Since its founding in 2003, MDS Foods has grown from a cheese redistributor into a manufacturer serving supermarket delis and food-service customers nationwide. Its Tennessee facility handles cheese packaging for customers that need consistent, specified formats, including private-label work. The company is also known for its Santino line of Wisconsin-made Italian-style cheeses.
Miceli Dairy Products CompanySince 1923, Miceli Dairy Products Company has made Italian cheeses in Cleveland, beginning with 15-year-old John Miceli selling ricotta and mozzarella from a Model-T pickup truck. Today the family-owned business remains guided by Miceli children and grandchildren, carrying generations-old recipes into a nationally recognized cheese company.CLEVELAND, OH
Leprino Foods CompanyBorn in a Denver family grocery store in 1950, Leprino Foods makes mozzarella cheese and dairy nutrition ingredients for food and nutrition brands worldwide. Still family-owned, the company now operates manufacturing facilities on three continents, employs more than 5,000 people and supplies products to more than 70 countries. Its Denver headquarters remains at the corner where Mike Leprino Sr. began making cheese by hand.SAYRE, PA
Losurdo Foods IncFounded in 1959 by Michael and Mary Losurdo, Losurdo Foods makes and distributes Italian-style specialty foods, including fresh cheeses and frozen pizza dough, for food-service customers. Headquartered in Hackensack, New Jersey, the family business is now run by two of the founders’ children, with manufacturing in Heuvelton and Amsterdam, New York. Its fresh cheeses follow traditional recipes from Italy’s Capri region, while both plants are certified to the SQF Food Safety Code for Manufacturing Edition 9.AMSTERDAM, NY
A&M Cheese CompanySince 1976, Toledo-based A&M Cheese Company has specialized in blending cheese for restaurants and foodservice operators nationwide. Its distinctive strength is collaborative custom development, from matching an existing specification to sampling a new blend for kitchen testing, alongside stocked varieties and established brands. A strategically located Toledo facility supports national distribution while the company focuses on consistent flavor, melt, and performance.TOLEDO, OH