2019 Dairy 100
Top 100 Dairy Companies
Dairy Foods’ 26th annual report identifies the largest dairy processors in North America.
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The Dairy 100 List
Note: Code to Type (ownership): C=Cooperative; Pr=Privately held company; Pu=Publicly traded company; An asterisk on a sales figure denotes a Dairy Foods estimate.
1. Nestlé, North American operations
Arlington, VA (Nestlé USA); North York, Ontario (Nestlé Canada); Mexico City, Mexico (Nestlé Mexico)
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Laurent Freixe, CEO, Zone Americas
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Nestle, Vevey, Switzerland
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $14,684.0* (2018) | $14,079.0* (2017) Estimated sales in North America of ice cream, milk products, water and powdered/liquid beverages. Plant listings include U.S. facilities only. Swiss francs converted into U.S. dollars using the 2018 average exchange rate from IRS. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Chameleon Cold Brew, Christie, Del Monte, Dreyer’s, Dreyer’s Slow Churned, Edy’s, Edy’s Slow Churned, Häagen-Dazs, Nesfruta, Nesquik, Nestlé, Nestlé Agüitas, Nestlé Dibs, Nestlé Dolcetto, Nestlé Drumstick, Nestlé Eskimo Pie, Nestlé La Lechera, Nestlé La Leche Clavel, Nestlé Pureza Vita, Nestlé Push-Up, Ovaltine, Purina Frosty Paws, Outshine, Skinny Cow, Carnation Breakfast Essentials, Coffee-mate, Coffee-mate Natural Bliss and more.
Products: Packaged ice cream, ice cream bars, frozen fruit bars, frozen snacks, frozen dairy desserts, sorbet, frozen yogurt, milk-based beverages, coffee creamers, water.
Plants: 10+. California: Bakersfield (ice cream, sherbet, novelties, frozen desserts), Modesto (evaporated milk), Tulare (ice cream, novelties, frozen yogurt, sorbet); Illinois: Jacksonville (Coffee-mate creamer); Indiana: Fort Wayne (ice cream, novelties), Anderson (ready-to-drink flavored milk, liquid nondairy creamers); Iowa: Waverly (Nestle Carnation instant breakfast, hot cocoa, Coffee-mate, Nestea, Nesquik strawberry); Maryland: Laurel (ice cream, frozen desserts, novelties); New Jersey: Freehold (Taster’s Choice soluble coffee, Nestea soluble tea); Utah: Salt Lake City (ice cream, sherbet, frozen desserts); and more.
2. Saputo Inc.
Montreal, Québec
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Lino A. Saputo Jr., CEO and chairman
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 3/31
Sales (in millions): $9,062.0* (2018) | $8,268.6 (2017) Revenues are for fiscal 2019 ending 3/31/19, and were converted from Cdn$ using the 2018 average exchange rate from IRS. The revenues include estimated 2018 sales for F&A Dairy Products, which Saputo acquired in late 2018. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Saputo, Alexis de Portneuf, Armstrong, COON, Dairyland, DairyStar, Friendship Dairies, Frigo Cheese Heads, La Paulina, Milk2Go/Lait’s Go, Neilson, Nutrilait, Stella, Sungold, Treasure Cave, Woolwich Dairy. Trademarks used under license: Cracker Barrel, Scotsburn, private labels.
Products: Milk, cream, yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese, cheeses (including mozzarella, cheddar, ricotta, provolone, Parmesan, feta, havarti, Brie, Camembert, brick, colby, farmer, Muenster, Monterey Jack), goat cheese, fresh curd, processed cheeses, dairy ingredients (including whey powder, lactose, WPC).
Plants: 50+. USA Cheese Division (15): California: South Gate, Tulare (3), Newman; South Dakota: Big Stone City; Wisconsin: Almena, Belmont, Green Bay, Lancaster, Lena, Reedsburg, Waupun, Black Creek; New Mexico: Las Cruces. USA Dairy Foods Division (11): California: Gustine, Tulare; Texas: Sulphur Springs; Minnesota: White Bear Lake; Alabama: Decatur; Kentucky: Murray; Connecticut: Newington; Maryland: Frederick; Florida: Plant City, New York: Friendship (cottage cheese, sour cream, buttermilk, dry curd, farmer cheese), Fraser (ice cream mix, specialty beverages, half & half, whipping cream, dairy creamer, aerosol whipped topping). Canada Dairy Division (24). Alberta: Calgary, Edmonton, Glenwood, Red Deer; British Columbia: Abbotsford, Burnaby, Courtenay; Manitoba: Brandon; New Brunswick: Saint John; Nova Scotia: Dartmouth, Saint Mount Pearl; Ontario: Georgetown, Orangeville, Ottawa, Tavistock, Trenton , St.-Mary’s; Québec: Mont-Laurier, Plessisville, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Léonard, Saint-Raymond de Portneuf; Saskatchewan: Saskatoon; plus other plants outside the United States. and Canada.
