Visitor Center in California We’re on Your Way… The Visitor Center opened in 1998. Each year, our Hilmar, California staff guides thousands of 9001 North Lander Avenue students and tour groups Hilmar, CA 95324 through the cheesemaking 800.577.5772 process and hands-on Directions exhibits, while sharing the From Highway 99 (at Turlock), go 4 miles south on Lander importance of sustainable Avenue (Hwy 165). Look for the Visitor Center on the right. agriculture and resource management. From I-5 (at Los Banos), go north on Hwy 165 through Los Banos, then 35 miles more to Hilmar. Look for the Visitor Tour Center on the left. FREE self-guided tours and guided tours for schools, tour Sacramento groups and families: 580 99 Modesto • Fun, hands-on exhibits Hilmar Cheese Co. Catering San Francisco Turlock • “Edutaining” mooovie Hilmar Cheese Company Catering is the Central Valley’s 5 • Ice cream-making and premier event planner and caterer. Our extensive menu Yosemite cheesemaking tours is sure to please all palates, and our elegant presentation Hilmar 140 Merced Check our tour schedule at: complements any event. We orchestrate events off-site or 165 www.hilmarcheese.com in our beautiful banquet facility, with its landscaped park, picnic area and flower-bordered waterfall. Taste Our banquet facility is ideal for: Hilmar Cheese Company Visitor Center Welcome Complimentary tasting of: Open daily; please call 800.577.5772 for hours to Hilmar Cheese Company • Hilmar Cheeses • Wedding Receptions • Baby Showers • Bridal Showers • Corporate Holiday Parties Closed New Year’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Independence • Local Artisan Cheeses Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas • Gourmet Foods • Anniversaries • Convention Groups • “Squeakers” — cheese curds • Class Reunions • More… Dalhart, Texas made fresh every day The Visitor Center’s banquet-area amenities include: 12400 Highway 385 The Hilmar Cheese Company brand is available for sale only • Dance Floor P.O. Box 1300 in our Visitor Center and at www.hilmarcheese.com. • Bar Options Dalhart, TX 79022 806.244.8800 Shop • Audio/Visual System Our Visitor Center features a • Music Exhibits in Texas beautiful gift shop filled with: Celebrate your special Explore the dairy and cheesemaking exhibits at the Dalhart XIT Museum. • Gourmet Foods and Wines occasion in an elegant • Unique Gift Items atmosphere while savoring 108 East Fifth Street, Dalhart, Texas More than a Cheese Company… • Cheese Baskets and Gift Packs an exquisite buffet or served 806.244.5390 meal. www.xitmuseum.com Producing cheese and whey products Visit our Holiday Extravaganza November 1 — Christmas Eve. that contribute nutrition, value and Call 209.656.1196 or e-mail enjoyment to people’s lives Eat [email protected] Employment Information Enjoy a delicious meal or snack: for more information. Hilmar Cheese Company accepts only on-line applications. Resumes may be attached. Opportunities are listed on the • Signature Sandwiches Complete planning and • Gourmet Pizza Careers Page at www.hilmarcheese.com. www.hilmarcheese.com exceptional services promise • Espresso featuring Peet’s Coffee a special and memorable & Tea event. • Ice Cream Try our famous Cheese Chowder Soup, Cream Cheese www.hilmarcheese.com Brownies and Cheese Pie. (Only a cheesemaker could make a cheese pie this good!) Our History Our Facilities Hilmar Cheese Hilmar Ingredients Our state-of-the-art production facilities convert an Hilmar Cheese Company abundance of high-quality milk into a variety of cheese and specializes in the production of whey products. natural American-style cheese used by store private labels, Hilmar, California national brands, and retail Hilmar Cheese Company’s original and food-service companies operation is located in California’s across America and the world. fertile Central Valley in Hilmar, Combined, the company’s two facilities make about two and is one of the area’s largest A division of Hilmar Cheese Company, Hilmar million pounds of cheese each day, packaged in 40-pound employers. Ingredients delivers the promise of dairy — blocks or 640-pound wooden crates. whey protein and lactose, two ingredients Dalhart, Texas Rare among large manufacturing sites, we have the ability with sought-after advantages in foods, Hilmar Cheese Company’s second to produce a range of cheese in large volumes as well beverages and pharmaceuticals. facility in Dalhart, Texas, is as the flexibility to adjust quickly to our customers’ located in the panhandle of Texas Whey protein, a highly refined and updated changing needs. in the center of a growing dairy version of the whey in Miss Muffet’s curds and whey, provides the perfect blend of protein nutrition needed In 1984, twelve Central California dairy families, seeking to region. for good human health. This is no accident, because whey maximize the value of their Jersey cows’ high-solids milk, The steady supply of fresh milk at these two facilities protein is made from milk and milk is fundamentally created Hilmar Cheese Company. They invested heavily assures Hilmar Cheese Company customers of consistent designed to nourish life. in research, the latest technology and staff excellence — cheese and whey products all year long. a practice that continues to guide the privately held Whey protein from Hilmar Ingredients may be found company today. Committed to continuous improvement Beyond Business in protein-fortified noodles in China, infant formula in and innovation, the company now operates two facilities — Our business goes beyond daily Vietnam, sports drinks and energy bars in the USA, yogurt one in Texas and our headquarters in California, the world’s operations. For Hilmar Cheese in Mexico, and egg-free mayonnaise in Russia. Or find it in a largest single-site producer of natural American-style cheese Company, it’s about giving back delicious fruit or ice cream smoothie in our Visitor Center in and whey products. to the communities and industry Hilmar, California. that supported the dream of Lactose is one of milk’s unique Consistent Gold medalists the founding dairy families. carbohydrates, and Hilmar Ingredients in the California State Our owners — most of them second and third generation employs state-of-the-art manufacturing Fair Cheese Competition, members of the local community — do more than business in equipment to produce three types, or our cheeses include Mild town; they live and raise their families there, too. grades, of lactose: edible, refined and Cheddar, Vintage Aged Cheddar, pharmaceutical. At the forefront of Hilmar Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack, Colby, Cheese Company’s efforts are Colby-Jack, Queso Chipotle and Edible lactose, the most commonly used involvement and support. Our other cheeses. grade, is found in candies, confectionery Hilmar Cheese Company and its ingredient owners and management team products and baked goods. Refined lactose, a The Hilmar Cheese Company Visitor Center in California business, Hilmar Ingredients, are recognized are familiar faces and respected more pure form of lactose, is used in high-quality powdered features “squeakers” — cheese curds made fresh every internationally for superior quality and consistency and members of many industry and infant formula as an essential source of energy for growing day. And cheese with the Hilmar Cheese Company label unparalleled, personalized service. Yet, while helping civic organizations. Throughout our history, Hilmar Cheese babies. Pharmaceutical lactose, as its name suggests, is of is available for sale only from the Visitor Center or at our its customers feed consumers all over the world, Hilmar Company has donated millions of dollars and countless a purity and quality suitable for use in medicines, where website: www.hilmarcheese.com Cheese Company remains dedicated to its core principles gift baskets in support of fund-raising and events for local it acts as the “carrier” for the drug portion of the pill of environmental stewardship, employee development and schools, charitable organizations and the dairy industry. or tablet. educational outreach. As we look toward the future, Hilmar Cheese Company To learn more about the health benefits of whey protein Success at Hilmar Cheese Company is the outcome of remains deeply committed to protecting the environment and lactose, visit www.hilmaringredients.com. fostering long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with and bettering the lives of our employees, their families our dairy owners, employees, milk producers, customers and our neighbors by acting responsibly on-site and in the and local communities. surrounding communities.