Best Startup
This article showcases our top picks for the best Wisconsin based Food and Beverage companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Food and Beverage industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top Wisconsin Food and Beverage Startups
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Agricycle
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Agricycle transforms food waste and agricultural byproducts into all-natural and organic CPG brands.
WP Beverages
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WP Beverages is Independent beverage distributor with facilities
Building Integrated GreenHouses ( BIGH )
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A startup based in Brussels, Belgium, has opened its first aquaponic farm .
SACO Foods
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SACO Foods is a branded, niche-market leading food products company selling primarily to supermarkets and mass retailers.
Wisconsin Brewing Co
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Wisconsin Brewing Co is a brewing company that manufactures, produces, and distributes beer.
Do Eat
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Do Eat is developing edible packaging to help reduce the financial and environmental burden of current trends in the food industry.
Carbliss
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Carbliss offers a hand crafted cocktail dedicated to giving 0 carbohydrates, 0 sugars, and only 100 calories.
Botanic Innovations
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Botanic Innovations produces oils, nutri powders and other derivatives from non-GMO fruits, vegetables, grains and herb seeds.
SoFresh
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SoFresh is a manufactures a unique packaging material with an organic vapor to extend the shelf life of fresh foods.
MobCraft Beer
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Mobcraft is a marriage between crowdsourcing and craft beer.
AquaMost
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AquaMost develops water treatment systems for the oil and gas industry that eliminate bacteria with no added chemicals.
Simply Incredible Foods
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Simply Incredible Foods is a food and beverage company that manufactures a wide range of traditional and innovative cranberry ingredients.
Good City Brewing
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Production brewery and urban taproom on Milwaukee’s East Side. Seek the Good.
Omega Foods
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Omega Foods produces food products with EPA and DHA Omega 3s.
EIT Food
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EIT Food is a consortium of partners driving consumer confidence and improved global health.
PSSI
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PSSI provides food safety solutions and sanitation services for food processing facilities.
Hughes Equipment Company
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Hughes Equipment Company has manufactures and distributes stainless steel equipment for the food processing industry.
Stella & Chewy’s
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Stella & Chewy’s features natural, raw dinners and treats for dogs and natural, raw dinners for cats.
Kwik Trip
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Kwik Trip provides convenience stores offer superior products at low prices in addition to consumer and commercial Credit Cards.
Top Note Tonic
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Top Note Tonic makes award winning craft beveragemixers.
Central Standard Craft Distillery
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Central Standard Craft Distillery produces liquor for Wisconsin and other US states.
Death’s Door Spirits
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Death’s Door Spirits produces and supplies gins, vodkas, and white whiskies.
State Line Distillery
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State Line Distillery is distills spirits from Wisconsin-sourced grains and botanicals, using classic Old World methods.
Royal Palm Foods
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Royal Palm Foods, LLC was established in Mid-2012 to facilitate and provide a fully credit insured, working capital platform.
Schreiber Foods
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Schreiber provides dairy favorites to people around the globe.
Tribe 9 Foods
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Tribe 9 Foods specializes in the fields of food processing and beverages.
Rogue Energy
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Rogue Energy is an elite, sugar-free, cognitive performance beverage.
Hy Cite Enterprises
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Hy Cite Enterprises, LLC designs and manufactures household products. The company offers home cookware systems, air purification.
Om Boys Food Movement
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Om Boys Food Movement is a food and beverage company that manufactures food.
King Juice Co.
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King Juice Co. is a premier mid-size packager of non-carbonated liquids.
Link Snacks
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Link Snacks is a global leader in snacking and the No. 1 meat snack manufacturer worldwide.
Brenner Brewing
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Brenner Brewing is an independent, craft brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Trilliant Food & Nutrition
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An innovative beverage company with a broad range of products including coffee and tea to hot and cold powdered beverages.
NESCO
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Nesco is a manufacturer of metal-ware products, including roaster ovens, dehydrators, food slicers, and small kitchen appliances.
GoMacro
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GoMacro MacroBars are USDA Organic, Gluten-Free Certified, Vegan Certified, Kosher Certified, Non-GMO Project Macrobiotic energy bars
Boelter Companies
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Boelter Companies is restaurant supplier.
Wisconsin Cheese Group
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Wisconsin Cheese Group is a manufacturer of hispanic foods, including cheeses, desserts, meats and spices.
Field Table
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Field Table is a seasonal restaurant, bar, and market featuring natural wine, craft cocktails, and Ruby Coffee.
Sub Zero Wolf Appliances
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Sub-Zero is more than just refrigeration. It is a food preservation system, with almost 70 years of innovative thinking behind it.
Festival Foods
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Festival Foods and our associates believe in community involvement, volunteerism, and Servant Leadership.
Gehl Foods
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Gehl Foods is a Germantown, Wisconsin-based maker of ready-to-serve, real dairy products.
City Brewing Company
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City Brewing Company is a food & beverages company that provides beer and soft drinks packaging services.
Good Foods Group
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Good Foods Group manufactures processed refrigerated food and juices.
Sturm Foods
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Sturm Foods produces hot cereal and powdered soft drink mixes for retail and foodservice industries.
Nor-Lake
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Nor-Lake is a leader in the refrigeration industry.
Alto-Shaam
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Alto-Shaam manufactures and sells systems and equipment for restaurants, health care facilities, and schools.
American Foods Group
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American Foods Group is a food processing company that produces and delivers fresh beef products to its customers.
Salm Partners, LLC
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Salm Partners is a food production company that provides sausage and hot dog products.
Palermo Villa, Inc.
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Palermo Villa, Inc. provides food products. The Company specializes in the distribution of various types of pizza.
Doheny Enterprises, Inc.
