Products (2020), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Cultured Cottage Cheese & Quark Manufacturing (AFAHADAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Dairy Starter Cultures (Cheese, Yogurt, Sour Cream, Kefir) (AFAJAJAA), Yogurt & Cultured Dairy (Yogurt, Kefir, Sour Cream, Cottage Cheese) (CRADACAB)

Keywords

• Clean-label cottage cheese
• Organic dairy products
• Cultured dairy foods
• Lactose-free cottage cheese
• Grass-fed dairy brands

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Packaged Food Retail Sales: Good Culture generates revenue through the sale of packaged dairy products — cottage cheese, sour cream, and cream cheese — through major retail grocery chains, natural food stores, and online delivery platforms. Products are sold at varying fat percentages and sizes (single-serve cups, 16 oz, 24 oz tubs) at mainstream grocery price points. Revenue is derived from standard retail product sales with no disclosed subscription model.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Culture Cottage Corp. (DBA Good Culture) produces and sells clean-label dairy products, primarily cottage cheese, plus organic sour cream and probiotic cream cheese. Products are made with simple ingredients (milk, cream, sea salt, live and active cultures) with no chemical preservatives, stabilizers, or thickeners, sold under Organic and Simply lines in multiple fat percentages, sizes (5 oz single-serve to 24 oz family tubs), and a lactose-free variant. The brand distributes through major U.S. grocery chains and Instacart.

Product overview

Good Culture offers a portfolio of clean-label dairy products centered on cottage cheese, with additional offerings including sour cream and cream cheese. Their core products are divided into two main lines: Organic (USDA-certified, pasture-raised) and Simply (family farm-sourced) cottage cheese varieties. Products are available in multiple fat percentages (2%, 4%, 6%), sizes (24 oz family size, 16 oz tub, 5-5.3 oz single serve), and specialty formats including lactose-free options. All products emphasize simple ingredients: milk, cream, sea salt, and live and active cultures, with no artificial additives or chemical preservatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Organic Cottage Cheese

Quantifiable outcome

• Good Culture has been credited with reviving the cottage cheese category in America, generating widespread media coverage and a documented cottage cheese shortage (Delish, December 2023)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• 1% for the PlanetcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Since 2015, Good Culture has partnered with 1% for the Planet, donating 1% of its organic revenue to supporting pasture infrastructure improvements, pasture access, regenerative agriculture, and educational opportunities for farmers. This partnership reflects the company's commitment to environmental sustainability and its mission-driven approach to business.
• Certified B CorporationcoreOthersGood Culture is a Certified B Corporation, meeting rigorous standards for social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. This certification is a core component of the brand's identity and differentiates it as a company committed to purpose beyond profit.
• GrazaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGraza, an olive oil brand, partnered with Good Culture on a recipe collaboration — a Green Goddess Chicken Pasta Salad featuring Graza Frizzle and Drizzle olive oils paired with Good Culture cottage cheese. The recipe is featured on both brands' channels as a co-marketing initiative.
• Safe CatchminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSafe Catch (tuna brand) and Good Culture collaborated on recipe content — 'Safe Catch Tuna + Good Culture Cottage Cheese Mini Bell Peppers' and 'Safe Catch Tuna + Good Culture Protein Packed Biscuits' — featuring both brands' products together in recipes on Good Culture's recipe blog.
• SomosminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSomos (a simmer sauce and taco sauce brand) is featured in multiple Good Culture recipes including the Burrito Bowl (Somos Taco Simmer Sauce, Somos Pinto & Black Beans, Somos Mexican Rice) and Fajita Bake (Somos Fajita Simmer Sauce), and Enchiladas (Somos Green Enchilada Sauce). This is a recipe/content partnership promoting cross-brand usage.
• FishwifeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFishwife (a tinned fish/preserved seafood brand) partnered with Good Culture on a recipe collaboration — 'Pan Con Tomate Pasta Salad (with Fishwife)' — featured on Good Culture's recipe blog, promoting joint usage of both brands' products.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Organic Valley: Organic Valley is a large organic dairy cooperative producing cottage cheese, sour cream, and cultured products with USDA Organic certification, broadly overlapping with Good Culture's organic positioning and farmer-network sourcing model.
• Stonyfield Farm: Stonyfield is a leading organic yogurt and cultured dairy brand (owned by Lactalis) with deep natural-foods distribution and clean-label positioning comparable to Good Culture's.
• Breakstone's: Breakstone's is a heritage cottage cheese brand owned by Kraft Heinz; it competes in the same shelf set at mainstream grocery, though without Good Culture's clean-label positioning or social-led brand equity.

Direct peers

• Siggi's: Siggi's is a high-protein, low-sugar Icelandic-style yogurt brand with a clean-label formulation and strong natural-grocer footprint — closely comparable to Good Culture's positioning and target consumer.
• Lactaid: Lactaid is the dominant lactose-free dairy brand (owned by HP Hood), directly comparable to Good Culture's Simply Lactose Free cottage cheese line and its addressable consumer base.
• Maple Hill Creamery: Maple Hill is a grass-fed, regenerative-ag organic dairy brand offering cottage cheese, yogurt, and kefir; it competes with Good Culture on clean-label, pasture-raised sourcing and premium positioning.
• Daisy Brand: Daisy is a leading U.S. cottage cheese maker and the most directly comparable competitor to Good Culture, sharing the same hero product category (cottage cheese) and retail grocery distribution model.
• Hood: H.P. Hood produces cottage cheese and other cultured dairy products sold through U.S. grocery and foodservice, directly overlapping Good Culture's core category.
• Friendship Dairies: Friendship Dairies is a regional cottage cheese and cultured dairy brand with broad grocery distribution, making it a direct competitor on shelf and in the cottage cheese category.

Emerging players

• Green Valley Creamery: Green Valley Creamery specializes in lactose-free dairy (cottage cheese, yogurt, sour cream) with a clean-label approach, directly overlapping Good Culture's lactose-free positioning with a similar target consumer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/goodculturefood
• Instagraminstagram.com/good_culture
• TikToktiktok.com/@good_culture
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/good-culture

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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