Crest Foods Co., Inc. is a family owned and operated, culture-driven, dry food manufacturing company that was established in 1946 and has grown to a company with about 650 full time employees. Its state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities, laboratories and offices are all located about 90 miles west of Chicago in the town of Ashton, Illinois. Our three divisions of the company involve us in the national food industry in multiple ways. We develop and sell dry stabilizing systems for dairy products in our Ingredient Division, which gives us a presence in most dairy plants across the country. We formulate consumer products, and have the capability to sell complete turn-key items in the Consumer Products Division, and we manufacture dry food products in our Contract Packaging Division.