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Hilmar Cheese Company

Hilmar Cheese Company is a cheese and whey products million pounds of whey protein and lactose powder per

manufacturer with its main site located in Hilmar, Cali- day and ships to over 40 countries worldwide.

fornia. The privately owned company has over 1000 em- In March 2006, Hilmar cheese settled a lawsuit with

ployees and specializes in the mass production of Mon- the Central Valley Water Quality Control Board over al-

terey jack, pepper jack, colby, colby-jack, flavored jacks, leged violations of process water treatment and waste

mozzarella, Hispanic and cheddar cheese. As of 2011, Hil- discharge. The settlement amounted to $3 million most

mar Cheese processes two million gallons of milk per day, of which will be put toward an environmental study.

producing over two million pounds of cheese per day. However, it allows the company to continue with its cur-

The company’s Hilmar facility produces more cheese per rent process water discharge.

year from a single site than any other cheese manufac- In 2007, Hilmar Cheese opened a new cheese process-

turer in the world. ing plant in Dalhart, Texas. The Company’s new cheese

and whey protein processing plant in Texas is the compa-

History ny’s first processing plant outside of its Hilmar, Califor-

nia, facility and corporate headquarters.

The company was founded in 1984 by 12 families located

in the California central valley; it began production in

1985.

External links

Hilmar Ingredients, a division of Hilmar Cheese Com- • Official site

pany, was founded in 2004 to market the company’s whey • Settlement with Central Valley Water Control Board

products to the world. It currently produces over half a • Official Details on Hilmar Dalhart Cheese Plant









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