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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001072613-05-001311
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20050524
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20050525
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20050525

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LIFEWAY FOODS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000814586
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DAIRY PRODUCTS [2020]
		IRS NUMBER:				363442829
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			IL
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-17363
		FILM NUMBER:		05857301

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6431 W OAKTON
		CITY:			MORTON GROVE
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60053
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7089671010

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6431 W OAKTON
		CITY:			MORTON GROVE
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60053
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=4>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>WASHINGTON D.C. 20549</font></b></p>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:16pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>CURRENT REPORT</font></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;May 24, 2005   </font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:16pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font SIZE=5>LIFEWAY FOODS, INC.</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;text-align:center;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>0-17363</font></b><b></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;text-align:center;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>36-3442829</font></b><b></b></p> </td> </tr>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Identification No.)</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0in;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>6431 West Oakton St. Morton Grove, IL</font></b><b></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0in;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>60053</font></b><b></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(Address of principal executive offices)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(Zip code)</font><b></b></p> </td> </tr></table>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>(847) 967-1010</font></b><b></b></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Regulation FD Disclosure</font></b></p> </td> </tr></table>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>On May 24, 2005, Lifeway Foods, Inc., an Illinois corporation (the "Company") issued a press release.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>



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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Press release dated May 24, 2005 &#150; &#147;Lifeway Foods Enters Agreement With Target Corporation&#148;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0in;text-align:left;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font SIZE=2>LIFEWAY FOODS, INC.</font></p> </td> </tr>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>MORTON GROVE, Ill., May 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lifeway Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: LWAY - News), the nation's leading Kefir Company, formalized an agreement with Target Corporation to provide four flavors of LowFat Kefir -- Strawberry, Banana Strawberry, Raspberry, and Cherry in select Target stores. </font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&#147;We're thrilled that Target will expand the availability of Lifeway's award-winning LowFat Kefir to even more customers," said Julie Smolyansky, Lifeway Foods' president.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The first shipment of Kefir took place this week. This coincides perfectly with Lifeway's new national print campaign. LowFat Kefir ads are featured in the May issue of "Health Magazine" and June issue of "Vegetarian Times" with more placements to come through the end of the year and in 2006. Lifeway Kefir was also mentioned in Newsweek on May 16 as a probiotic food that is catching on.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Lifeway, named as Forbes' 38th best small business and Fortune Small Business' 47th Fastest Growing Small Business, is America's leading supplier of the cultured dairy product known as kefir. Kefir is a milk-based beverage that contains ten types of "friendly," active probiotic cultures. While normal yogurt only contains two or three of these cultures, Lifeway kefir products offer more nutritional benefits. Lifeway offers 12 different flavors of its Kefir beverage, Organic Kefir and SoyTreat (a soy based kefir). Lifeway also produces a line of products marketed in US Hispanic communities, called La Fruta Drinkable Yogurt (yogurt drinks distinct from kefir). In addition to its line of Kefir products, the company also produces a variety of cheese products.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>For more information, contact Lifeway Foods, Inc. at (847) 967-1010 or e-mail at info@lifeway.net and visit http://www.lifeway.net .</font></p>

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