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SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 3480 MAIN HIGHWAY SUITE 204 (Street) MIAMI FL 33133 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 05/14/2026	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Lifeway Foods, Inc. [ LWAY ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, No Par Value	1,936,495	I	See footnote(1)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 3480 MAIN HIGHWAY SUITE 204 (Street) MIAMI FL 33133 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Divisadero Street Partners, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 3480 MAIN HIGHWAY SUITE 204 (Street) MIAMI FL 33133 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The reported securities are owned directly by Divisadero Street Partners, L.P. (the "Fund"), which is a private investment fund managed by Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP (the "Adviser"), and may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by (i) the Adviser, (ii) Divisadero Street Capital, LLC (the "Adviser GP"), the general partner of the Adviser, (iii) Divisadero Street Partners GP, LLC (the "Fund GP"), the general partner of the Fund, and (iv) William Zolezzi, the manager of both the Adviser GP and the Fund GP.

Remarks:

The Adviser GP, Fund GP, and William Zolezzi will be reported as Reporting Persons on a subsequent Form 3 once CIK codes are received. Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of its or his pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that such Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.

	DIVISADERO STREET CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP, By: Divisadero Street Capital, LLC, its general partner, By: /s/ William Zolezzi, William Zolezzi, Manager	05/18/2026
	DIVISADERO STREET PARTNERS, L.P., By: Divisadero Street Partners GP, LLC, its general partner, By: /s/ William Zolezzi, William Zolezzi, Manager	05/18/2026
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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