Food Service

Challenge Foodservice delivers quality you can trust

Receive the finest quality, freshest products available from California’s #1 foodservice dairy and brand. Our broad range of products make us a true one-stop shop for foodservice operators who value quality ingredients.

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Led by our renowned butter, Challenge Foodservice provides a complete line of dairy products to restaurants, resorts, hotels, cafeterias, and food manufacturers. We offer over 1,000 different products available in everything from bulk to individually wrapped single servings.

  • ButterQuality and taste are our highest priorities, so whenever we are recognized as a leader among imported and domestic butters, it’s truly an honor. Our butter varieties have won numerous awards for taste and performance, and consumer testing has shown it to be preferred over other brands. It’s the butter used by the finest commercial bakeries, candy makers, restauranteurs, and food manufacturers, and it’s a top seller at the leading grocery chains in the West. With the majestic elk, Challenge Butter is one of the most recognized and respected packages on the retail shelf.The taste of 100% pure, fresh from the churn butter makes a real difference in anything you serve. That’s the promise that started the Challenge tradition almost a hundred years ago. And that’s the promise Challenge Foodservice will deliver to your kitchen and dining room today.Available in:
    • Sticks, cubes, tubs, chips, balls, and pucks
    • Solid, Spreadable, Organic, Flavored, Whipped, Clarified
    • Salted and unsalted
    • European style butters with higher butterfat
    • Bulk
  • Domestic and Imported CheesesChallenge Dairy offers a complete line of high quality cheeses including domestic, imported, organic, and artisan cheeses. Not only does this set us apart from traditional dairy distributors, it enables us to provide an assortment of cheeses in the quantities you need to match your local cuisine, from 40 lbs. blocks of Cheddar and Jack to mid-sized portions of gourmet imported cheeses. If you are looking for ways to enhance your recipes or to offer something unique to your patrons, consider adding any of our specialty cheeses to your menu: Smoked Gouda, Pepper Jack, Brie, Aged Cheddar, Swiss Gruyere, Bel Paese, Ricotta, Romano, Blue, Feta, Goat, Cottage, Asiago, Havarti, Mascarpone, Mexican-style, and more.
  • LiquidsWe also carry hundreds of liquid essentials like cream, milk, stock bases, oils, dressings, and juices. Our creams and creamers come in several different types, as both dairy and non dairy. We have many varieties of milk including powdered, sweetened condensed, whey, and flavored. Our premium line of soup bases, flavor bases, stock concentrates, and gravies provide a consistent, well-rounded flavor profile for chefs to put their signature on any dish. We offer all types of oils and shortenings, a broad range of dressings, and high quality juices like our fresh- squeezed 100% locally grown sweet Valencia Orange Juice.
  • And more…Challenge Foodservice is the butter and dairy expert that you can rely on for all of your dairy needs, but we can provide you with more of what you need in a single delivery. We offer a wide variety of other refrigerated items such as eggs, yogurts, cakes, ice creams, gelatos, sorbets, deli items, and more. Please ask your driver or sales representative to be sampled today.