South Carolina Co-Packers to Make and Package Your Food Product: Jams, Salsa, Sauces, Pickles, Cookies, Pies, cakes, whatever!

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South Carolina Co-Packers to Make and Package Your Food Product: Jams, Salsa, Sauces, Pickles, Cookies, Pies, cakes, whatever!

South Carolina 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's fine for relatively small quantities, and if there is a licensed kitchen to rent nearby at a good cost. See this page for shared use kitchens in South Carolina. But it may be 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.

Choosing a Co-Packer

You will want to choose a co-packer who has experience making the type of product and packaging that you need.  You may also want to choose a co-packer that is located close to you or your source materials and/or market or distribution centers to reduce costs.

See this page for much, much more about co-packers, like advantages, disadvantages and how to choose a copacker.

The following list consists of companies in South Carolina 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.

South Carolina Co-Packers

• Cobalt International Inc. - Copacker, Product development services, QA/QC Product testing services, Lab testing services, Packaging, Drop-shipper, Distributor, Dry shelf storage, Nut-free facility, Plastic, Scale-up recipes, Scale-up recipes, We can file forms and paperwork, We can source (find) ingredients, We can source (find) packaging, Private labeling, Business services, Other We specialize in small and start-ups, Free Consulting services
  1433 Dave Lyle Bvld., Rock Hill, SC 29730. Phone: (803) 830-6675. Email: rparham@cobaltinternational.com. Open: See their website for for hours and availability. Directions: See their website for directions. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: . Cobalt International Inc. is positioned to grow your company! With our state of the art facility, experienced team, and commitment to customer satisfaction, we are confident in our ability to become your preferred co-packer! Click here for our Facebook page. (ADDED: August 16, 2023)
• Duke Foods - private label, co-pack
  211 Pine Road, Easley, SC 29642. Phone: 864-991-8895. Email: marketing@dukebrands.com.  They can  produced foods under private label, co-pack for others or develop their own unique brands. Both our ready-to-eat and bakery product lines are managed under a single roof to enhance efficiency for our retail, food service and wholesale customers. Not only can Duke Foods package our foods in a variety of sizes and formats, they can also customize their current offerings to meet your specific needs. Duke Foods co-packs salads and spreads, dips, sauces and dressings, appetizers and sides, as well as salsas.
• Tekna Fill, Inc. - powders, liquids and creams
  265 Buds Drive, Cowpens, SC 29330. Phone: 833-835-6272. Email: . Email: scot@teknafill.com. Tekna Fill offers large and small contract packaging needs are met and they offer private label services.   We pride ourselves in the personal relationships and attention we give to all of our clients to help them in every aspect of building their businesses and brands, from research and development of new products, package design, co-packing services, warehousing and distribution, web design and social media marketing, to introducing clients to national and international distributors. Tekna Fill, Inc. brings all of our resources and our networks together to create an incredible force for our clients' success.Tekna Fill offers an in-house lab and a team of experts to aid in every step of the process. Free consultations are welcome.
• The Sweetery - Cakes, candies.
  1814 East Greenville Street, Anderson, SC 29621. Phone: 800-752-1188. Phone: 864-224-8394.

Where can I find more information about canning?

For more than 250 specific, simple recipes with step-by-step directions and photos; and general information on canning and food preservation, see this page.