3. Dean Foods Co.
Dallas, TX
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Eric Beringause, CEO
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $7,755.0 (2018) | $7,795.0 (2017) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Alta Dena, Arctic Splash, Barbers Dairy, Barbe’s, Berkeley Farms, Broughton, Brown Cow, Brown’s Dairy, Chug, Country Fresh, Country Love, Creamland, DairyPure, Dean’s, Fieldcrest, Friendly's, Fruit Rush, Gandy’s, Garelick Farms, Good Karma, Hygeia, Jilbert, Knudsen (licensed brand), Land O Lakes (licensed brand), Land-O-Sun & design, Lehigh Valley Dairy Farms, Louis Trauth Dairy Inc., Mayfield, McArthur, Meadow Brook, Meadow Gold, Model Dairy, Morning Glory, Nature’s Pride, Nurture, Nutty Buddy, Oak Farms, Orchard Pure, Organic Valley (licensed by joint venture), Over the Moon, Pet (licensed brand), Pog (licensed brand), Price’s, Purity, ReadyLeaf, Reiter, Robinson, Schepps, Sonora, Steve's, Stroh’s, Swiss Dairy, Swiss Premium, TruMoo, T.G. Lee, Turtle Tracks, Tuscan, Uncle Matt's Organic, Viva, private labels.
Products: Milk, cream, ice cream, cultured dairy products, creamers, juices, bottled water, teas.
Plants: 58. Alabama: Homewood (2); California: City of Industry (2), Hayward; Colorado: Englewood, Greeley; Florida: Deland, Miami, Orlando; Hawaii: Hilo, Honolulu; Idaho: Boise; Illinois: Belvidere, Harvard, O’Fallon, Rockford; Indiana: Decatur, Huntington; Iowa: Le Mars; Louisiana: Hammond; Massachusetts: Franklin, Wilbraham; Michigan: Grand Rapids, Marquette; Minnesota: Woodbury; Montana: Billings, Great Falls; Nevada: North Las Vegas, Reno; New Jersey: Florence; New Mexico: Albuquerque; New York: Rensselaer; North Carolina: High Point, Winston-Salem; North Dakota: Bismarck; Oklahoma: Tulsa; Ohio: Marietta, Springfield, Toledo; Pennsylvania: Lansdale, Lebanon, Schuylkill Haven, Sharpsville; South Carolina: Spartanburg; South Dakota: Sioux Falls; Tennessee: Athens, Nashville (2); Texas: Dallas, El Paso, Houston, Lubbock, McKinney, San Antonio; Utah: Salt Lake City, St. George; Wisconsin: Ashwaubenon.
4. Danone North America
White Plains, NY, and Broomfield, CO
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Mariano Lozano, CEO
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Danone S.A., Paris, France
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $6,174.0* (2018) | $6,000.0 (2017) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Activia, Danimals, Dannon, Dan-o-nino, Horizon Organic, International Delight, Light & Fit, Oikos, Silk, So Delicious, Two Good, Vega, Wallaby, YoCream, YoCrunch.
Products: Yogurt, Greek yogurt, drinkable yogurt, smoothies, frozen yogurt, coffee creamers, plant-based beverages, organic foods and beverages, nutritionals.
Plants: 12. California: City of Industry; Florida: Jacksonville; New Jersey: Bridgeton; Pennsylvania: DuBois; Ohio: Minster (yogurt and dairy drinks); Oregon: Portland (frozen yogurt); Texas: Dallas, Ft. Worth (yogurt); Utah: West Jordan (yogurt and dairy drinks), Salt Lake City; Virginia: Mt. Crawford; Canada: Boucherville (yogurt, yogurt drinks).
5. Kraft Heinz Co.
Chicago, IL and Pittsburgh, PA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Miguel Patricio, CEO
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 12/29
Sales (in millions): $5,287.0 (2018) | $5,482.0 (2017) Sales are for cheese and dairy segment only. Total 2018 company sales were $26.3 billion. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Athenos, Breakstone’s, Cracker Barrel, Knudsen, Kraft, Kraft Amooza, Kraft Cheese-Whiz, Kraft Natural Cheese, Kraft Singles, Kraft Velveeta, Philadelphia, P'tit Quebec, Polly-O, Singles, Touch of Philadelphia.
Products: Natural cheese, processed cheese, cream cheese, sour cream, cottage cheese, cheese blends.
Plants: 11. California: Tulare; Illinois: Champaign; Minnesota: Albany, New Ulm; Missouri: Springfield; New York: Lowville, Walton; Wisconsin: Beaver Dam, Wausau; Canada: Ontario: Ingleside; Quebec: Mount Royal. Only dairy plants are listed. Kraft Heinz Co. owns or leases 43 facilities in the United States and Canada/41 in rest of world.
6. Agropur
Saint-Hubert, Quebec
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Robert Coallier, CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 10/31
Sales (in millions): $5,177.0 (2018) | $4,601.8 (2017) Revenues converted from Cdn$ using the 2018 average exchange rate from IRS. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Agropur Grand Cheddar, Agropur Import Collection, Agropur Signature, Allegro, ANCO, BiPro, Central Dairies, Dairytown, Damafro, Farmers, Iceberg, iögo (joint venture with Ultima Foods), Island Farms, Lucerne, Masters Reserve, Natrel, Northumberland, Oka, Olympic, Québon, Schroeder, Scotsburn, Sealtest, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Cheeses, butter, milk, specialty milk, yogurt, cream, ice cream, dairy ingredients (including permeate, whey, skim milk powder).
