Chobani
| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Dairy products |
| Founded | March 2005 (as Agro Farma) South Edmeston, New York, U.S. |
| Founder | Hamdi Ulukaya |
| Headquarters | Norwich, New York, U.S. |
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Number of employees | 2,000+ (2018) |
| Subsidiaries | La Colombe Coffee Roasters |
| Website | www |
Chobani is an American food company specializing in strained yogurt. The company was founded in 2005 by Hamdi Ulukaya, a Turkish businessman of Kurdish origin. Chobani sells thick, Greek yogurt with a higher protein content than traditional yogurt and is one of the main companies to popularize this style of yogurt in the US.
The company has also expanded to non-dairy, plant-based products such as dairy-free vegan yogurt and oat milk. Chobani produces a variety of Greek yogurt products, oat drinks, and snacks. Chobani's yogurt's market share in the U.S. rose from less than 1% in 2007 to more than 20% in 2021, and is the top-selling Greek yogurt brand in the United States and operates the largest yogurt facility in the world. In April 2016, Chobani announced it was giving 10% of its ownership stake to its employees.
In December 2023, Chobani entered the cold coffee market through the acquisition of La Colombe Coffee Roasters for $900 million.