ADM - Revela Foods

About Us

About Us
Manufacturers of Process Cheese and Cheese Sauces.
1899-1953 - Welcome Dairy in Colby, WI is established as a natural cheese manufacturing co-op. The Eggebrecht family acquires Welcome Dairy with its 50+ years of cheese manufacturing expertise.

1966-1984 - Welcome establishes its own brand and eventually produces process cheese or “functional cheese”.

1993-1997 - Welcome decides to only produce “functional cheese” and adds production line 2. A cold storage facility is built in Unity, WI.

1998-1999 - Welcome partners with Gamay Food Ingredients in New Berlin, WI to produce liquid cheese pouch products and wins the business of a major grocery chain.

2005 - Welcome adds lines 3 and 4 doubling plant capacity.

2012-2014 – Another major expansion doubles production and storage capacity. Welcome and Gamay introduce Single Serve Dipping Cups and Food Service pouches for dairy-based dips/sauces for school lunch programs serving as springboard for new cup business.

2015-2016 - Welcome completes office expansion. Welcome acquires Gamay.

2018-2019 - Welcome adds lines 7 and 8 with a capacity for line 9. New Heritage Partners with Welcome Dairy Holdings. Making Gamay Flavor and Ingredients a subsidiary with Welcome Dairy.
2021 – Welcome Dairy Holdings purchases North Start Processing in Litchfield MN, expanding our powdered dairy offerings.

2022 – Rebranded as Revela Foods

2024 – ADM (Archer Daniels Midland) acquires Revela Foods


Highlights
• Make process cheeses
• Make cheese sauces
• Cold storage