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Master List of Co-Packers to Make and Package Your Food Product: Jams, Salsa, Sauces, Pickles, Cookies, Pies, cakes, whatever!
Co-Packers: Want to Sell Your Salsa, Preserves, Jams, Etc.? Learn About Using A CoPacker to Prepare It!
If you want to make and sell your home-made preserves, salsa, spaghetti sauce, applesauce, apple butter, jams, jellies, or whatever, you will need a licensed kitchen to prepare and can the food. That can be very costly. It is usually much less expensive (and less risky) for your new business to use a CoPacker to prepare their food, according to you recipe and process.
What is a co-packer?
Co-packers manufacture and package foods for other companies to sell. These products range from nationally-known brands to private labels. Entrepreneurs choose to use the services of copackers for many reasons. Copackers can provide entrepreneurs with a variety of services in addition to manufacturing and packaging products. They can often help in the formulation of the product. The copacker may function only as a packer of other people?s products or may be in business with his own product line. They may be, in fact, manufacturing several competing products. The range of services available from a copacker will vary depending on the size and experience of the copacker and the type of facilities and the capacity of their plant.
The National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT) has a listing of nearly 700 contract packaging companies (co-packers). Far too many people feel that a co-packer is a co-packer, and that any co-packer can do everything. In fact, co-packers have a variety of specific functional areas in which they excel. The following list is not all inclusive nor is it meant to serve as an endorsement.
Choosing a Co-Packer
The Specialty Foods Association has a video explaining how to pick a co-packer.
The following list consists of companies that have co-packing capabilities. This list is neither all-inclusive, nor is it meant to serve as an endorsement.
If you are a co-packer wishing to be added to this list, add your information here.
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Co Packers in Other countries
District of Columbia
- Doci Gelati LLC - Frozen desserts, ice cream/sorbets 5766 2nd Street NE, Washington, DC 20011. Phone: 202-257-5323. Fax: 202-526-8064. Email: [email protected].
Hawaii
- Big Island Candies - chocolate-dipped shortbread cookies. 585 Hinano Street, Hilo, HI 96720. Phone: 808-961-2199. Email: [email protected].
- First
Commercial Kitchen LLC- sauces, dressing, beverages, spices/seasonings, pesto, salsas and jellies.
94-479 Ukee Street, Waipahu, HI 96797. Phone: 808-676-0880. Email: [email protected]. Contact: Peter Kam, Manager, Commercializing Your Favorite Recipes...For Pleasure, Profit, And Posterity Since 1982
Idaho
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Hudson Blaise - Copacker, Product development services,
Business development consulting services, Distributor, We specialize
in small and start-ups, Larger volumes
2032 Highland Ave E, Twin Falls, ID 83301. Phone: (208) 724-8833. Email: [email protected]. Open: See their website for for hours and availability. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. Payment: . Hudson Blaise was created to Produce, Fulfill, and Ship everyone's culinary dream globally. Hudson Blaise produces and packages Frozen Meals and Ready to Eat Meals. We are easy to work with and have your success in mind at all times. We provide Global UPS accounts, endless product sourcing ability, state of the art equipment, Green packaging, and top notch customer service. We can help whether you're a small business, a start up, or a nationwide service. (ADDED: May 22, 2019, Suggested by a visitor) - Sandstone Farms - 1888 East Rodeo Lane, Kuna, ID 83634. Phone: 866-203-2844. Email: [email protected]. Description of services or product specialties: pickled vegetables and wine jelly.
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Taylor Gleason Enterprises, LLC
Coeur d'Alene, ID. 83815. Phone. 208-639-9310. Email: [email protected].
Description of services or product specialties: Our dedicated Top 8 Allergen Free facility ensures clean and safe products. Facility Certifications include: Certified Gluten Free, Kosher Certified, USDA Organic and SQF Certification. Product Certifications include: Non-GMO Project Verified, Whole Grain Council Stamp, USDA Organic, Kosher and Gluten Free Certified. Some of our product capabilities include: raw baking ingredients, breadings and coatings, spices and rubs, bulk pasta, rice blends, custom products and formulations. Our dry-blending facility can handle all your blending needs from powders to flakes, granules and more. Some of our packaging capabilities include: flexible pouches, bag-in-a-box, club packs, bulk bags, single serve cups, tins and canisters.
Montana
- West Fork
Creations -
1401 South Broadway
Red Lodge, MT 59068
406-446-3060 Description of services or product specialties: chocolate sauces.
Nebraska
- Wanda's Nature
Farm Foods -
1700 Cushman Drive
Lincoln, NE 68512. Phone: 800-735-6828; 402-423-1234. Fax: 402-423-4586; Description of services or product specialties: bakery mixes.
Nevada
- Mrs. Auld's
Gourmet Foods -
572 Reactor Way, B-4
Reno, NV 89502 775-856-3350 Description of services or product specialties: pickles, salsa, jams, jellies.
North Dakota
- Flax USA - 1661 7th Street Northeast Goodrich, ND 58444 866-352-9872; 701-884-2732. Fax: 701-884-2434 email:[email protected]. Description of services or product specialties: Gluten-free, Kosher, Organic/Natural and Other Grains, Cereal and Pasta.
Other Resources
If you still can't find a suitable co-packer for your product, see this organization:
- Contract Packaging Association - 1833 Centre Point Circle, Suite 123 Naperville, IL 60563. Email: [email protected];
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