Sargento: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Sargento is a family-owned company headquartered in Plymouth, Wisconsin, United States that owns 1 consumer brand.[1]
Sargento was founded in Wisconsin in 1953 and invented the resealable cheese package and the practice of selling shredded cheese in bags, both of which reshaped the American dairy case. It is still owned and run by the founding Gentine family and remains one of the largest privately held food companies in the country.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Sargento Foods Inc.
- Type
- family-owned company · see all family-owned company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇺🇸 Plymouth, Wisconsin, United States
- Founded
- 1953
- Wikidata
- Q7422204
- Website
- www.sargento.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Sargento in numbers
- Sargento owns 1 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is food with 1 brands.[1]
Everything Sargento owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
Sargento in the global legal-entity registry
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) keeps an open register of legal entities. Each entity reports its own parents. We show it as a cross-check on the ownership recorded on this page, which is built from filings.
- Legal entity identifier (LEI)
- ODPLA0ZTWN0P454KMI47
- Registered name
- SARGENTO FOODS INC. (US)
- Registration status
- Issued · record updated 29 January 2026
- Parent
- None named: it reports that it has no parent that consolidates its accounts.
- Retrieved
- · GLEIF record (JSON)
Official recalls involving Sargento products
11 recall notices from government regulators matched to Sargento. Each applies to the specific products, sizes and lot codes named in the notice, not to every product sold under the name.
- Cotija cheese packaged in the following configurations: 1. Sargento Course Grated Cotija Cheese Pack Size 6/5 lb. Material #10002578, UPC 46100352601. 2.… — FDA, · Class I
Reason given: Listeria monocytogenes
Recalling firm: Sargento Foods, Inc. · Brand: Sargento
- Parmesan cheese packaged in the following configurations: 1. Sargento Fresh Grated Parmesan Cheese Pack Size 500/0.5 oz. Material #10000278, UPC 46100348659.… — FDA, · Class I
Reason given: Listeria monocytogenes
Recalling firm: Sargento Foods, Inc. · Brand: Sargento
- Swiss cheese packaged in the following configurations: 1. Sargento Fancy Shredded Swiss Cheese, Pack Size 400/1 oz. Net Wt 25.000 lbs. Material #10000390, UPC… — FDA, · Class I
Reason given: Listeria monocytogenes
Recalling firm: Sargento Foods, Inc. · Brand: Sargento
- Asiago cheese packaged in the following configurations: 1. Sargento Part #10197, Fancy Shredded Fresh Asiago Cheese Pack Size 500/0.75 oz. Material #10001006,… — FDA, · Class I
Reason given: Listeria monocytogenes
Recalling firm: Sargento Foods, Inc. · Brand: Sargento
- Monterey Jack cheese packaged in the following configurations: 1. Sargento, Part #23602 Deep V Shredded Monterey Jack Cheese Pack Size 500/0.5 oz. Material… — FDA, · Class I
Reason given: Listeria monocytogenes
Recalling firm: Sargento Foods, Inc. · Brand: Sargento
Matched automatically from FDA, USDA FSIS, UK Food Standards Agency and CPSC records only when the recalling firm corresponds to this ownership record and, for a brand, the brand name appears in the product description. Check the linked notice for exact products and lots. Method.
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Sargento own?
Sargento owns 1 consumer brands tracked here, including Sargento.
Is Sargento an American company?
Yes. Sargento is headquartered in Plymouth, Wisconsin, United States and was founded in 1953.
Who owns Sargento?
Sargento is privately held. Sargento was founded in Wisconsin in 1953 and invented the resealable cheese package and the practice of selling shredded cheese in bags, both of which reshaped the American dairy case.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Sargento — our story — Sargento Foods Inc., Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026. The original address no longer opens it, so the link goes to an archived copy (original address).
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