Plants: 38. United States: Idaho: Jerome (cheddar, mozzarella, provolone, hard Italian cheeses, shredded cheeses, WPI, WPC, deproteinized whey, sweet dairy whey); Iowa: Hull (cheese and ingredients); Michigan: Grand Rapids; Minnesota: Le Sueur (2) (1-cheddar, hard Italian cheeses, lactose, WPI, WPC, lactose; 2-custom processing), Nicollet, Maplewood; South Dakota: Lake Norden (2) (1-mozzarella, provolone, hard Italian cheeses, lactose, WPC; 2-custom processing); Wisconsin: La Crosse (Main Street Ingredients, cheese, ingredients); Little Chute (cheese, ingredients), Luxemburg (cheese, ingredients), Weyauwega (cheese, ingredients); Canada: Alberta: Edmonton (2) (ice cream, milk), Lethbridge (cheese, ingredients); British Columbia: Burnaby (milk, butter), Delta (Ultima Foods Inc. joint venture, Olympic Dairy, yogurt, sour cream, milk), Victoria (milk, ice cream); Manitoba: Winnipeg (milk); New Brunswick: Miramichi (milk), Sussex; New Foundland and Labrador: St. John’s (milk, cream, butter); Nova Scotia: Bedford (milk, specialty milk, UHT/EST products), Truro (2) (skim milk powder, ice cream); Ontario: Ottawa, Woodstock (cheese, ingredients); Quebec: Amqui (milk, sour cream, cheddar), Beauceville (cheese, butter, ingredients), Granby (2) (1-cheese, ingredients; 2-Ultima Foods Inc. joint venture, yogurt), Lachute (ice cream), Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil (cheese, ingredients), Oka (fine cheese division), Plessisville (cheese, ingredients), Quebec City (milk), Saint-Hyacinthe (fine cheese division), Saint-Laurent.
7. Schreiber Foods Inc.
Green Bay, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Michael J. Haddad, president and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 10/1
Sales (in millions): $5,000.0 (2018) | $5,000.0 (2017)
Dairy Brands: Schreiber, School Choice, Cooper, Clearfield Deli, La Feria, Menu, American Heritage, Pauly, Raskas, Ready-cut, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Cheese, cream cheese, blends, yogurt, yogurt drinks, dairy desserts, specialty cheeses.
Plants: 32. United States (15): Arizona: Tempe; California: Fullerton; Missouri: Carthage/Fairview (2), Clinton, Monett, Mount Vernon; Pennsylvania: Shippensburg; Texas: Stephenville; Utah: Logan, Smithfield; Wisconsin: Green Bay, Richland Center (2), West Bend. International (17): Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France (2), Germany (2), India (3), Mexico, Portugal, Spain (3).International (14): Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany (2 plants), India (2 plants), Mexico, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain (3 plants).
8. Dairy Farmers of America Inc.
Kansas City, KS
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Rick Smith, president and CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $4,640.2 (2018) | $4,082.8 (2017)
Dairy Brands: Borden (used under license for cheese and butter), Breakstone’s (used under license for butter), Cache Valley Creamery, Cass-Clay Creamery, Craigs Creamery, Cumberland Dairy, Dairy Maid Dairy, Falfurrias, Guida’s Milk, Hotel Bar, Keller’s Creamery, Kemps, La Vaquita, Live Real Farms, Oakhurst Dairy, Plugra, Sport Shake , private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Milk, chocolate milk, condensed milk, sweetened condensed milk, cream, buttermilk, cottage cheese, sour cream, yogurt, Greek yogurt, butter, cheese (American-style, Gouda, hard Italian, artisanal Hispanic, longhorn Cheddar, Monterey jack, pepper jack and specialty cheese), ice cream, ice cream mixes, sherbet, sorbet, ingredients, juice, fruit punch.
