Copacker and Contract Manufacturing
Some companies have excess capacity and may be willing to copack or contract manufacture your food for you. For a list of copackers, go to; http://www.foodmaster.com/. Under the Equipment search section, check “Products” and then under key word, type in “Contract manufacturing”.
Check around at some stores that sell foods. Most small food processing plants will usually copack for you if they have available capacity.
Listed below are some organizations that co-pack or can help you find a co-packer.
Contract Packaging Association - (630/544-5053) - Membership are co-packers
American Copak- (818/576-1000 ext 125). Professional packagers.
Wyandot Inc (800/992-6368 ext 2374) Professional Copacker.
Traverse Bay Farms (231/533-8788). CoPackers of shelf stable fruit, salsas, jams, jellies apple and other butters, sauces and syrups etc. http://www.traversebayfarms.com/
Listed below are some regional contract manufacturers;
House of Webster - Rogers, AR (479/636-4640) – Jellies, high acid products.
Grapette International- Malvern, AR (501/337-0400) - Beverages
Loomis Farms – Fouke, AR (870/653-3263) Acidified foods.
Sargent Farms – Prairie Grove, AR (214/649-0188) – Jellies, high acid products
Taste Buds LLC – Benton, AR (501/315-8800) – Jellies, high acid products.
Select Brands LLC - Springfield, MO (417/863-0404) - Retort Packaging.
Ozark Bottling - Lake Ozark, Missouri (ozarkbot@charter.net) - Acidified and acid foods, spice blends.
Microthermics - Wellington Ct and Raleigh NC (919/878-8076; info@microthermics.com). Puddings, juices, beverages, cheese sauces etc. Can do small batches.