Best Food Processing Companies in Wisconsin, United States
The 47 best Food Processing companies in Wisconsin, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Winona Foods.
Ranked: Best Food Processing companies in Wisconsin
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Winona Foods Manufacturer of cheese and dairy risk management services | $57M | 31 mo ago | Funding Raised | David Meyer Owner VP | 1995 | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Facebook Login+18 | — | — |
| 2 | SoFresh Manufacturer of bakery snacks | $3M | 48 mo ago | Series A | Charles Christopher Founder | 2018 | Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+22 | 38 patents Active-agent controlled-release packaging films and laminates for food/consumer products | — |
| 3 | Impact Confections Manufacturer of candies | $3M | 264 mo ago | Acquired | Gary Viljoen CEO | 1998 | — | — | 1 job opening |
| 4 | Simply Incredible Foods Cranberry ingredients processing company | $1M | 153 mo ago | Deadpooled | Chris Sohns CEO | 2008 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Pur Java Processors of coffees | $339K | 84 mo ago | Early Stage | — | 1999 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Field Better Provider of functional ingredients sourced from different food products | $100K | 38 mo ago | Seed | — | 2020 | — | — | — |
| 7 | BelGioioso Cheese Cheese processing company | — | 19 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1979 | WordPressMySQLPHP+14 | — | — |
| 8 | Gilman Cheese Cheese processing company | — | 47 mo ago | Acquired | Ron Weltmer CEO | 1948 | Apple iCloud MailW3.CSSApache HTTP Server+4 | — | — |
Top 12 Food Processing companies in Wisconsin
#1
Funding Raised · Green Bay, Wisconsin · founded 1995 · 165 employees$56.6Mraised▾
Manufacturer of cheese and dairy risk management services. This company produces cheese for food service, industrial, and retail sectors. They also provide risk management services specifically within the dairy industry. The company offers co-packing services and operates a manufacturing facility. Their services are provided directly to clients through a sales force and a national broker network.
- Jan 2024Conventional Debt—
- Oct 2018Conventional Debt$56.6M
#2
Series A · Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin · founded 2018 · 11 employees$3.3Mraised▾
Manufacturer of bakery snacks
- Aug 2022Series A$3.3M
#3
Seed · Milwaukee, Wisconsin · founded 2020 · 50 employees$100Kraised▾
Provider of functional ingredients sourced from different food products. It offers a line of functional ingredients sourced from upcycled produce, grains, pulses, legumes, and more. The company offers alternative gluten-free baking flours.
- 2023Seed$100K
#4
Acquired · Janesville, Wisconsin · founded 1998 · 137 employees$2.7Mraised▾
Manufacturer of candies
- Jul 2004Venture Debt$5M
- Jul 2004Series A$2.7M
#5
Deadpooled · Menasha, Wisconsin · founded 2008 · 10 employees$1Mraised▾
Producer of cranberry ingredients intended to offer a wide range of traditional and innovative ingredients. The company's ingredients create, patents and manufactures new cranberry-based ingredients for several purposes including the retail sector, food industry, as well as for industrial sector, thereby enabling customers to have access to quality cranberry ingredients.
- Nov 2013Seed$1M
#6
Early Stage · Elkhorn, Wisconsin · founded 1999 · 23 employees$339.2Kraised▾
Operator of a coffee manufacturing company intended to offer gourmet coffee and tea products. The company's products are made from roasted organic coffee beans and create a stable, consistent portfolio of investments through the acquisition and development of natural foods, gourmet coffee, and specialty tea products that are of low-risk potential, enabling customers to get natural flavors with hidden within the seed while drinking the coffee.
#7
Funding Raised · Green Bay, Wisconsin · founded 1979 · 803 employees—raised▾
Cheese processing company
#8
Acquired · Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin · founded 1948 · 169 employees—raised▾
Cheese processing company
#9
Seed · Green Bay, Wisconsin · founded 2012 · 106 employees—raised▾
Meat processing company
- Dec 2021Seed—
#10
Acquired · Denmark, Wisconsin · founded 2004 · 424 employees—raised▾
Meat sausage processing company
- Dec 2020Seed—
#11
Acquired · Janesville, Wisconsin · founded 2008—raised▾
Provider of co-manufacturing, co-packing, research and development, and packaging solutions. The company offers services including ingredient sourcing, small batch testing, and storage. It utilizes the Tetra Recart format for human and animal nutrition. The company provides shelf-stable food solutions and offers bone broths.
- Oct 2020PE—
#12
Acquired · Appleton, Wisconsin · founded 2001—raised▾
Manufacturer and marketer of home style bakery products intended to provide light and mouthwatering breads. The company's home style bakery products include fully-baked, frozen breads, buns, and rolls which are provided for leading food service distributors and restaurants in the Upper Midwest enabling the sellers to provide handmade appearance and natural, simple taste bakery products to their end customers. The company also services major retail and c-store chains with its homestyle products as well as pizza manufacturers with par-baked crusts.
- 2006PE—
- Conventional Debt—
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