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Baker Cheese’s St. Cloud, Wis., plant produces over 200 SKUs under its own brand and for private label customers.

Baker Cheese’s facility is Dairy Foods’ 2020 Plant of the Year winner

Nearly 4,000 votes were cast in this year’s poll, and the string cheese processor’s plant came out on top.
August 2, 2020
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On behalf of the entire Baker Cheese team, we are honored to be voted the Dairy Foods 2020 "Plant of the Year." Our plant’s success is directly impacted by the incredible dedication and talents of our 250-plus employees and the quality of milk we receive from our local farms. These two critical components allow us to partner with an amazing list of customers that value our award-winning and world-class string cheese.
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Baker Cheese’s St. Cloud, Wis., plant produces over 200 SKUs under its own brand and for private label customers.

Baker Cheese’s cheese plant was built to stretch

Baker Cheese’s plant expansion was designed to handle the continually increasing demand for the company’s string cheese
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Anna Boisseau
March 4, 2020
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Halfway through the family-owned Baker Cheese Inc. plant in St. Cloud, Wis., you'll come upon a kind of magical lazy river of cheese. Different sizes and varieties of the company's low-moisture, part-skim mozzarella string cheese float through a stream of brine.
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Art of Cheese Festival

Wisconsin to host first-ever Art of Cheese Festival

The event, presented by Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin, will include food, classes, tours and more.
January 21, 2020
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In honor of National Cheese Lovers Day, Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin, headquartered in Madison, Wis., said it would host the first ever Art of Cheese Festival Aug. 14-16, 2020.


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The pros and cons of high-heat treatments

High heat may impact cheese and whey quality, but also increase yield
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John A. Lucey
January 8, 2020
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Historically, raw milk was used for cheesemaking. Apart from the increased risk of foodborne illness, there also was more variation in cheese quality. Today, most milk for cheesemaking is pasteurized at a minimum of 161 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 seconds to kill all pathogens.
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Rumiano Cheese Co.’s plant closes the loop

Rumiano Cheese Co.’s plant closes the loop

Rumiano Cheese Co.’s plant strives to ensure nothing is wasted in its cheese-making process.
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Anna Boisseau
September 5, 2019
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Idyllic Crescent City, Calif., is known for being the gateway to Redwood National and State Parks, where some of the oldest trees in the United States live. But the small town, which hugs the Pacific Ocean right by the Oregon border, has another claim to fame.
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Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery - Ellsworth, Wis.

The cooperative has operated a plant in Ellsworth since 1910, but the facility’s cheesemaking operations began in the 1960s. In the 1980s, Ellsworth began expanding its cheese curd production beyond just local sales. The company now manufactures 180 SKUs in Ellsworth. (It also operates plants in Comstock, Wis., and New London, Wis.).

BehindtheScenes

This photo gallery contains additional, unpublished photos of dairy processing facilities featured in Dairy Foods magazine. To view more Behind the Scenes galleries go to our archives page!

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Rumiano Cheese Co., Crescent City, Calif.

Rumiano Cheese Co.’s plant produces award-winning organic and conventional cheeses, along with whey protein concentrate (WPC-80%), dried edible lactose and European-style butter.

BehindtheScenes

This photo gallery contains additional, unpublished photos of dairy processing facilities featured in Dairy Foods magazine. To view more Behind the Scenes galleries go to our archives page!