Plants: 45. California: Riverside (dairy and other extended-shelf-life beverages), Santa Ana (dairy and other extended-shelf-life beverages), Turlock (Italian-style cheese, liquid whey), Ventura (dairy-based coffee beverages); Colorado: Fort Morgan (condensed milk, cream, nonfat dry milk); Connecticut: New Britain (cream, ice cream mixes, milk, fruit drinks, fruit juices, water); Indiana: Goshen (condensed milk, cream, nonfat dry milk); Iowa: Allerton (nutritional and functional milk protein ingredients); Kansas: Garden City (whole milk powder, skim milk powder, nonfat dry milk, cream); Maine: Portland (butter, buttermilk, cottage cheese, cream, flavored milk, fluid milk, fruit juice, sour cream, tea); Maryland: Frederick (milk, fruit drinks, juice); Michigan: Adrian (condensed milk, cream, nonfat dry milk), Cass City (cream, condensed whole and skim milk); Minnesota: Winthrop (anhydrous milkfat, butterfat blends, sweetened condensed milk), Zumbrota (American-style cheese, hard Italian cheese, cream, fluid whey, dairy powders), Rochester (2) (fluid milk, ice cream, light ice cream, sherbet, yogurt-based drinks), Dalbo (hard Italian cheese), Farmington (cottage cheese, dips, smoothies, sour cream), Minneapolis (fluid milk, other beverages); Missouri: Joplin (dairy and other extended-shelf-life beverages), Springfield (dairy-based coffee beverages), Cabool (adult nutritional beverages, dairy-based coffee beverages, energy protein beverages, Sport Shake), El Dorado Springs (specialty dairy powders); Nevada: Fallon (whole and skim milk powders); New Jersey: Bridgeton (milk, cream, ice cream mixes); New Mexico: Portales (condensed skim, cream, milk permeate powder, milk protein concentrate, nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder); New York: Pavilion (cream, skim); North Dakota: Fargo (butter, cottage cheese, cream, dips, milk, ice cream, sour cream, yogurt, juice); Pennsylvania: Middlebury Center (condensed milk, cream, cream powder, malted milk powder, nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, whole milk powder), Reading (cream, condensed milk, malted milk powder, nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, whole milk powder), Mechanicsburg (dairy-based coffee beverages), West Middlesex (industrial shredded cheese, processed cheese), New Wilmington (dry whey, Italian-style cheese), Hummelstown (dairy concentrates); South Dakota: Pollock (hard Italian cheese); Texas: Winnsboro (anhydrous milkfat, butter, buttermilk powder, nonfat dry milk, sweet cream), Schulenburg (dairy dips, salsa), Houston (artisanal Hispanic cheeses, creams); Utah: Beaver (condensed milk, cream, longhorn cheddar, Monterey Jack, pepper jack), Cedar City (dairy and other extended-shelf-life beverages); Wisconsin: Bruce (cheese, dairy powders), Chili (hard Italian cheese), Cedarburg (milk, orange juice). Cheese and ingredient-related joint ventures: New Mexico: Clovis, Southwest Cheese, a cheese operation with Glanbia plc and the cooperative members of the Greater Southwest Agency: DFA, Select Milk Producers (40- and 640-lb. block cheddar, colby, Monterey Jack, pepper jack, Muenster, asadero, queso, quesadilla, colby jack); New York: Linwood (2), Craigs Station Creamery, with Craigs Station Ventures (cheese, cream, skim).
9. Lala Group
Mexico City, Mexico
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Mauricio Leyva Arboleda, CEO
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $3,923.0 (2018) | $3,058.8 (2017) Converted from pesos using 2018 average exchange rate from IRS. 2017 figure excluded Brazil. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Aquafrut, Art, Borden, Chambourcy, Fierelo, Frusion Charged, Lala, Lala Soy Vita, Leche Monarca, Los Volcanes, Nordica, Nutri Leche, Promised Land, Queen, Skim Plus, Yomi Lala, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Milk, functional dairy products, yogurt, drinkable yogurt, crema, cottage cheese, Mexican cheeses, processed cheese, juices/beverages.
Plants: 22. Brazil, Mexico, Central America, United States.
10. Land O'Lakes Inc.
Arden Hills, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Beth Ford, president and CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $3,900.0 (2018) | $3,900.0 (2017) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Alpine Lace, Land O’Lakes, Kozy Shack, Vermont Creamery, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Cheese, butter, yogurt, ingredients, pudding.
Plants: 9. California: Orland (cheese), Tulare (cheese, butter, cultured); Minnesota: Melrose-joint venture DFA (cheese), Pine Island (dried cheese/seasonings); Ohio: Kent (spreads); Pennsylvania: Carlisle (butter); Wisconsin: Kiel (cheese), Spencer (processed cheese); Vermont: Websterville (Vermont Creamery, cheese, butter).
11. General Mills
Minneapolis, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Jeffrey Harmening, president and CEO
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 5/26
Sales (in millions): $3,380.0* (2018) | $3,120.0* (2017) 2017 sales were adjusted upward to reflect the additon of sales outside of North America. Estimated sales are for yogurt and superpremium ice cream only. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Annie's, Häagen-Dazs (outside of the United States and Canada), Liberte, Mountain High, Oui by Yoplait, Yoplait (Original, Original Dunkin', Light, Lactose Free, Smooth Style, Greek 100 Protein, Greek 100 Whips, Whips, Go Big, Go-GURT, FruitSide, Kids, Trix), YQ by Yoplait. 5/26 fiscal end was in 2019.
Products: Yogurt, Greek yogurt, superpremium ice cream.
Plants: 4. California: Carson (yogurt); Michigan: Reed City (yogurt); Tennessee: Murfreesboro (yogurt); France: Tilloy-lès Moffllaines (ice cream).
12. California Dairies Inc.
Visalia, CA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Andrei Mikhalevsky, president and CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $3,266.0* (2018) | $3,201.9 (2017)
Dairy Brands: California Dairies, Challenge Dairy Products, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Butter, ingredients, milk powders, anhydrous milk fat, UF products, nutritional powders, cheese, condensed milk.
