We’ve been making Sauerkraut since 1900. That’s when brothers Dave and Henry Flanagan started Flanagan Brothers, Incorporated in Bear Creek, Wisconsin. After a number of mergers within the Sauerkraut industry, Great Lakes Kraut Company LLC was created in 1997. The company has sauerkraut manufacturing facilities in Bear Creek and Shiocton, Wisconsin as well as in Shortsville, New York—the finest cabbage growing areas in the world!

Every year Great Lakes Kraut processes more than 170,000 tons of raw cabbage into more than 125,000 tons of Sauerkraut. Using innovative, state-of-the-art farming and processing methods helps us ensure the quality, freshness, and crispness of every ounce of Sauerkraut we produce.

Great Lakes Kraut Company was the first manufacturer to use stainless steel vats, vacuum systems for loading and unloading tanks, and highspeed Hassia machines to simultaneously form our poly bags and fill them.

By maintaining a commitment to total quality, our company has grown to become the largest Sauerkraut manufacturer in the world!