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Doheny’s is a leader in the pool supplies industry. Doheny’s started in 1967 in a garage and has been family-owned ever since.
Appvion
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Appvion produces thermal, carbonless, security, inkjet, digital specialty and colored papers.
General Beverage Sales Company
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General Beverage Sales Company is a wine & spirits company providing wine, distilled spirits, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages.
Kaytee Products
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Kaytee Products is a manufacturers of bird and small animal food.
Birchwood Foods
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Birchwood Foods is a food production company providing beef patties and meat products.
Masters Gallery Foods, Inc.
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Masters Gallery Foods is a food production company specializing in cheese products.
Press Premium Alcohol Seltzer
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Press Premium Alcohol Seltzer produces hard seltzers.
Gerhard’s Kitchen & Bath Store
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Gerhard’s Kitchen & Bath Store is a retail company specializing in kitchen, bath, and remodeling supplies.
Piper Products
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Piper Products is an industry in aluminum and stainless steel food transport equipment.
Clasen Quality Chocolate
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Clasen Quality Chocolate is a food production company that manufactures confectionery coatings, fillings, and chocolates.
Foremost Farms
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Foremost Farms is a milk solids processing company.
Outpost Natural Foods Cooperative
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Outpost Natural Foods Cooperative is a food & beverages company providing food distributing services.
Montgomery Ward
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Montgomery Ward is an online store continues to provide customers around the country with quality, name-brand products and great values.
ESI Group USA
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ESI Group USA is a construction company that offers food facility design, engineering, and construction services.
Daybreak Foods, Inc.
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Daybreak Foods is a food production company that offers egg production and processing services.
Badger Liquor Co., Inc.
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Badger Liquor Co. is a wine & spirits company offering alcoholic beverages.
Red Arrow
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Red Arrow develops and produces savory flavor solutions to food manufacturers and end consumers.
Didion Milling, Inc.
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Didion Milling is a food production company specializing in corn meal and corn oil products.
Grassland Dairy Products
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Grassland prides itself on providing quality products to kitchens of all sizes.
Yumbutter // World Changing Nut Butters
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Superfoods + Nut Butters in our GO-Anywhere Pouch.
Penzeys Spices
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Penzeys Spices is a retail company specializing in cooking ingredients and spices.
Arrowhead Systems
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Arrowhead Systems, Inc. is an industry leader in providing conveyor, packaging machinery and line productivity solutions.
Naturally Fresh
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Naturally Fresh manufactures salad dressings, dips, sauces, and specialty products for the food service industry.
TriEnda Corp
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TriEnda Corp is one of the largest industrial plastics manufacturers in North America.
Hatco Corporation
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Hatco Corporation manufactures equipment for the food services industry.
Lakeside Foods
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Lakeside Foods is a food producer and supplier that provides frozen food in the retail, food service, and industrial sectors.
Bio Springer Usa
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Biospringer is a historical key player and global producer of yeast extract and derived ingredients from yeast, located in Milwaukee.
Nelson-Jameson
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Nelson-Jameson is a food and beverage company located in Marshfield.
Asenzya Inc.
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Asenzya is a food production company specializing in spice blends, seasoning solutions, and functional ingredients.
Sendik’s Food Market
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Sendik’s Food Market is a retail company specializing in groceries in Milwaukee.
Federal Industries
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Federal Industries manufactures hot, frozen, refrigerated, and non-refrigerated, service and self-serve display cases and showcases.
Create-A-Pack Foods Inc.
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Create-A-Pack Foods is a food production company specializing in food manufacturing and packaging processes
W.M. Sprinkman
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Since founded, W.M. Sprinkman name has been synonymous with exceptionally engineered, food and beverage processing equipment.
Go Green
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Go Green designs and manufactures food trays with a lower carbon footprint.
TNT Crust
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TNT Crust is a manufacturer and distributor of partially baked, self-rising, flat breads and other pizza crusts for the foodservice.
Brakebush Brothers, Inc.
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Brakebush Brothers is a food production company specializing in processed chicken and raw chicken products.
Abbyland Foods, Inc
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Abbyland Foods is a food production company that provides meat products and sausages.
Sanitary Fittings, LLC
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Online distributor of stainless steel fittings to the food, beverage, and bio-pharmaceutical industries.
Century Springs
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Century Springs delivers own natural spring water and provide gourmet coffee service directly to your business and home.
Custom Fabricating & Repair
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Custom Fabricating & Repair is a food & beverages company providing food processing services.
Boca Foods Company
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Boca Foods Company provides meatless burgers in the United States.
Lowlands Group
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Lowlands Group is a food & beverages company that provides Belgian beer.
Impact Confections, Inc.
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Impact Confections, Inc. is a food and beverages company offering circus peanuts, peanut butter kisses, salt water taffy etc.
Hilton Milwaukee City Center
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Hilton Milwaukee City Center is a hospitality company that provides hospitality and catering services.
Stone Creek Coffee Roasters
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Stone Creek Coffee Roasters is a food & beverages company offering coffee.
Gilman Cheese
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Gilman Cheese Corporation specializes in premium quality, shelf stable processed cheese.
Nutorious Nut Confections
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Nutorious Nut Confections offers gourmet nut snacks using real ingredients as a healthy alternative to traditional snacks.
Dean Distributing, Inc
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Dean Distributing is a distributor of a wide range of energy drinks and alcoholic beverages.
W.J. Pence Co.
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W.J. Pence Co. is an oldest independent food broker.
Willy Street Co-op
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Willy Street Co-op is a food & beverages company providing deli food, bakery, and salad bar.
Organic Valley
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Organic Valley is a cooperative of family farmers that produces organic foods that are available to purchase.