Plants: 6. California: Artesia (milk powders, custom blended fluid products), Fresno (butter, milk powders), Los Banos (milk powders, cheese, condensed products), Tipton (butter, milk powders, condensed milk), Turlock (butter, milk powders), Visalia (milk powders).
13. Great Lakes Cheese Co.
Hiram, OH
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Dan Zagzebski, president and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $3,250.0 (2018) | $3,100.0 (2017)
Dairy Brands: Adams Reserve, American Accent, Great Lakes, Rico Mia, Thoughtful Organics, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Cheese, processed cheese, whey products.
Plants: 8. New York: Adams (Cheddar, Monterey Jack, WPC, WPI, other whey products), Cuba-Empire (mozzarella, provolone, whey products); Ohio: Hiram (cut/wrap); Utah: Filmore (cut/wrap); Wisconsin: La Crosse (processed cheese), Plymouth (cut/wrap), Seymour (blue cheese), Wausau (cut/wrap); Tennessee: Manchester (cut/wrap).
14. The Kroger Co.
Cincinnati, OH
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Erin Sharp, group vice president, manufacturing
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 2/2
Sales (in millions): $3,238.0* (2018) | $3,581.0* (2017) Estimate reflects 2019 sale of Turkey Hill Dairy; Turkey Hill Dairy's 2018 sales are included in a separate listing. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Kroger, Murray's, Private Selection, Simple Truth, regional banner brands.
Products: Milk, cottage cheese, yogurt, sour cream, dips, organic milk, juices, drinks, water, ice cream, novelties, tea, whipping cream, process cheese, natural cheese.
Plants: 19. Arizona: Tolleson (Tolleson Dairy); California: Compton (Compton Creamery), Riverside (Riverside Creamery); Colorado: Denver (Mountain View Dairy); Georgia: Atlanta (Centennial Farms Dairy); Indiana: Indianapolis (Crossroad Farms Dairy), Crawfordsville (Pace Dairy of Indiana); Kansas: Hutchinson (Jackson Dairy); Kentucky: Winchester (Winchester Dairy Farms); Michigan: Livonia (Michigan Dairy); Minnesota: Rochester (Pace Dairy); Ohio: Cincinnati (Springdale Ice Cream & Beverage), Newark (Tamarack Farms Dairy); Oregon: Portland (Swan Island Dairy); North Carolina: High Point (Hunter Farms); Tennessee: Murfreesboro (Heritage Farms Dairy); Texas: Fort Worth (Vandervoort’s Dairy); Utah: Layton (Layton Dairy); Virginia: Lynchburg (Westover Dairy).
15. Leprino Foods Co.
Denver, CO
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: James Leprino, chairman
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 10/31
Sales (in millions): $3,200.0* (2018) | $3,030.0* (2017)
Dairy Brands: Proprietary brands, Ascent.
Products: Mozzarella/pizza cheese, reduced-fat Monterey Jack, provolone, reduced-fat cheddar, cheese blends, WPC, WPI, sweet whey, lactose, micellar casein.
Plants: 9+. California: Lemoore (2) (mozzarella, WPC-34, regular and instantized WPC-8, lactose), Tracy (mozzarella, WPC-34, lactose); Colorado: Fort Morgan, (mozzarella, string cheese, whey protein powders, lactose), Greeley (mozzarella, whey protein, lactose, micellar casein); Michigan: Allendale (mozzarella, sweet whey), Remus (string cheese, sweet whey); New Mexico: Roswell (mozzarella, WPC-34, lactose); New York: Waverly (mozzarella, sweet whey). Joint venture manufacturing locations with Glanbia plc in Llangefni, Wales (mozzarella, condensed whey), Magheralin, Northern Ireland (mozzarella, WPC, permeate) and with Lactojara Industria e Comercio de Laticinios LTDA in Tapejara, Parana, Brazil (mozzarella, butter, condensed whey).
16. Prairie Farms Dairy Inc.
Edwardsville, IL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Edward L. Mullins, CEO and executive vice president
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 9/30
Sales (in millions): $3,100.0 (2018) | $3,000.0 (2017)
Dairy Brands: AmaBlu, AmaGorg, Belfonte, Blues & Brews, Caves of Faribault, Fini, Hiland Dairy, Jeff's Select, Mindoro Blue, Mindoro Gorg, North Star (Ice Cream Specialties), Prairie Farms, St. Mary's, St. Pete's Select, Turner Dairy, Verdant, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Milk, eggnog, buttermilk, cottage cheese, sour cream, yogurt, butter, ice cream, novelties, Milk Snack chocolate snack cakes, sherbet, sorbet, juice, fruit punch, iced tea, coffee beverages, creamers, cheese (Swiss, Maasdam, baby Swiss, grass-fed baby Swiss, blue, Gorgonzola, cream cheese, Neufchatel, Gouda, grass-fed Gouda, cold-blended club cheeses, processed cheeses, enzyme-modified cheeses), cheese analogs, ingredients.
