Our journey began in Denver, Colorado, in 1950, when Mike Leprino Sr. started making mozzarella cheese for his family’s corner grocery store.
Despite our growth and success over the past seven decades, we’re still a family-owned company and remain committed to the same core values and entrepreneurial spirit that earned us our reputation as a dairy industry pioneer and trusted partner to top food and nutrition brands worldwide.
Learn about the company’s rich history in this short video, “A Drive Through Time.”
To be the world’s best dairy food and ingredient company.
To make every customer feel like our only customer through our core values of quality, service, competitive price and ethics.
We’ve worked hard over the years to earn our reputation as a trusted supplier and business partner to our customers. Our distinctive care and expertise creates value for our customers and sets us apart – we call this the Leprino Difference. This difference is exhibited through our products, which our customers trust to feed and nourish their customers.
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Originating in Denver, Colorado, we’re now a global leader. Leprino has manufacturing facilities on three continents and employs over 5,500 people worldwide.
Lemoore is home to two of our plants, including Lemoore West, one of the largest cheese manufacturing facilities in the world. Its size is equal to 11 football fields with over 640,000 square feet of cheese making capacity.
The Lemoore East facility has been a continuous dairy operation since 1910.
Our Dubai-based representative brings expert knowledge and strategic support across the diverse and rapidly growing Middle East and African regions.
Our Tokyo team is committed to delivering tailored solutions that resonate with the unique preferences and requirements of the Japanese market.
Our Singapore Hub is home to our regional APAC team including commercial, product development and our Innovation Studio® marketing, culinary and insights experts.
In Shanghai we bring deep insights and market knowledge of the vast Greater China region to help you grow in the fast-changing marketplace.
Our Seoul-based team has decades of experience understanding and catering to the dynamic needs of the South Korean market.
Our São Paulo office supports commercial activities, with a dedicated team focused on engaging with clients and expanding market opportunities.
Our Maringá office manages key administrative functions, including HR, finance and business operations support, serving as the backbone of our Brazil operations.
Located in the southern region of Paraná, our Tapejara facility specializes in producing high-quality cheese products to meet growing market demand in Brazil.
Situated in Portlaoise in the Republic of Ireland, at the heart of the country’s grass-fed dairy herd. This plant offers the latest technology in producing shredded, diced and string mozzarella in a variety of formats. The site has capacity to manufacture 45,000 tons of mozzarella, while using the equivalent of over 360 million litres of milk per year.
A mozzarella plant, producing a wide array of ribbon (block) recipes. The factory uses over 350 million litres a year, equivalent to 20% of Northern Ireland’s milk output.
Focused on shred and dice solutions for the foodservice sector. It uses over 250 million litres of milk a year, almost 20% of all the Welsh milk output.
The Remus facility has been producing condensed skim milk since January of 2024.
Our Waverly plant has been part of our network for over 30 years. On the border of Waverly, NY and Sayre, PA, the state line runs down the middle of the facility.
The Tracy plant has been part of our manufacturing network since 1977 and is in the heart of the Tracy community. This plant has made every variety of our cheese products over its operation.
Our Roswell plant is an exemplary model of our water recycling capabilities. All the water used by the plant is treated for irrigation use on cropland adjacent to the plant to grow feed for local livestock.
Our 10th U.S. manufacturing facility in Lubbock, Texas is under construction and will be fully operational in 2026. This state-of-the-art facility is being built with sustainability in mind and will be home to approximately 600 employees when completed.
This plant produces mozzarella and innovative dairy ingredients like native whey protein and micellar casein. The plant has many environmental management and sustainability features. It contains 120 miles of stainless steel piping and 250 miles of electrical conduit.
Located on the same corner where the Leprino family started selling hand-crafted cheese 75 years ago, our global headquarters houses our LFC Innovation Studio® as well as two R&D pilot plants for cheese and dairy nutrition development.
Built in 1989 to increase capacity and support our growing business, the Allendale plant employs 280 team members. More than 10% of its employees have worked at the plant for over 20 years.
One of two Colorado-based plants, this state-of-the-art cheese plant produces string cheese, mozzarella, lactose and whey protein powders.
