Photo Galleries
Lifeway Foods, Waukesha, Wis
In August of 2015 — more than a year after it started to make bottles and receive milk — Lifeway Foods celebrated the Waukesha plant’s official revival. The facility finally had begun the production of kefir. Today, the plant boasts more than 50 employees working days and shifts that vary by department. Kefir production — flavored and unflavored — runs five days a week. All kefir is packaged in the 32-ounce bottles the facility makes on-site.
This photo gallery contains additional, unpublished photos of dairy processing facilities featured in Dairy Foods magazine.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!
Danzeisen Dairy, Phoenix, AZ
You won’t find any fancy-looking equipment at the creamery operated by Phoenix-based Danzeisen Dairy LLC. Tucked into a mixture of farm, industrial and residential properties in Phoenix’s Laveen neighborhood, the creamery relies on retrofitted vintage milk processing equipment — much of it from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, and all of it from U.S. manufacturers — to produce its craft dairy products.
This photo gallery contains additional, unpublished photos of dairy processing facilities featured in Dairy Foods magazine.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!
Emmi Roth, Monroe, Wis.
The 50,000-square-foot chalet-style creamery was constructed in the 1950s and remodeled in 1991 for Roth. In 2006, it underwent a $4 million expansion to enlarge its brine system and add a modern culinary center. Giving the facility an extra dose of Swiss-inspired charm is the attached Alp and Dell store, which sells Emmi Roth cheeses (along with other products), but is operated independently.
This photo gallery contains additional, unpublished photos of dairy processing facilities featured in Dairy Foods magazine.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!
Cedar Crest Ice Cream, Manitowoc, Wis.
Cedar Crest Ice Cream makes an impressive amount of ice cream in its 45,408-square-foot facility in Manitowoc, Wis. The plant currently produces approximately 26 million pounds of product annually. The company uses the space wisely and continues to upgrade equipment and technology as product demand increases.
This photo gallery contains additional, unpublished photos of dairy processing facilities featured in Dairy Foods magazine.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!
Straus Family Creamery, Marshall, CA
The plant produces a range of organic dairy selections in a variety of sizes, including eight milk and cream products; 11 flavors of ice cream; seven European-style yogurt products; four Greek yogurt products; two butter products and one sour cream product. Selections for specialty and wholesale markets, the company said, include milk and cream, Barista milk, whipping cream, yogurt, butter, ice cream, soft serve ice cream mix and ice cream base.
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!
Ingredients for dairy success
The future looks bright for probiotics, prebiotics and stevia, but a bit darker for sugar.
Strong growth ahead for global dairy products market
$546.8 billion
That’s the number the global market for dairy products is projected to reach by 2022. Growth will be driven by the rising importance of milk products in a balanced diet and nutrition, a growing body of scientific evidence validating the beneficial use of low-fat dairy products in controlling hypertension, and robust ingredient and flavor innovations for dairy products.
Source: Global Industry Analysts Inc., “Dairy Products — Global Strategic Business Report,” 2017.
Ben & Jerry's, St. Albans, Vt.
All of Ben & Jerry's decisions are guided by its three-part mission statement: to make the best products, to be financially successful and to stand up for social causes. From start to finish, these principles also drive the operations and the floor workers at the company’s ice cream factory in St. Albans, Vt.
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!
A shift in dairy food preferences
What a difference a couple of decades can make. U.S. consumers have significantly increased their consumption of yogurt and cheese during the past 20 years while cutting back on milk and ice cream.
Schuman Cheese, Turtle Lake, WI
Lake Country Dairy makes award-winning Italian-style and alpine cheeses. The plant supports four family dairy farms and spurred an investor to build a whey processing facility across the street.
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!