Plants: 44. Illinois: Carlinville (milk, fruit drinks), Carbondale (cultured), Decatur (frozen dessert, ice cream), Granite City (milk, cream products, ice cream mix, iced coffee), O’Fallon (ice cream, ice cream mix), Olney (milk), Peoria (milk), Quincy (cultured), Springfield (ice cream mix); Indiana: Anderson (milk, juice/drinks, teas, ice cream mix), Ft. Wayne (milk, cultured, ice cream mix, drinks), Holland (milk, juice/drinks), Lafayette (novelties); Iowa: Dubuque (milk, juice/drinks); Kentucky: Somerset (milk, juice/drinks); Michigan: Battle Creek (milk, juice/drinks); Mississippi: Kosciusko (milk, juice/drinks, ice cream mix); Missouri: Jefferson City (milk, juice/drinks, cultured, ice cream, ice cream mix), St. Louis (Ice Cream Specialties - novelties); Ohio: Dayton (creamers). Cheese Division: Iowa, Luana (Swiss cheese, Maasdam, cream cheese, Neufchatel, Gouda, whey); Minnesota: Rochester and Spring Valley, Rochester Cheese subsidiary (cold-blended club cheese, process cheeses, enzyme-modified cheese, cheese analogs), Faribault, Caves of Faribault subsidiary (blue cheese, Gorgonzola cheese, cave-aging of cheddar and Gouda); Wisconsin: Mindoro (blue cheese, Gorgonzola cheese), Shullsburg, (baby Swiss, grass-fed baby Swiss, grass-fed Gouda, Swiss varieties). Joint venture facilities - Hiland Dairy Foods: Missouri: Fordland (milk), Kansas City (2) (1-Belfonte, ice cream, cultured; 2-milk, juice/drinks), Springfield (milk, juice/drinks, ice cream mixes); Arkansas: Fayetteville (milk, juice), Ft. Smith (milk, fruit drinks/juice); Kansas: Wichita (milk, cultured, fruit drinks, ice cream mix); Oklahoma: Chandler (milk, juice/drinks, ice cream mix, cultured), Norman, (milk, fruit drinks); Nebraska: Norfolk (ice cream), Omaha (milk, sour cream, ice cream mix, fruit juice/drinks); Texas: Tyler (3) (1-milk; 2-water, fruit drinks; 3-cultured, ice cream). (Turner Dairy, Prairie Farms/Hiland): Arkansas: Little Rock (milk, juice/drinks); Kentucky: Fulton (milk, fruit drinks/juice); Tennessee: Memphis (milk, juice/drinks, ice cream mix); Muller Pinehurst (Midwest Dairymen’s Co-op): Illinois: Rockford (milk, drinks, ice cream, ice cream mix); Missouri: St. Louis (butter oil).
17. Parmalat, North American operations
Buffalo, NY and Toronto, Ontario, Canada
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Thierry Clement, president and CEO, Lactalis American Group; Louis Frenette, president and CEO of Parmalat Canada
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Parmalat Group, Collecchio, Italy
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $2,874.0 (2018) | $2,811.2 (2017) Includes Lactalis American Group and Parmalat Canada. Revenues converted from euros using 2018 average exchange rate from IRS. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Astro, Beatrice, Black Diamond, Galbani, Lactantia, Precious, President, Sorrento.
Products: Milk, buttermilk, cream, ice cream mix, sour cream, yogurt, cottage cheese, butter, French cheeses, Italian cheese, dairy ingredients, soy beverages.
Plants: 21. California: Turlock (cheese, cultured products); Idaho, Nampa (mozzarella, snacks); New York: Buffalo (mozzarella, provolone, ricotta); Wisconsin: Belmont, Merrill (cheese spreads); Canada: Alberta: Calgary (milk, cream, milk shake and ice cream mixes, buttermilk), Lethbridge (yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese); Manitoba: Grunthal (cheese), St. Claude (butter, milk powders, evaporated products), Winnipeg (milk, cream, milk shake and ice cream mixes); Ontario: Belleville (cheese), Brampton (milk, cream, milk shake and ice cream mixes, soy beverages, lactose reduced products, eggnog), Mitchell (butter, cream cheese, evaporated products, sweet whey concentrate), Niagara on the Lake (yogurt, sour cream, yogurt drinks), Sudbury (milk cream, milk shake and ice cream mixes, buttermilk), Thunder Bay (milk, cream), Rakely (yogurt, sour cream), Winchester (butter, cheese, whey powder and liquids, skim powder and liquids, buttermilk powders, margarine cups); Quebec: Laverlochere (butter, evaporated products, milk powders), Montreal (milk, cream, milk shake and ice cream mixes, buttermilk, eggnog), St. Hyacinthe (milk, cream), Victoriaville (butter, cheese, evaporated products, milk powders, margarine, special ingredient powders).
18. Conagra Brands
Chicago, IL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Sean Connolly, president and CEO
Type: Pu
Fiscal Year End: 5/26
Sales (in millions): $2,804.0 (2018) | $2,790.0 (2017) Sales for the Refrigerated & Frozen segment only; includes some nondairy operations. 5/26 fiscal end was in 2019. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Blue Bonnet, Fleischmann’s, Healthy Choice, Marie Callender's, Parkay, Reddi-wip, Snack Pack, Swiss Miss.
