Cheese; Cut & Blended to Your Spec

Northland Cheese

Cheese Solutions Built Around Your Operation

With more than 2,100 options, custom blends, multiple shred and dice styles, flexible packaging and made-to-order processing, Northland helps operators get the cheese they need in the form they need it.

Cheesy nachosThe Right Cheese Changes Everything

From melt and stretch to flavor, browning and hold time, the right cheese can make a difference in both your finished dish and your operation. Northland's cheese experts help identify the right cheese, blend, cut and packaging for your menu.

Our Northland Cheese facility has blended tradition and quality since 1978. Based in Rice, Minnesota, the heart of the Midwest dairy region, our SQF Certified, 75,000-square-foot facility processes more than 2 million pounds of cheese every week.

Think of Northland as your own private cheese processing plant: extensive product selection, endless cut and blend combinations, and a dedicated cheese consultant who helps you land on the right product for your operation — without the overhead of doing it in-house.

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What Northland Delivers

Core capabilities that cover nearly every cheese on your menu—sourced, cut, and packaged to spec.

Extensive Cheese Selection

Variety of Shred & Dice Options

Customized Packaging

Fresh to Order

Why Operators Switch From Block Cheese

Shredding cheese in-house costs more than most operators realize in labor, waste, equipment and food-safety risk. Northland helps simplify the process while delivering consistent results.

Efficiency

Eliminate in-house shredding, equipment cleaning and blade replacement. Convenient packaging also reduces the need for additional storage bins while helping minimize clumping and waste.

Safety

In-house shredding creates additional handling and opportunities for workplace injuries and cross-contamination. Pre-shredded and diced cheese helps simplify your kitchen while supporting safer food handling.

Quality & Consistency

Uniform shred sizes and carefully blended products help deliver consistent portions, melt and performance from one order to the next.

Cut & Shred Options

Different applications call for different cuts. Northland offers a full range of shred and dice options and can help determine the ideal cut for your menu and applications.

Northland Regular Cheese
Regular
Northland Diced Cheese
Diced
Northland Fancy Cheese
Fancy
Northland Feather Cheese
Feather
Northland Ribbon Cheese
Ribbon

See Northland in Action

Take a look inside our Rice, Minnesota facility, where our cheese experts shred, dice, blend, package, and customize products to meet the needs of foodservice operators. With flexible capabilities and orders of all sizes, we make it easier to get the cheese you need, the way you need it.

Cheesy calzone sandwich

Your Signature Dish Deserves a Signature Blend

Looking for the perfect melt? More stretch? A specific flavor or appearance? Northland’s cheese experts can create a custom blend designed around the way your food needs to perform.

We formulate every blend with your goals in mind:

Texture & Stretch
Achieve the right pull and texture without becoming too tough or too soft.

Melt
Find the right melt characteristics for your cooking method and application.

Color & Browning
Create the finished appearance that works best for your dish.

Oil Release
Balance cheese varieties and fat content to achieve the desired finished product.

Hold Time
Maintain better texture and appearance for dine-in, takeout, delivery or buffet applications.

Flavor
Build a distinctive flavor profile using individual cheeses, custom combinations or specialty ingredients.