Sargento Foods, Inc. engages in the manufacture, packaging, and marketing of cheese products.
The company operates in four divisions: Consumer Products, Food Service, Food Ingredients, and Sargento Culinary Solutions. The Consumer Products division engages in packaging and marketing shredded, snack, and specialty cheeses under the Sargento brand; and cheese and non-cheese snack food items and ethnic sauces.
The Food Service division produces custom cheese products, including natural sliced and shredded cheeses, and breaded appetizers for restaurant chains. The Food Ingredients division provides custom cheese products, such as sliced, shredded, and diced cheeses, as well as portion control packs, fillings, and sauces for food manufacturers.
The company also provides snacks, such as dip and cheddar sticks, crackers, pretzels, and cookie sticks; finishers, such as potato and salad finishers; and cheese appetizers and ingredients. Sargento Foods, Inc. was formerly known as
The company was founded in 1953 and is based in Plymouth, Wisconsin with facilities in Plymouth, Kiel, Hilbert, and Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.