Endless product possibilities

You can easily meet the ever-growing demand for tasty vegan cheese products. Our world-class R & D team has decades of expertise in creating plant-based cheese using non-traditional protein sources, flavor systems, starches, vegetable fats, gums and preservatives. Plus, we have 60 million pounds of capacity available and ideal for producing plant-based cheese. Learn more about our plant-based cheese capabilities.

Best for applications including:

• Products that must be free of dairy, allergens, cholesterol, casein and genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
• Fortified and/or specially designed products targeted to vegan, vegetarian and flexitarian consumers
• Products that cannot compromise product quality in using dairy alternatives

Holmen Cheese is the new leader in creating solutions including cheese products, cheese alternatives/substitute cheeses, imitation cheese, cheese food, cheese spread and other non-standard of identity (SOI) cheese solutions. We’ll help you achieve any cheese performance need, cheese nutritional profile or price point. Discover our non-SOI solutions.

Best for applications such as:

• Frozen food entrees
• Individually wrapped slices (IWS) of cheese products
• Shreds for salads, soups and garnishes in restaurant settings
• High-value, well-flavored alternatives to natural cheese applications

Unparalleled R&D capabilities deliver precise solutions

Our extraordinary research and development team with more than 40 years of combined experience can create innovative solutions to fulfill any request or requirement quickly and successfully. Our facility includes a cutting-edge quality lab and fully equipped in-house chef’s test kitchen to ensure total consideration of every detail and possibility. You’ll get the results you need.

A foundation of world-class research and development (R & D)

• Our team has decades of experience in designing dairy cheese alternatives, including plant-based products
• Our in-house laboratories and testing facilities allow for rapid trials and transfer to on-site operations
• Our quality team and analytics intertwine with R & D and daily operations
• Continuous investment in R & D and the latest scientific advances keeps our innovation capabilities on the leading edge

Holmen Cheese fulfills specific customer needs with perfectly customized contract manufacturing projects in batches of any size. Whatever your request or requirement, Holmen Cheese will bring you an ideal cheese solution with your desired:

• Flavor
• Performance
• Functionality
• Nutritional profile
• Price point
• Format

In-demand industry quality certifications

Our Quality team has extensive experience in both the food science and cheese industries. They are meticulous, accurate experts focused on continual adherence to customer specifications and the latest food regulations. They work closely with our R & D and Operations teams at every step to ensure we create and ship high-quality products that satisfy our customers and our customers’ customers.

Holmen Cheese takes great pride in maintaining numerous quality certifications including:

• SQF (Safe Quality Food), recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative
• HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) food safety
• USDA-Certified Organic
• RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil)
• Circle U kosher certification
• Halal certification
• Bio security
• Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
• Food and Drug Administration

Production flexibility is guaranteed at Holmen Cheese. We can produce any specialty pack based on your specific needs: industrial-sized cheese blocks, cheese loaves, industrial- or retail-sized bags of shredded cheese and more. Check out our cheese configuration & packaging capabilities.

Best for applications including:

• 40-pound blocks
• 20-pound blocks
• 5-pound loaves
• Shreds
• Individually-wrapped slices (IWS)
• Retail, foodservice or commercial markets for end use