Products: Whipped topping, margarine and spreads, pudding, dry cocoa.
Plants: 3. Indiana: Indianapolis (table spreads, whipped topping); Iowa: Waterloo (pudding); Wisconsin; Menomonie (pudding, dry cocoa).
19. Hilmar Cheese Co.
Hilmar, CA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: David Ahlem, president and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $2,600.0* (2018) | $2,500.0* (2017) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Private labels, contract manufacturing.
Products: Natural-style cheeses (cheddar, Monterey Jack, pepper jack, colby, colby jack), TruSmoke wood-smoked natural cheeses, WPC, WPI, WPH, lactose.
Plants: 2. California: Hilmar (40-lb. and 640-lb. block natural American-style cheeses, cheddar, Monterey Jack, pepper jack, colby and colby jack, WPC, WPI, WPH, lactose); Texas: Dalhart (40-lb. and 640-lb. block natural cheeses, cheddar, Monterey Jack, pepper jack, colby and colby jack; WPC, WPI).
20. HP Hood LLC
Lynnfield, MA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: John A. Kaneb, president, chairman and CEO
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $2,400.0 (2018) | $2,000.0 (2017)
Dairy Brands: Axelrod, Booth Bros., Brigham’s Ice Cream, Calorie Countdown, Crowley Foods, Green’s, Hagan, Heluva Good!, Hood, Maggio, Penn Maid, Planet Oat, Simply Smart Milk. Licensed brands: Lactaid, Blue Diamond Almond Breeze.
Products: Milk, eggnog, buttermilk, cottage cheese, sour cream, yogurt, Greek yogurt, ice cream, sherbet, sorbet, novelties, juice, fruit punch, other nondairy beverages.
Plants: 13. California: Sacramento (aseptic and UHT fluid products); Connecticut: Suffield (ice cream, novelties, frozen desserts); Maine: Portland (milk); Massachusetts: Agawam (milk, juices, drinks); New Hampshire: Concord (fluid); New York: Arkport (cultured), Batavia (UHT fluid products), LaFargeville (cultured), Oneida (UHT fluid products), Vernon (cultured); Pennsylvania: Philadelphia (UHT products); Virginia: Winchester (aseptic and UHT fluid products); Vermont: Barre (milk).
21. Darigold Inc.
Seattle, WA
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Stan Ryan, president and CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 3/31
Sales (in millions): $2,263.0 (2018) | $2,130.0 (2017) 2017 sales reflect a correction from last year's report. 3/31 fiscal end was in 2019.
Dairy Brands: Darigold, private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Milk/flavored milk, eggnog, buttermilk, whipping and heavy cream, half & half, sports recovery drinks, dairy creamer, cottage cheese, sour cream, butter, cheddar cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, pepper jack cheese, milk powders, WPC, milk protein concentrate, condensed products, bulk cream, bulk butter, bulk cheese.
Plants: 11. Idaho: Boise (milk, ultrapasteurized fluid products, cultured products), Caldwell (nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, bulk cream, butter, buttermilk powder), Jerome (nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, milk protein concentrate, ultra-filtered milk products, bulk cream, condensed products); Washington: Issaquah (cultured products, butter), Seattle (milk, buttermilk, half & half, heavy whipping cream), Spokane (milk, buttermilk, half & half, heavy whipping cream), Chehalis (nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, whole milk powder, other dry dairy ingredients, bulk cream, whey, WPC, buttermilk powder), Lynden (nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, other dry dairy ingredients, bulk cream), Sunnyside (cheese, dry whey, sweet whey powder, WPC, nonfat dry milk, low-spore skim milk powder); Oregon: Portland (ultrapasteurized fluid products); Montana: Bozeman (milk, buttermilk).
22. Glanbia Nutritionals
Chicago, IL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Jerry O'Dea, executive vice president and chief commerical officer
Type: Pu
Parent Company: Glanbia PLC, Kilkenny, Ireland
Fiscal Year End: 12/29
Sales (in millions): $1,873.0 (2018) | $1,868.0 (2017) Total U.S. sales, including Glanbia Nutritionals and Glanbia Performance Nutrtion. Glanbia Nutritionals includes U.S. Cheese and Nutritional Solutions. Nutritional Solutions is split between dairy and nondairy and also has significant activities internationally. Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Private labels and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Cheese (barrels and blocks), conventional and organic cheeses, including cheddar, colby, colby jack, pepper jack, Monterey Jack, Muenster, asadero, queso, and quesadilla; whey products.
Plants: 5. California: Corona (aseptic solutions); Idaho: Blackfoot (cheese), Gooding (cheese/whey products), Richfield (whey), Twin Falls (cheese); New Mexico: Clovis (cheese/whey products), a joint venture with Southwest Cheese
23. Publix Super Markets
Lakeland, FL
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Mike Smith, senior vice president, industrial operations
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/29
Sales (in millions): $1,803.0* (2018) | $1,727.0* (2017) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Publix, GreenWise, MorningSong.
Products: Milk, ice cream, frozen yogurt, cultured products, juice, water, carbonated soft drinks, other beverages.
