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How LIFEWAY FOODS, INC. makes its money

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revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$212M · 100%Cost of revenue$154M · 73%Gross profit$58.2M · 27%Operating income$16.2M · 8%Income before tax$19.7M · 9%Income tax$5.8M · 3%Net income$13.9M · 7%As of 2025-12-31 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$212M100%
Cost of revenue$154M73%
$58.2M27%
$16.2M8%
Income before tax$19.7M9%
Income tax$5.8M3%
$13.9M7%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set
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