creamery

thumb|right|240px|Inside the Tillamook Cheese Factory thumb|right|240px|Creamery plant with small cheese block processing lines thumb|right|240px|Cheese vat where milk is stirred after cultures and rennet are added to make cheese right|thumb|240px|Cheese on sale at a creamery in the San Francisco ferry building

A creamery or cheese factory is a place where milk and cream are processed and where butter and cheese is produced. Cream is separated from whole milk; pasteurization is done to the skimmed milk and cream separately. Whole milk for sale has had some cream returned to the skimmed milk.