Plants: 3. Florida: Deerfield Beach, Lakeland; Georgia: Lawrenceville.
24. Grassland Dairy Products Inc.
Greenwood, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Trevor Wuethrich, president
Type: Pr
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,744.0* (2018) | $1,677.0* (2017)
Dairy Brands: Brethren Butter, Golden Goodness, Grassland, Mountain Lake, Mountain View, NutraPro, Nutrose, Wüthrich.
Products: Butter (European-style, grass-fed), butter oil, butter blends, anhydrous milkfat, buttermilk powder, nonfat dry milk, milk permeate powder, milk protein concentrate (56, 70, 85), milk protein isolate (90), condensed skim milk, ultrafiltered milk, cream, cheese.
Plants: 6. Nebraska: West Point (butter, cream, condensed sweet buttermilk, buttermilk powder, condensed skim milk, nonfat dry milk); Utah: Hyrum (butter, cream, condensed sweet buttermilk, buttermilk powder, condensed skim milk); Wisconsin: Greenwood (2) (1-butter, butter oil, anhydrous milk fat, butter blends, condensed skim milk, nonfat dry milk, condensed sweet buttermilk, buttermilk powder, cream; 2-milk, ultrafiltered milk, milk protein concentrate, whey, WPC, barrel cheeses, milk protein isolate, milk permeate), Richland Center (butter), Zachow (butter, cream, condensed buttermilk, buttermilk powder).
25 (tie). Associated Milk Producers Inc.
New Ulm, MN
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Donn DeVelder, Sheryl Meshke, co-presidents/CEOs
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 11/30
Sales (in millions): $1,600.0 (2018) | $1,700.0 (2017) Annual Report
Dairy Brands: Brands: AMPI, private label and/or contract manufacturing.
Products: Cheese, processed cheese, butter, bulk fluid milk, whey, nonfat dry milk, lactose, WPC-34, WPC-80, buttermilk, permeate, ice cream mix.
Plants: 10. Iowa: Arlington (condensed skim milk, nonfat dry milk, skim milk powder, sweet cream), Sanborn (cheddar, colby, Monterey Jack, condensed whey WPC); Minnesota: New Ulm (butter, condensed buttermilk), Paynesville (cheddar, condensed whey, condensed WPC, WPC-34, WPC-80), Rochester (cheddar, colby, Monterey Jack, WPC, lactose, condensed whey); South Dakota: Freeman (low-heat nonfat dry milk, high-heat nonfat dry milk, super high-heat nonfat dry milk, sweet cream), Hoven (Parmesan, Asiago, Romano, condensed whey); Wisconsin: Blair (aged cheddar, mild cheddar, condensed whey, whey), Jim Falls (cheddar, colby, Monterey Jack, pepper jack, party jack, buttermilk, whey, condensed whey), Portage (processed cheese slices, processed cheese loaf, shredded natural cheese, natural cheese chunks).
25 (tie). Foremost Farms USA
Baraboo, WI
DAIRY EXECUTIVE: Michael Doyle, president and CEO
Type: C
Fiscal Year End: 12/31
Sales (in millions): $1,600.0 (2018) | $1,600.0 (2017)
Dairy Brands: Daritek, Foremost Farms USA, Fratellino, Nutritek, Teklac, 1950-127 Brand.
Products: Cheese (mozzarella, provolone, cheddar), butter, bulk fluid milk, whey products.
Plants: 11. Minnesota: Preston (specialty WPC, condensed skim milk, nonfat dry milk); Wisconsin: Appleton (low-moisture/part-skim mozzarella, low-moisture/whole-milk mozzarella, reduced-fat mozzarella, provolone, smoked provolone, WPC, dry permeate), Chilton (low-moisture/part-skim mozzarella, provolone, smoked provolone, WPC, permeate, condensed skim milk, cream), Clayton (provolone, smoked provolone, condensed WPC, condensed permeate), Lancaster (milled cheddar, milled marbled cheddar, condensed whey, condensed WPC, condensed permeate), Marshfield (colored cheddar, white cheddar, colby, farmers cheese, low-fat cheddar, Monterey Jack, condensed whey), Milan (low-moisture/part-skim mozzarella, low-moisture/whole-milk mozzarella, reduced-fat mozzarella, reduced-sodium mozzarella, provolone, smoked provolone, asadero, condensed WPC, condensed permeate), Plover (lactose, whole whey powder, organic whole whey powder, organic demineralized whey, WPC powder, heat-stable WPC, reduced-minerals whey powder, reduced-minerals WPC, reduced-minerals WPC condensed, buttermilk powder), Reedsburg (butter, condensed skim milk, condensed buttermilk, sweet cream), Richland Center (low-moisture/part-skim mozzarella, low-moisture/whole-milk mozzarella, condensed whey, WPC, whole whey powder, permeate), Sparta (Grade A nonfat dry milk, Grade A cream, Grade A condensed whole milk, Grade A condensed skim milk, Grade A bulk fluid milk, WPC powder, heat-stable WPC, cultured skim milk powder, buttermilk powder).