Leprino Foods

Leprino Foods began in 1950 as a small family-run grocery store in Denver, Colorado, where Mike Leprino Sr. started making mozzarella cheese for the family's corner grocery store. The company states it is still family-owned and describes itself as the world's largest producer of mozzarella cheese and a leading manufacturer of whey protein, lactose, micellar casein and other high-quality dairy ingredients. Its cheese and dairy nutrition products are found in 70+ countries, and it employs over 5,000 employees worldwide. Leprino operates through divisions including Cheese and Nutrition, and states that its locations span the globe.

Leprino's journey began in Denver, Colorado, in 1950, when Mike Leprino Sr. started making mozzarella cheese for his family's corner grocery store. The company states that it started in 1950 as a small family-run grocery store in Denver, Colorado. Despite its growth and success over the past seven decades, it says it is still a family-owned company and remains committed to the same core values and entrepreneurial spirit that earned it a reputation as a dairy industry pioneer and trusted partner to top food and nutrition brands worldwide. The company describes itself as the world's largest producer of mozzarella cheese and a leading manufacturer of whey protein, lactose, micellar casein and other high-quality dairy ingredients. It states that its cheese and dairy nutrition products are found in 70+ countries and that it employs over 5,000 employees worldwide. Leprino operates divisions including Cheese, focused on making pasta filata cheese through a patented process of heating and stretching, and Nutrition, as a supplier of nutrition ingredients.

Trusted supplier and business partner to top food and nutrition brands worldwide; the world's largest mozzarella cheese producer.

• Mozzarella cheese

  Pasta filata cheese made through a patented process of heating and stretching.

• Pizza cheese

  Cheese produced as part of Leprino's cheese division.

• Whey protein

  Dairy ingredient manufactured by Leprino.

• Lactose

  Dairy ingredient manufactured by Leprino.

• Micellar casein

  Dairy ingredient manufactured by Leprino.

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