LWAY (Lifeway Foods) Tariff Resilience Score : 7/10 (As of Jul. 07, 2025)

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What is Lifeway Foods Tariff Resilience Score?

Lifeway Foods has the Tariff Resilience Score of 7, which implies that the company might have Highly Resilient.

Lifeway Foods has Lifeway Foods primarily operates in the U.S. with limited international exposure. Its supply chain is mostly domestic, reducing tariff vulnerability. However, any future expansion into international markets could increase exposure to tariffs on dairy products.

Tariff Resilience Score is a ranking system developed by GuruFocus to measure a company's exposure to international trade tariffs, rated on a scale from 0 to 10. It takes into account key factors such as global supply chain dependencies, manufacturing locations versus sales markets, import / export balance and percentage of revenue, and more.

The company's exposure to international trade tariffs based on these criteria:

1. Global supply chain dependencies
2. Manufacturing locations versus sales markets
3. Import/export balance and percentage of revenue
4. Historical impact from previous tariff changes
5. Available mitigation strategies (alternative suppliers, pricing power)
6. Industry-specific tariff exemptions or vulnerabilities

Based on the research, GuruFocus believes Lifeway Foods might have Highly Resilient.

Competitive Comparison of Lifeway Foods's Tariff Resilience Score

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Lifeway Foods's Tariff Resilience Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Tariff Resilience Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Lifeway Foods's Tariff Resilience Score Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Lifeway Foods's Tariff Resilience Score distribution charts can be found below:

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Lifeway Foods (NAS:LWAY) Tariff Resilience Score Explanation

The Tariff Resilience Score ranges from 0 to 10, with 10 as the most resilient. GuruFocus divided Moat Score into following 3 categories:

Tariff Resilience Score	Resilience Level
7 - 10	Highly Resilient
4 - 6	Average Resilient
0 - 3	Highly Vulnerable

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Lifeway Foods Business Description

Industry

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LWF:Germany

Address

6431 West Oakton Street, Morton Grove, IL, USA, 60053

Website

https://www.lifewaykefir.com

Lifeway Foods Inc is engaged in manufacturing probiotic, cultured, functional dairy health food products. Its primary product is drinkable kefir which is a cultured dairy product. Its product categories are Drinkable Kefir which is the key revenue-driving product, European-style soft cheeses, Cream, ProBugs, Frozen Kefir and Other dairy. The company manufacture and market products under the Lifeway and Fresh Made brand names, as well as under private labels on behalf of customers. It sells the products through direct sales force, brokers, and distributors.

Executives

Pol Sikar	director	3916 W MONTROSS, CHICAGO IL 60618
Julie Smolyansky	director, officer: President and CEO
Ludmila Smolyansky	director, 10 percent owner
Edward Smolyansky	officer: CFO, Treasurer
Amy M. Feldman	officer: SENIOR EXECUTIVE VP OF SALES	C/O LIFEWAY FOODS, 6431 OAKTON STREET, MORTON GROVE IL 60053
Eric A Hanson	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	C/O LIFEWAY FOODS, 6431 OAKTON STREET, MORTON GROVE IL 60053
Juan Carlos Dalto	director	3059 TOWNSGATE ROAD, WESTLAKE VILLAGE CA 91361
Perfecto Sanchez	director	153 DIEHL ROAD, CALLICOON NY 12723
Dorri Mcwhorter	director	6431 OAKTON STREET, C/O LIFEWAY FOODS, INC., MORTON GROVE IL 60053
Jody Levy	director	6431 OAKTON STREET, C/O LIFEWAY FOODS, INC., MORTON GROVE IL 60053
George Sent	director	C/O LIFEWAY FOODS, 6431 OAKTON STREET, MORTON GROVE IL 60053
Neha J Clark	officer: Chief Financial Officer	C/O LIFEWAY FOODS, 6431 OAKTON STREET, MORTON GROVE IL 60053
Laurent Marcel	director	C/O DANONE NA, 1 MAPLE AVE, WHITE PLAINS NY 10605
Douglas Hass	officer: Gen Counsel & Asst Corp Sec.	1205 KIMBALL BLVD., JASPER IN 47546
Jennifer Reilly	officer: Sr Exec V. President of Sales	6431 W. OAKTON STREET, MORTON GROVE IL 60053