Ornua Ingredients North America

Byron, Minnesota

​Ornua Ingredients North America in Byron, Minnesota operates a state-of-the-art processing facility from its 25,000 square foot plant using a number of key differentiating factors to the rest of the industry, such as a unique and environmentally friendly cooling system for all hot cheese productions. Byron use innovative form-fill-seal packaging line, producing hermetically sealed packages. This is the only one of its kind in the United States and ideal for longer shelf life requirements and export opportunities.

Core product categories include – Cheddarific©, cheese blends, cheese sauces and imitation cheese formats. ​

Hilbert, Wisconsin

Ornua Ingredients North America in Hilbert, Wisconsin, boasts some of the most advanced dairy processing equipment in the US dairy sector and includes a state-of-the-art innovation centre that provides functional cheese solutions to Ornua’s US food ingredient and foodservice customers.

Whitehall West, Wisconsin

Specializing in block, shred, diced, dried, grated and NewFields plant-based cheese. The Whitehall West site is home to a fully-equipped test kitchen and customization lab, including a variety of ovens and innovative lab-scale equipment to replicate both the production process as well as customers’ own baking conditions, reducing turnaround time for custom orders.

Whitehall East, Wisconsin

Specializing in Individually Wrapped Slices (IWS), Slice on Slice (SOS), loaves and ricotta applications. This modern facility is complete with state-of-the-art processing equipment, conference rooms, additional office space and its own Quality Assurance Lab.

Hillsboro, Wisconsin

Hillsboro is where some of Ornua Ingredients’ unique innovations are produced. Some specialties are; cream cheese, alfredo sauce base, dry blends and parmesan.